PART ONE HUNT LIGHTER GET READY

Here’s a series to help you get ready. For both new and experienced hunters, the focus is on gear requirements, with some suggestions to help you trim down and ‘hunt lighter’.

We’ll start with ways to hunt lighter with the gear that you most likely already have. It may make you re-think what you carry and why, or there may be simple ways to switch it up with a few key purchases.

With summer and autumn hunts on the horizon you’ll likely want to get more out of these trips. Perhaps you’re thinking of doing a few reconnaissance trips to spy out where big stags might be for the roar, or looking out for good concentrations of female chamois in those less frequented valleys, so that you can be in the right place when the bucks start appearing. Perhaps you want to explore new country and gain knowledge of routes and best