Gear List for a High Country Mule Deer Bowhunt in Colorado

Our buddy Josh from Dialed-In Hunter shares the gear he is taking into the Colorado high country while chasing bucks with his bow this archery season. Josh is using the K3 4800 Pack System for this 10-day backpack hunt.

Josh’s Gear List

Backpack: Exo Mountain Gear 4800 & K3 Bow Carrier

Shelter: Nemo Hornet 2P

Quilt: Enlightened Equipment Revelation 20-degree

Sleeping Pad: Thermarest Neo Air Xlite

Pillow: Sea to Summit Aeros

Stove: Optimus Crux Lite paired with GSI Minimalist Cup and 1 fuel canister

Trekking Poles: Black Diamond Carbon FLZ

Headlamp: Black Diamond Spot

Water Filter: Katadyn Hiker Pro

Water Bladder: Platypus Big Zip 3L

Optics:

• FHF Medium Bino Harness
• Vortex Razor UHD 10x42 Binoculars
• Vortex Razor HD 22-48x65mm Angled Spotting Scope
• Tripod: Slik Pro ii
• Tripod Head: Sirui VA-5

First Aid: 1P Ultralight Adventure Medical Kit

Survival: Adventure Medical/homemade

Navigation: onXmaps on phone

Watch: Garmin Fenix 5x Plus

GPS/Communication: Garmin 66i

Spoon: Toaks Titanium Long Spoon

Example Day of Food:

• Breakfast - Dark Timber Gravity Pack, Homemade Oatmeal, Heather's Choice Buckwheat Breakfast
• Snack - Larabar and bag of trail mix(example)
• Lunch - Tortilla with almond butter and shredded coconut, or more snacks
• Snack - 2 Honeystingers and Heather's Choice Packaroons
• Dinner - Dehydrated Bear Chili, Heather's Choice, or some type of Mountain House

Clothing:

• Lightweight Base Layer - First Lite Wick Hoody
• Medium Base Layer - First Lite Kiln Hoody
• Insulation Layer - First Lite Uncompaghre Puffy 2.0
• Pants - First Lite Corrugate Guide
• Rain gear - First Lite Vapor Stormlight and Boundary Stormtight Pants
• Socks - First Lite Mercury Crew and Vortex Trekker
• Gloves - First LiteTalus Fingerless
• Boxers - First Lite Wick

Boots: Crispi Colorado GTX

Spare Release Aid: TruFire Hurricane

Allen Wrenches: Pine Ridge Archery

Kill Kit: Argali Carbon Knife, Argali High Country Game Bags, Paracord, Flagging Tape, Rubber Gloves

Camera: Sony A7riii, mounted up on a Peak Designs camera clip. This mounts right to my shoulder strap of my Exo. Camera is out at the ready all of the time like this.

Lens: 24-70mm F4 Zeiss

Power Bank: Dark Energy Poseidon