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A gear loadout app for hunters. Track pack weight, share loadouts, and browse what other hunters carry. Not affiliated with Petersen's Backcountry Hunter magazine or Backcountry Hunters & Anglers.

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Tools›Pack Weight Calculator

Pack Weight Calculator

Add your gear, track the weight, find what's dragging you down. No account required.

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Pack Weight Guide

Ultralight 🎯Under 35 lb
Good weight ✅35–50 lb
Getting heavy ⚠️50–65 lb
Too heavy 🔴65+ lb

Worn weight is separate from the pack. Planning ranges for elk base weight are on the elk pack-weight guide. The bars above are fixed ceilings in this calculator, not a measured average.

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How Heavy Should Your Hunting Pack Be?

Split the pack into what you wear, what you carry, and what you will eat or drink. The elk pack-weight guide explains that split and gives planning ranges that are labeled as ranges, not as a measured average from this app.

The calculator above shows which category is heavy in the list you typed. It does not know your hunt.

Calculator ceilings, not survey results

The category bars use fixed ceilings built into this page (shelter 40 oz, sleep system 32 oz, clothing 32 oz, pack 40 oz, and lower ceilings for the smaller categories). They are a way to see a bar fill up. They are not measurements from elk hunts, and clearing a bar is not a requirement.

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