Aron Snyder leaving Kifaru

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No dog in the fight, but I've owned several Kifaru packs and have always preferred EXO. Prob just a personal fit decision for each hunter.
As far as "unfortunate" and "seem" can't speak to those.
I’ve never looked up the cubic inches of the exo packs but damn doesn’t look like they can fit much. We like to call them the hunting jansport. 😂

Good to hear they fit nice!
 
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Inb4 Kifaru and Born Primitive gear shows up on the Meateater Store. Maybe around same time Origin does.


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Hopefully. The Kifaru of 2015-2020 were the golden years. You guys were a great team back then. Still enjoy listening to the early years of Kifarucast.
I agree, when Frank left, I didn’t care for the podcast anymore. I like Aron, but apparently don’t like listening to him. Frank was a great part of the team and I hope he’s doing good now, and assume he is
 
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I’ve never looked up the cubic inches of the exo packs but damn doesn’t look like they can fit much. We like to call them the hunting jansport. 😂

Good to hear they fit nice!
Have you tried one? Way better layout than anything Kifaru makes as far as I can tell. They make a 7200 that you can add a lid to for about 7800ci.
 
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I’ve never looked up the cubic inches of the exo packs but damn doesn’t look like they can fit much. We like to call them the hunting jansport. 😂

Good to hear they fit nice!

I love my exo pack but also agree that the bag seems to fill up quickly.
 

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I love my exo pack but also agree that the bag seems to fill up quickly.
Yeah it doesnt seem to hold much. Great day pack Im sure. Or couple day trip.

They must be doing something right though, I would say currently 50% of the clients show up with exo, 20% SG and a mix of the rest.

Never heard anything bad about them. Just going off having to pack more of the clients shit than with some other brand of packs. Part of the job so it’s all good!
 

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Aaron leaves Kifaru and the born and raised crew breaks up! Coincidence? I think not.

But seriously I've learned a lot from Aaron's videos and podcasts. The gritty bowmen podcast with Aaron is what got me into archery and backcountry hunting.
He has come a long ways and I sincerely hope he does well at Born primitive.
Who’s Aaron, I know an Aron but never talked to an Aaron at Kifaru.
 
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When I started guiding I would say over half the clients showed up with Kifaru packs. This year was the first year zero of the clients packs were Kifaru. Speaking to other guides it seems they noticed the same as I. I don’t know what Exo is doing but most the clients show up with those packs now. Which is unfortunate because I don’t know if it’s just the models I’ve seen but sure don’t seem as good as a kifaru. Hope to see Kifaru make a comeback.
For a while I was on the fence about ditching my Kifaru bags and jumping to exo this season. There’s just something appealing about my impression of the community within and around the company. Seems to me like Kifaru has been losing their appeal in that sense the past few years. I’ll keep rocking with Kifaru, their gear speaks for itself. I hope they rally.
 
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