EXO K4 Now or Wait for the EXO K4X

[SkunkCabbage]

Packraft, supporting accessories, and 10+ days of food on the way in. Take out food and add a goat meat+cape for the exfill and I’ve stuffed a 7800 cu inch bag without room for fart. Packrafts really eat up space and I want mine internal to the bag to keep wear and tear limited.

7-10 days as a big guy really eats a 7000ci main bag up. Food as an example. I’ve been there too without any room to spare, with everything that can be unpacked at the bottom to try and fill every void. Hell even 7200ci of just the main compartment where it’s not including factor of the spitting scope pockets would be a good start. My current Kifaru dall and previous muskeg are 7000ci main bag, throw in a guide lid at large/med belt pouch that goes to 8700.

Throw in cold weather/winter hunting space gets burned up fast.

I get some of the mountain hunters in BC/AK are probably a way smaller market compared to the majority of sales and requirements of the lower 48. I talked to kifaru a worker from a few years back asking why they were discontinuing the larger packs and gravitating towards smaller bags. They said sales dictated everything and the amount of people in the market for an expedition sized pack didn’t make financial sense for them.

 

[BRTreedogs]

It’s not a knock on the exo meat shelf. My issue is the stuff that happens because of it.
I’d rather not smell like a bloody animal all down my back and pants on a multi day hunt and including to soaking the bag material or contents where you can’t get out for a few days and are forced because of logistics to camp.

I’ve tried multiple different kinds of bags like thick contractor garbage bags, Kuiu, sea to summit and landed on an overly heavy Sealine bag as it’s the only one that hasn’t leaked mainly due to the welded seams and essentially rubber.

I got tired of having wash every single thing down to my tent inner, sleep bag, pad, spare clothing and the pack system itself as it’s been soaked in blood.

The dry bag meat in the bag approach gives a better ride as it keeps the load higher up on your back depending how you load it and way closer to your center of gravity without jacking the pack with your existing gear further away from the cog.

A few more Cu in of bag for me simplifies it. Not to mention being a big human at 260/6’7” when you have everything in XXL or XLT the size of everything eats up bag space. Sleeping bags/quilts /pads are generally alot bigger.

What do you do with your gear if the bag is full of meat?

 

[SkunkCabbage]

What do you do with your gear if the bag is full of meat?

Day hunts are a non concern.
Sheep hunting we put 8 days worth of kit in the bag. I shot a ram day 2. Stayed an additional few days in search of another ram for a friend but we backed out to not spoil the meat.

Essentially I unpack my tent and any layers I don’t think I need quick assess to and stack my compressed synth bag at the bottom with tent and layers filling the void all around and on top. This builds a bit of a shelf. Game bag(s) in the dry bag go right down the middle of the hatch. Fit anything I can disassemble or squeeze in with any bit of free space around it.

I’ve always managed to just make it work.