Gear List for a High Country Mule Deer Bowhunt in Colorado

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’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