Fourth
Trip

The shot is the easy part. Getting him out is the work — and most guys have never once done the arithmetic on what that actually takes.

The pack-out calculator

What's on the ground

Animal

Boneless meat (lb)

typical range 218–270

Head / cape (lb)

0 if you're leaving it

Bone-in?

The ground between you and the truck

One-way (mi)

Elevation change (ft)

Truck is…

Terrain

You

Bodyweight (lb)

Load per trip (lb)

honest number, not your best day

Loaded pace (min/mi)

off-trail, 25–40 is normal

People packing

Add camp/gear haul on the last trip (+35 lb)

Trips each

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Miles walked

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Time on foot

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Calories

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What carrying more would buy you

If you can carry…	Trips	Miles	Time

The plan for this is coming

I'm building a 16-week block to get ready for exactly the day above — heavy carries, and the downhill work that actually wrecks people. It'll be ready before spring draw results.

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Who's behind this

I'm Nate. I live in the Bitterroot, work construction, run a small farm, and train at four in the morning because that's the only hour I own. I built this because I ran the numbers on a spot I'd been scouting and the total mileage was a lot higher than I'd had in my head.

If the numbers here don't match what you've actually experienced hauling animals out — tell me. That's more useful to me than a compliment.