hunting packs

[Slider]

I Have 2 Badlands. I use the Superday all the time. I tried Bivying in the 2200 and its just not big enough. I did use it(empty)to pack 3/4 of a Boned out Deer in Very Steep Country. It worked really well for that. Between the 2 for a day trip I will grab the Superday everytime!!! Good Luck

[Branden]

I did not vote cause you don't have my pack. Its a Barney's Pinnacle and it is the best pack I have ever used for packing. I have packed a whole boned elk with no problems to the pack. I also have a Arc'teryx Bora 80 and a 95 which are great packs up to hundred pound loads. My early season scouting pack is a Osprey Aether 60. Branden

[ICEMAN]

How many pounds of meat were on the pack with a whole boned out elk?

[mossback91]

How many pounds of meat were on the pack with a whole boned out elk?

It must have been suckiing on the tit still

[Branden]

I never had a chance to weigh that pack. It was the heaviest pack I have ever packed though. Here is a pic of the bull.

Here is a pic of the canyon that it was shot in. It was on the other side towards the bottom. Yeah I packed it up this side.


Hey mossback91, just cause you are to fat and old to ever do any real hunting does not mean others can't.

[mossback91]

HAHA Im only 18 man.

[Branden]

Well, then maybe to young and still fat.

[mossback91]

lol

[Branden]

 

[BrushChimp]

Impressive. A whole boned out bull elk.. That'd be pushing 225 lbs. Well done.

I recently purchased the Dwight Schuh Mega hunting pack. 5600 cu. inches. I hope to try it out for the first time this fall in archery season. Don't plan on packing that much weight though. I wouldn't make it very far, lol.

[robb92]

I use a military rucksack with the daypack attached to it. It has a very stiff metal frame that can be adjusted for lumbar support. When I took it with me bear hunting I had all the essentials ie rain gear, extra clothes, survival kit, and all my calls and knives.

I was given several of them for free, some were used and some knew but they work great and the best part is they didn't cost anything.

[Bigshooter]

I am going to buy badlands pack soon, still deciding what size.

[cohoho]

I am not trying to stir the pot, but.........  Wow! a whole Bull de-boned in one pack!  Curious, I guess is more the reason I'm even creating a response.  An average Mature Bull is about #700, could be higher, but let keep that number in mind to be on the conservative side.  Now, I'm going to flip to another animal, something I am quite familiar with and packed enough to know what I am talking about, Caribou.  A small female weighs in at about #150 and a mature Bull #500, carcass weights on those same two animals is about #75-#250.  De-boned to nothing but meat prepared for packaging, no cartilage, bones, fat, etc... is about #55-#175, lets add the cape probably wet and not scraped completely, close to #30, horns let's add another #15, no skull. 

So for this discussion sake we'll say your bull was smaller sized closer to the #500 range. (By the way it is a very nice looking animal).

#220 in a incredible high quality pack @#6, some of your hunting gear(knives, bone saw, water bottle, change of socks, maybe a game bag or two), we'll go light here say #5 more there and rifle, well about #8.  WOW! 239lbs and you made it up the freaking hill.  Let me know when your available, I'll hire you for a Sherpa.....  Can't imagine what it could have been with a mature #700-800 Bull Elk.....

[ICEMAN]

Agree. Hence my question before; "How much weight was in the pack?"

[huntingnut]

I have a Blacks Creek Alaskan. I was between it and the Badlands 2800. I like the expandable meat pocket that puts the weight right next to your back and not on top of your gear. They are truely a excellent quality pack, and thier made in Boise.