449 | Sheep Hunting Gear List + Q&A

The Hunt Backcountry Podcast

by Exo Mtn Gear

Sports:wilderness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Mark runs solo to answer your questions about gear from his Dall Sheep hunt in Alaska. In addition to answering those specific listener questions, Mark has also published a "What's In My Pack?" video for all of the gear he took on this hunt. You can find that video, the full gear list spreadsheet, and more at the links below. QUESTIONS answered on this podcast... - What did you think of the Sitka Dewpoint rain gear that you used on your sheep hunt, compared to the First Lite Omen rain gear that you used on your mountain goat hunt? - What spotting scope did you use for the sheep hunt and would you recommend it? - What were the details of the sleep system used on your sheep hunt? - I heard you talk about "glacier travel" when I listened to your sheep hunt story. Is that common for sheep hunts? Can you talk more about what that is like? - Overall, how would you compare your sheep hunt and your mountain goat hunt in terms of terrain, difficulty, etc. - How were the water sources on your sheep hunt? What filtration system did you use? - What was your rifle setup? Caliber, scope, etc? - What model of Hilleberg tent were you using that got taken out by the wind? Looks like maybe the Niak? RESOURCES mentioned in this episode... - Sheep Hunting Gear List & Video: https://exomtngear.com/sheep-gear - Sheep Hunt Story: https://exomtngear.com/blogs/podcast/424 - Mark's Rifle Build: https://exomtngear.com/perfect-rifle - Hilleberg Tips for High Winds: https://youtu.be/3eFAyKMz314 Contact Us: podcast@exomtngear.com Leave A Message: https://speakpipe.com/huntbackcountry Podcast Episode Archive: https://exomtngear.com/podcast

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Hunts Backcountry Podcast. This is episode number 449 and today's show is going to be a bit different.
0:08.5	I'm going to run solo to answer some of your questions.
0:13.9	And these are questions that really have been getting
0:16.1	for the past six months ever since the sheep hunt
0:19.8	that I did last fall.
0:22.1	So if you missed that in episode 424 I talked about the story of
0:27.6	this hunt but it was a backpack doll sheep hunt in Alaska last August.
0:35.0	And since that she punts, I've gotten questions on gear
0:39.0	and I've been basically not intentionally saving them this long. I've been wanting to do a
0:45.1	podcast to address all the Q&A but really the fall just got so busy and then that ran
0:50.7	right into the holidays and right into the show season for us at
0:54.8	Xomontane gear at the beginning of the year and so I'm finally getting around to
0:59.9	answering these questions. Additionally I just released a video over on the
1:06.8	exo Mountain Gear YouTube channel that went through all of the gear I took on this
1:12.4	hunt.
1:13.6	It's a lengthy video.
1:15.8	I didn't want to just skim the surface,
1:17.6	and so it's an hour plus long,
1:20.5	however, it is broken out into chapters.
1:23.6	And so if you want to skip along and see specific categories,
1:28.0	such as clothing versus weapon versus pack
1:31.1	versus shelter and sleep System, etc.
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