courtks92
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Hi there,
I'm a 26 year old female hunter hailing from Kansas. Two of my female hunting buddies and I are trying to get into bigger game hunting along with backpacking. Currently, we hunt all species available in Kansas (small game, fowl, deer, and turkeys). However, as we prepare to try and do more out of state hunts, we aren't sure what gear is a "must have" and what gear we should consider "nice but not necessary".
Right now we've all got our own firearms and decent binos. Gear we've been looking at obtaining includes:
- packs (thinking Mystery Ranch or Stone Glacier)
- tripods (for binos and spotting scopes)
- spotting scopes
- GPS
- tents / shelters (to replace the "family" style tents we all grew up with)
- cooler upgrades
- Montana decoys (i.e. big red cow)
- trekking poles
- meat bags (currently we run the Alaskan guide bags but have seen that we might want to upgrade those for backcountry hunts)
What all have you had success with in the past? What purchases do you regret making or which you would have done sooner? If you were on a limited budget for gear (let's say $1,000) what would you pick and why?
I'm a 26 year old female hunter hailing from Kansas. Two of my female hunting buddies and I are trying to get into bigger game hunting along with backpacking. Currently, we hunt all species available in Kansas (small game, fowl, deer, and turkeys). However, as we prepare to try and do more out of state hunts, we aren't sure what gear is a "must have" and what gear we should consider "nice but not necessary".
Right now we've all got our own firearms and decent binos. Gear we've been looking at obtaining includes:
- packs (thinking Mystery Ranch or Stone Glacier)
- tripods (for binos and spotting scopes)
- spotting scopes
- GPS
- tents / shelters (to replace the "family" style tents we all grew up with)
- cooler upgrades
- Montana decoys (i.e. big red cow)
- trekking poles
- meat bags (currently we run the Alaskan guide bags but have seen that we might want to upgrade those for backcountry hunts)
What all have you had success with in the past? What purchases do you regret making or which you would have done sooner? If you were on a limited budget for gear (let's say $1,000) what would you pick and why?
