backpack camping and hunting

[30_06]

I often do backpack style hunts for elk, mule deer, sheep, or antelope out west, and whitetail and bear here in the east.
I just have not found the time to for turkey in the spring, and quite honestly have never felt the need to as most of my turkey hunting spots are pretty close.

It would be fun I'm sure, but I highly doubt I could get enough time off at that time of the year.

[slamman]

I backpack a little different then most.  I don't carry a tent or a sleeping bag, and most of my hunts are typically no more then four days at a time.  I use a Superday pack by Badlands for all may essentials, food, water etc..... and I carry a poncho with a poncho liner for my tent/sleeping bag.  I rarely use the the same campsite.  On elk hunts I will scout my area's prior to the hunt and put out water and food caches so I can stay out longer then four days if need be.

[30_06]

Never tried a poncho, in the past I would use a bivy sack, but the past couple of years I have been using a Kifaru Supertarp for my shelter. It is a palace comparatively and weighs in at only 19oz with stakes.