Backcountry pack choice

[elkguide]

Been very happy with the Outdoorsmans pack. One pack does it all for me.

 

[bowieknife50]

I have an old exo5500 and day hunt with it as well as haul heavy in it. At about 5 lbs you're not adding a lot and it can carry everything I need including a lot of May if I'm so blessed. I'll even use it deer hunting because I can fit all my late season clothes in it really easy and not be sweating when I get to my stand.


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[bow puller]

Exo 3500/5500 cinch up flat so it's best of both worlds.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I prefer one pack for everything. I have a SG Sky Talus 6900.

The stone glacier packs are the best for compressing down to day pack size in my opinion. The more I use my SG, the more I start to ignore my other packs.

 

[Catahoula]

I only run short backcountry trips from a base camp. 2-3 night excursions. I carry my Kifaru with the Woodsman bag 3400-4000ci. It does what I need to set up spike camp and serves me as a day pack as well.

 

[rockcrawler]

I run a mystery ranch pop up 28, mystery ranch selway 60L and a mystery ranch Marshall.
I use the pop up 28 for day hunts. The selway 60L for 5-day hunts and summer backpack trips with my son. The Marshall for up to15 day hunts.

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[5MilesBack]

I noticed you differentiated between daypack and hauler -- you not of the one pack mind set?

The only time I use my SG as my daypack, is when I've already packed camp in with it. But most of my hunting is from my base truck camp. I have no problem hauling the head with cape/rack out on the first load on my shoulders, and then bring the hauler in. And most the time that hauler is my Bull Pac, and not my SG.

 

[huntaholic123]

Kifaru EMR II. Cinch down into a daypack nicely.

 

[Phaseolus]

The ability to haul a load out without returning to camp for your ‘hauler’ is what makes a good modern hunting pack worth it. I use a seek outside Peregrine as my primary pack. It might be a bit small if you are not a minimalist.

 

[MtnOyster]

For those of you who hump camp in on your back, do you prefer a smaller pack to make day hunts with out of camp or do you just lug around your empty camp hauler?

I lugged around my empty camp hauler (kifaru Timberline 2) but this year i'll ditch the T2 and clip on a couple belt pouches and a cargo net and cut down weight and a ton of noise.

 

[jorgensen.travis]

I go with a Kifaru Nomad 2, with a Tahr between the wings. My camp is in the Tahr and I hunt out of the Nomad. If I kill something, I put the game bags between the wings. I always use the Grab It. For a holster, I go with a drop down cowboy type that goes on the belt for my pants and hangs below the pack belt. With this setup, I can’t run any pouches or water bottles on the right side. I’ve gone with my gun in my bino harness before, but I have limitations of him much weight I want up front.


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[Cornbore]

No base camp for me and absolutely no extra or redundant stuff just lay out camp where I end up. Nothing funnier than watching that guy that had it all figured out, throwing all the xtra crap out of his pack, after the first trip in . Go light go hard don’t expend energy walking back to camp.

 

[WyoJessen]

Get a pack that will compress down to day pack size. Two birds, one stone