Alaskan moose hunt gear list - What else?

[379 Peterbilt]

I have accumulated most everything I think I'll need for this years Alaskan moose hunt. It's a small party doing it ourselves, no guides or outfitters. Figguring/planning as if it's 14 days, but will likely be a 10-12 day hunt. My gear list is pretty much 95% complete, but I thought I'd throw this out for discusion for fun to see if anyone wants to add imput or other comments/recomendations.

They say you either bring too much stuff, or not enough. I think this should be close to being reasonably in the middle.

Here is what all I have on hand now. Who can add or subtract to/from the list?.......

Drybag backpack
Cot - Roll a kot
Wiggys bag & pillow, 0 degree
Pack frame - Cabelas ext Alaskan
Gamebags - 12 Alaskan, 8 big moose, 4 medium
Cup - coffee, etc
Fork spoon combo
Jetboil stove w/ 3-4 cans fuel
Toiletries - unscented soap, asswipe etc
Rag - Small, to be burned last eve
Towel - Small, to be burned last eve
Parachute cord
Gloves - leather mink oiled (camp chores, burn on last eve)
Dry spices

Hunting clothing
Pants - 2 pair Cabelas dry plus
Pants - Sporthills, camo
Belt
Shirts - fleece & windshear wool
Jacket - Hooded Cabelas MT050 waterproof
Jacket - Hooded Cabelas waterfowl waterproof, as backup
Underwear - Cabelas MTP polar & med weight
Gloves - Waterproof hunting
Gloves - Wool glomitt hunting
Balcalava - Gander Mt. fleece
Knee waders - LaCrosse alpha burleys 1000gm thinsilate
Hip waders - Cabelas Armor flex Ultimate
Socks - 5-7 pair wool, Cabelas
Socks - polyliners
Belt


Guncase
338 win mag, Zeiss 3x9
Gun sleeve/softcase, silicone treated (for plane/river travel)
Bore snake
Ammo -2 boxes of Safari A frames or Nos partitions,225/250 gr (TBD)
Binos -Nikon monarch 10x42  w/ shoulder/back strap
Kershaw Alaskan skinner, blade trader
Knife - 3" folding Buck alpha ATS 34
Knife - Fillet (maybe)
Sharpener - small handheld
Rod reel - Cabelas telescopic rod, spincast reel
Tackle - Small amount, spoons, beads etc..


Regular backpack (waterproof)
GPS - Garmin e-trex
Saw - 18" Wyoming w/ 3 new blades
Matchcase - brass/waterproof w/ 20 wtrproof strike anywhere matches
Zippo lighter- filled
Lighter fluid bottle - 2 oz
Marine radio - Handheld Uniden MH 120
Cow moose decoy w/leg stands
Moose scapula
Repelant - 4 oz Bug, 100% deet
Headlamp -Petzl Duo 5 headlamp
Water bottle
Beef jerky - unopened factory sealed (emerg. grub)
Purification tablets (emerg.)


Licencs - moose & wolf tags
Bistix
Camera - Sony digital
Lighter
Extra batteries (every item takes "AA")
Folding camp chair

As you can see, I am quite Cabelas heavy   

[EsoxLucius]

I'd sure want one pair of wool pants along and have a wind-water proof shell along that fits over them.

[burntmuch]

Sounds like a good trip!! I would add  mole skin (blisters)  motrin( Aches ) superglue( Largecuts)  Needle & thread  . My favorate  take a short pencil & wrap about 10 ft of duct tape around it.( million uses)  Something else I do is. Every thing that uses batteries uses AA. So Ive always got extra.     Jay

[379 Peterbilt]

I could like the wool pant idea for obvious warmth...however I would dislike wearing rainpants over them due to the noise they make walking through brush. I figgure the moisture wicking Cabelas MTP in medium and polar weight (as conditions dictate) with the dry plus pants or the sporthills, would work. Both the dry-plus pants as well as the sporthills are water and windproof and equally important to me - quite. I have wool for upper torso, but not lower as I like a maximum of two layers below the belt - one next to skin that is comfy, and one outer, wind/waterproof and quite. Three layers below the belt is too much IMO due to the bulk, primarly when walking . For upper torso, I'll go fleece, wool, and MT050 jacket for a total of three layers.

Esox - I sound like I have made up my mind on no wool below the belt, and that is because I worry about it itching. However, I would be interested in a few links to the wool pant you speak of. I have seen your gear links before and suspect you may have something good regarding this too. I'm sure it is something I am not familiar with indeed.

burntmuch - 10-4 on those small but important items. I totaly spaced off the mole skin. I do always bring duct tape rolled up on a twig, and forgot to add it to the list also. Yep, every single electronic device takes AA batteries. In fact, I only purchase gear made to take AA just for the obvious benefits you speak of, not to mention the simplicity.

[SDS-GEN]

You will probably want 1 spotting scope for every two people.  Also bring gun oil, things rust, even stainless rifles and ATS34 blade steel.  If you are hunting the first two weeks of Sept. in the lower half of Alaska you shouldn't need wool, never hunted north of the Yukon so I don't know how much colder it will be up there.  Consider an electic fence, they work at keeping the bears out of camp and away from your meat.  You can get a unit that runs off of 2 D cell batteries and is pretty light weight.  Run 2 lines, 1 a foot off the ground and 1 about 2-2.5 feet high, keeps sows and cubs out.

[upnorth]

extra toilet paper...you can never have enough!! I would add an extensive first aid kit and a detailed first aid book, but preferably first aid training. As well, renting one of those personal locator beacons ( if possible), or a satellite phone could save someones life if you have a serious injury in the middle of nowhere.

[Dee]

Leave all that other stuff at home. All you really need other than your rifle and ammo, is a small roll of bailing wire, a roll of duct tape, and a pair of pliers.

Oh! And maybe a blanket.

Good luck.

[Buckman]

Don't forget a good axe and camp saw, makes getting firewood easier.

[briarpatch]

If you wear glasses I would concider an extra pair or two stored in a good hard case.

[Dee]

See! You guys are starting to make it complicated again. I had him straitened out, and you guys are throwing technology back into the mix, and possibly confusing him again. Any great woodsman knows, you can fix or make anything with baling wire, duct tape, and pliers.

[Sourdough]

I know it's too late now but you forgot one very important item.  One I nor any Alaskan won't be caught without.  Our Leatherman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Thebear_78]

I would bring a good flint/steel too, even teh best lighters will fail but steel wool or magnesium and flint always work.   I would also make sure you bring a suture kit or two along.   I always make sure I have a few, you can get them at farm stores in the large animal first aid section.   A small hemostate makes the sewing a log easier.  There is times when they will really save a life, another thing worth getting is the "blood stop"   large guase like wound packing that aids in blood clotting, there is another one that is like a foam/epoxy type stuff and another that is like a powder but I haven't used them.  I've had to sew myself up a couple of times while out in the bush, once when careless with a knife and another time from a fall on a beaver chewed sapling.  Not fun but glad I had the stuff there to do it.   

[corbanzo]

Instead of wrapping your ducttape around a twig, wrap it around a flashlight or round waterbottle.  I do both... you can never have enough duct tape.  Makes a good handle on a small mag light. 

That sounds like a big trip, you taking a track rig back there? 

[Dand]

I don't know where the hunt was to take place in AK but here in Bristol Bay, you should plan on lots of bugs during the normal fall moose season.  Some times we get lucky with some early hard frosts but not often.  No-see-um and white sox (black flies) can be tough.  Each moose has its private cloud and they turn on you when moose is down.

Bug dope at least and many would love a good very fine mesh head net with hat that has enough brim to keep the net off your face.

For me, dope that has 25-35% DEET works good enough. I no longer like to use the full 100% DEET as it wrecks lots of plastics and I can't tell that it works a lot better. 

I am happy with OFF and Cutter Brands,  have used some Ultrathon but don't recall that it was much better but it worked ok. Make sure to have plenty and it makes good fire starter too.

While butchering our moose this year we lit and set out the big Pic Sticks and it helped keep the bugs off. I like to break off a little chunk of coil and burn it in the tent after everyone is in to kill of the bugs and have a peaceful night.

I'm a believer in spraying the bags and meat with citric acid solution to slow spoilage. In my boat I carry a gallon of made up solution plus extra powder but if its a float trip powder and a spray bottle would be better.  I don't like the oil spray - makes the quarters too slippery to handle.  Indian Valley Meats near Anchorage sells Game Saver I think - google them.

A 12x16 or so plastic tarp to put over the meat is good - I like a white one to reflect the sun.  And I carry a couple little 8x10 for putting the meat on as we butcher.  These make good emergency shelters, tent flies too.

I don't like the weight of a cot or those heavy camp chairs. I do take a good Thermarest and one of those real cheap light wt folding Aluminum patio chairs with the plastic webbing if I have space.

What short of shelter will you have?
What will you carry your food in?  What about cook gear?

I've come to love the bear fence - bought one myself this fall.  Haven't put one to the test but know folks who have had good luck.  They can add weight.

Smart to stay with poly pro / synthetics and leave the cotton home.  Wool is ok, heavy when wet but the most fire resistant.

All I can think of tonight  - no wonder my boat is so heavy!!

[deltecs]

Even with a troop of men carrying all that gear it will take quite a rig to get it all to the campsite.  I hope you have room for the moose meat and antlers on the return trip.  Have a great trip.

[SLAVAGE]

Leather man wave... its got cuters an knife an such good to keep in the back pack
small first aid kit that would cover just about any situation
mole skin for your feet an such...
johny hand warmers with some fuel sticks
i would take 3 box's of shells instead of two and use them mtm cases once you get ther an dump the factory box's
(2) 30 mm film canisters full of coton balls socked in vaseline  best fire starter known to man...
good small spoting scope
stoney point tripod sticks.. they are used as shooting sticks.. walking sticks...and tripod sticks for the spoting scope..
set of binoc straps  the ones that keep them to your chest when you walk..
small compass with mirror if it wasent on the list...
i would all so take 3-6 garbage bags for misc use
and a 12x12 sheet of thick plastic... used when you are field dressing your game
and i would take a nice chunk say 50-60 feet of good repelling rope... for misc use hanging food from trees or having to hosting some thing up and i would all so take two of them small plastic metal rollers from home depot to make a pully system if needed they weigh like 8 oz each

i have a list of things i take ill see if i can find it  later tonight

Dave

[SLAVAGE]

oh yeah and one of them very small space blankets