Thread: Heli Trip Gear

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Every year it's almost a joke watching the parties turn up at the various load out spots with ridiculous amounts of beer and all sorts of crap and then gettig told by the pilot to throw it all back in their vehicles. I think it was last year at the Whataroa carpark we watched a party of four (they were flying in two trips in a md500) and they had such a ridiculous amount of crap it was funny, they must have literally had about two or three boxes of "wild moose" each for every day they were going to he in there, a jumbo pack of 18 toilet rolls, and all sorts of stuff. It was funny looking at their meagre piles once the pilot had fucked around weighing all their shit and putting more than three quarters of it back in their vehicles. I think they expected a bloody Chinook was coming to fly them in or something and they were going to sit around at their small town sized camp and get pissed on Wild Moose pre mixers and shit themselves all day everyday they were in their block.

I can imagine. I've been used to stripping to the bear min because of accessing by foot over the East coast. There's three of us a 420kg limit and all together we weigh under 200kg. So have some weight to play with but need weight left over to bring out that big bull hopefully. Dont often bring alcohol in anywhere hunting I don't really see it to be a good mix but may bring a box for those successful days if weight allows.

Originally Posted by Unihunter

I can imagine. I've been used to stripping to the bear min because of accessing by foot over the East coast. There's three of us a 420kg limit and all together we weigh under 200kg. So have some weight to play with but need weight left over to bring out that big bull hopefully. Dont often bring alcohol in anywhere hunting I don't really see it to be a good mix but may bring a box for those successful days if weight allows.

3 guys, 420kg load (assuming single load in/out in a 500). You'll need to watch the bulk/volume of your gear as much as the weight. 3 ppl, packs, rifles, daybags and you're getting pretty choked. Don't take chilly bin, they take up too much room. Cooler bag will be ok. Smaller bags are easier to pack in and around the machine than boxes, etc.
Definitely recommend the camp chairs and tarp as already suggested.