backpack hunting: pack recommendations?

[jackelope]

BADLANDS 2200 HUNTING BACKPACK On sale for $169.99 marked down from $269.99 Right now on camofire.com for the next 5 minutes. Get it while its hott!

That's a fine day pack but this thread is about backcountry backpacks...

2200 inches is more than enough for a weekend in the backcountry..

If your sleep system consists of moss and pine boughs.

[Smossy]

BADLANDS 2200 HUNTING BACKPACK On sale for $169.99 marked down from $269.99 Right now on camofire.com for the next 5 minutes. Get it while its hott!

That's a fine day pack but this thread is about backcountry backpacks...

Back-country Is person specific. Not the BACKPACK itself. Some people can go out with virtually nothing and be successful.
Some people need every accommodation known to man. was Just shooting out a deal. Jeesh

[SilkOnTheDrySide]

And to get an animal out?

BADLANDS 2200 HUNTING BACKPACK On sale for $169.99 marked down from $269.99 Right now on camofire.com for the next 5 minutes. Get it while its hott!

That's a fine day pack but this thread is about backcountry backpacks...

2200 inches is more than enough for a weekend in the backcountry..

If your sleep system consists of moss and pine boughs.

[kentrek]

BADLANDS 2200 HUNTING BACKPACK On sale for $169.99 marked down from $269.99 Right now on camofire.com for the next 5 minutes. Get it while its hott!

That's a fine day pack but this thread is about backcountry backpacks...

2200 inches is more than enough for a weekend in the backcountry..

If your sleep system consists of moss and pine boughs.

lol i was just saying it can be done,just gota spend more time tweaking your gear 

[Smossy]

Its cool Ill just start keeping stuff to myself.

[jackelope]

BADLANDS 2200 HUNTING BACKPACK On sale for $169.99 marked down from $269.99 Right now on camofire.com for the next 5 minutes. Get it while its hott!

That's a fine day pack but this thread is about backcountry backpacks...

2200 inches is more than enough for a weekend in the backcountry..

If your sleep system consists of moss and pine boughs.

lol i was just saying it can be done,just gota spend more time tweaking your gear 

And not bringing food.

I'm just joking. I know some people can do it. I just don't feel like I could fit my food for a weekend into a 2200" pack.

[SilkOnTheDrySide]

Its cool Ill just start keeping stuff to myself.

Wasn't trying to be a downer, just thinking that might deserve it's own thread and pointing out this thread was tailored towards backpack hunting.

Post away smossy.

[jackelope]

Its cool Ill just start keeping stuff to myself.

Wasn't trying to be a downer, just thinking that might deserve it's own thread and pointing out this thread was tailored towards backpack hunting.

Post away smossy.

If you want to be like that, then the ship dates and all the other Kifaru talk you guys have been having deserves it's own thread as well. This OP asked about a $400 pack recommendation. Not a $700 pack, or the ship dates of your Kifaru packs, etc. Just sayin...

[kentrek]

BADLANDS 2200 HUNTING BACKPACK On sale for $169.99 marked down from $269.99 Right now on camofire.com for the next 5 minutes. Get it while its hott!

That's a fine day pack but this thread is about backcountry backpacks...

2200 inches is more than enough for a weekend in the backcountry..

If your sleep system consists of moss and pine boughs.

lol i was just saying it can be done,just gota spend more time tweaking your gear 

And not bringing food.

I'm just joking. I know some people can do it. I just don't feel like I could fit my food for a weekend into a 2200" pack.

just keep working at it   

[SilkOnTheDrySide]

Not trying to cause any problems...

Its cool Ill just start keeping stuff to myself.

Wasn't trying to be a downer, just thinking that might deserve it's own thread and pointing out this thread was tailored towards backpack hunting.

Post away smossy.

If you want to be like that, then the ship dates and all the other Kifaru talk you guys have been having deserves it's own thread as well. This OP asked about a $400 pack recommendation. Not a $700 pack, or the ship dates of your Kifaru packs, etc. Just sayin...

[dreamingbig]

One way to stay within your budget and to buy a kifaru is to buy the duplexframeand cargo panel in foliage or any other on camo of choice.  Then next year you can add a bag of your choice.  You can slide any bag you want inside of a duplex frame and cargo panel.

If mystery ranch had made the metcalf earlier than I might have gone that route.  Functional load lifters are key IMO.

I have also used a blacks creek Canadian,  a eberlestock x2, a Gregory Whitney, and a cabelas Alaskan external.  They all worked but the kifaru experience puts all of those to shame at crunch time when you have100 lbs of meat to pack.

[uplandhunter870]

Again thanks for all the tips and pointers.

over the weekend i ended up getting a Mystery Ranch Nice frame and Crew cab pack. i sort of lucked out on this deal, got talking to one of the guys at the trap club i shoot at here that does a lot of over night elk hunts had a crew cab bag that he used once before upgrading to the new metcalf and said hed sell me it for $100, so i jumped on that deal and went an picked up a nice frame from the factory here in town.

told a sales rep in the shop what went down, and he was more than willing to show me how to set it all up and even fitted it to me. we threw 60lbs in it, walked around and climbed some stairs certainly did not feel like 60lbs. I think its a pretty awesome pack and a load rides well in it for me. personally i think itll be the last pack i ever need to buy, we'll see later this summer as i have a 30 mile trek from rainy pass to stehekin planned and have a few tenative 3 day hunts planned for bear and archery deer, cant wait to get out and put it through its paces

thanks again everyone, HW never fails with the vast wealth of info and helpful demeanor of our members

[blackveltbowhunter]

Congrats on the pack! Sounds like a great on  A nice pack. 

[7mag.]

I have a Mystery Ranch and it is bomb proof. It carries weight very well.

[bmccalister]

Here are a few more recommendations. I currently have an Eberlestock pack and I am looking at upgrading to the J34 or dragonfly.

http://eberlestock.com/J34%20Just%20One.htm

But I have also been looking at Nimrod packs especially the wilderness pack system or the apex pack system. However, nimrod packs can get costly with the accessories but is a very versatile pack.

http://www.nimrodpacks.com/n325.html

These packs are good investments.