Getting that 100lb pack from the ground onto your back

[Poser]

Interesting you bring this up, as this video literally came across my feed the other day. Is this what you do? Seems like a good strategy.

Is that guy a football coach? He talks like a Southern Baptist indoctrinated football coach who moonlights as a youth pastor and regularly addresses the local chapter of the Kiwanis Club.

 

[Skerhunter]

You would have been very amused watching me wiggle on my back like a stuck turtle trying to flip that whitetail load pictured above. It did not work.

Sorry it was directed at the post previous to yours! BUT I would have loved to have been there to watch the struggle and make smart @ss comments!

 

[Dos Perros]

The best way to get 100lbs from the ground to your back is to take 20 to 40 pounds out first, then try again.

 

[dirtshooter]

The best way to get 100lbs from the ground to your back is to take 20 to 40 pounds out first, then try again.

Yeah lol if I knew how to cape a skull out without ruining the cape I'd have solved my problem

 

[Lil-Rokslider]

Turkish get up

 

[MuleyFever]

Well what I do is give myself a hernia. Not fun.

One thing I have done is set the pack next to a tree like I am going to strap it to the tree but set it just a couple of feet away. Then I sit on my but with the tree between my legs and the pack behind me. Strap the pack on and use the tree to pull myself up.

Also look for something to set the pack on that is about waist height.

The turtle method works well with trekking poles to help get to your feet.

Trekking poles help a lot.

 

[Laramie]

Heaviest I have done solo was 130lbs. I used a rope on a tree to help me up. That little bit of assistance makes a big difference. I'm a big guy though so I can understand for the 160lb guys it could be a heck of a struggle.

 

[dirtshooter]

Well what I do is give myself a hernia. Not fun.

One thing I have done is set the pack next to a tree like I am going to strap it to the tree but set it just a couple of feet away. Then I sit on my but with the tree between my legs and the pack behind me. Strap the pack on and use the tree to pull myself up.

Also look for something to set the pack on that is about waist height.

The turtle method works well with trekking poles to help get to your feet.

Trekking poles help a lot.

Pulling yourself up with the tree is a good idea too, thanks

 

[crich]

If I can't get the pack elevated to slip under it I've assembled it near a smallish tree I can grab to pull myself up.

 

[wapitibob]

I packed 2 Pronghorns back in 2012, stupid move but didn't learn the lesson.

I put 1/2 an Elk on my pack a few years ago, no idea what it weighed. Flat ground and nothing taller than the 6" grass. I tried the pack on the ground thing and couldn't budge let alone roll over. I fianlly got it up kind of on one knee and slipped an arm in and flopped around enough to get that one side in the shoulder strap. It was a miricle the strap didn't break but it held. After getting it on I could go about 30 feet and would have to stop; hip joints were on fire. Load was heavy enough the stays pushed thru the mtl at the top of the frame but SG fixed them no charge.

 

[lonedave]

I do similar to a couple of the others on here….I stand the pack up on the ground, sit down, and get into both straps. Then I roll over into my hands and knees, lift my right leg up, put my right hand on the knee to brace my back, then push up with that leg. As I’m standing up and get my left leg up, I brace my back with my left hand too. When I’m up and steady, I put on the waist belt and sort of “shrug and tighten” a couple of times and clip the sternum strap. I’ve got a couple of bad discs, so I do as much as I can to support my back.

Truthfully, any more, I’d rather shuttle two 50# loads any day of the week than attempt to carry 100#+.

 

[roosiebull]

That's making sense. In the heat of the moment I didn't really think about using the terrain. There was definitely enough hills and stumps to facilitate this haha next time I'll be more prepared.

I kept hearing all about these 100+lb loads and I'm like wtf am I doing wrong here

That’s almost always my method, lift the pack onto something and go from there.

I have had to do the turtle approach a few times, but is certainly more difficult to get stood up and feels like I’m going to wreck my pack

 

[Jethro]

I sit down and strap in, but I also snug the waist belt. Not a full cinch, but tight enough that the bottom stays with me as I do the roll and then stand. Use the trek poles to assist with the stand.

I don’t think I’ve ever hauled 100lbs. Even at 60+ lbs, I do the sit, roll, stand.

 

[TagEater]

I just lay my pack on the ground and do the ol Ranger Roll as demonstrated here:

 

[5MilesBack]

Stand the pack up on the ground, sit in front of it and slide your arms through the shoulder straps, and tighten a little. Clip the waist belt on and tighten as much as possible, then roll onto your hands and knees and stand up. Then cinch it all down tight and start hiking. Been doing this for decades because I hunt solo so much.

 

[AK Troutbum]

I just won't even attempt it anymore. I'd much rather make multiple trips with a lighter pack and not have to worry about screwing my back up, or blowing a knee out, etc. 80 lbs. is about as heavy as I'll go these days, unless it's something like a moose hind quarter, and it's for a short distance over mostly flat terrain. But really, even for those types of circumstances, I'll still try to figure out an easier way.

 

[jcaud]

Made a go on a full deer and gear this year, and did similar to some others. Got my pack uphill from a small hill, and then sat down between the hill and tree and used the downward slope to get up and standing. Didn’t have very far to go but I plan on making a couple trips next time I’m in that situation.

 

[mike.adams.467]

Yeah lol if I knew how to cape a skull out without ruining the cape I'd have solved my problem

Its not hard and there are plenty of videos out there. Your local taxidermist might also let you watch him or her go through the process and give you pointers. Carrying out the head just isn't necessary.

 

[Marshfly]

I just won't even attempt it anymore. I'd much rather make multiple trips with a lighter pack and not have to worry about screwing my back up, or blowing a knee out, etc. 80 lbs. is about as heavy as I'll go these days, unless it's something like a moose hind quarter, and it's for a short distance over mostly flat terrain. But really, even for those types of circumstances, I'll still try to figure out an easier way.

Agreed. Just make two trips. Putting too much weight on your back, solo, on rough terrain, is how you get hurt and then you'll be making more than two trips from then on out.

You only get one body. Break it, and it might be broken forever.

 

[cnelk]

Solo definitely lighter loads and use the ‘roll over’ method to get up.

Fortunately my son was with me this year and helped hoist my 95lb pack up.

Luckily the terrain wasn’t too bad and just about a mile from the truck