Heavy pack advise

[Brian Fahs]

Got a question about heavy packs, specifically loaded with meat.

I am an eastern hunter who hunts whitetails mostly in CWD zones in multiple states. By law I can not bring whole deer back into my home state of pennsylvania. For the past 2 years I have been field quartering and carrying them out on my kifaru duplex frame with a cargo panel. I can't believe I drug deer out for the past 40 plus years whole......lol.

As much as I like the packing them out way I have one problem I can't seem to solve. How do you get the pack comfortably set on your back once it's loaded? I hunt solo so I have no one to lift it on to my back. I have tried and it sucks. I am contemplating sitting on the ground and getting it started and standing up. Most mature deer I kill yield about 60 to 80 pounds yield with bone in quarters.
Not super heavy but enough to make this 54 year old struggle. Still beats the shit out of dragging a 150 to 200 pound buck.

Any suggestions would beappreciated.
Brian

 

[TCUHunter34]

I like to put the pack on while sitting, roll over onto hands and knees and push up from there

 

[BeaverHunter]

Put pack on a stump or slightly elevated hillside. Put pack on and stand up the rest of the way. This has always worked for me.

 

[Conrad101st]

Yep, I like the sit into it method, then kind of roll over, get to knees, use trekking poles as support go to standing.

If it’s under 75 lbs, I approach from behind. Put my arms through straps and grab the back towards the base, the sling it straight over the top like your doing a suplex on the bag. Same way you sling a scuba rig on the beach.

 

[slingerHB]

I've done the sitting method but I'm still young and find it easier to just sling it over my shoulder then lean over and start to tighten everything down. Really allows you to suck the waist belt down then stand up and adjust shoulder straps and load lifters

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[Jimbob]

I do something very similar to this. When the pack is really heavy I cannot just slide it up my leg, I need to really givr then get my leg underneath.

 

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Patrick Smith has a video on YouTube showing his way kifarutube I think is the channel. Only time Iv had your problem I was able to hang my pack on a tree branch and just step into it.

 

[lonedave]

"I like to put the pack on while sitting, roll over onto hands and knees and push up from there"
This is how I do it. I carried a whole bull moose out solo in 7 trips 3 years ago at 57 and a small spike bull elk this year solo at 60. I also try to brace my back with my hands on my knees as I get up to keep from straining my back. If you've got a stump nearby you can lift the pack onto the stump before sliding it on too. One other thing...I never thought I'd say it, but treking poles make a world of difference when packing meat!

 

[Brian Fahs]

"I like to put the pack on while sitting, roll over onto hands and knees and push up from there"
This is how I do it. I carried a whole bull moose out solo in 7 trips 3 years ago at 57 and a small spike bull elk this year solo at 60. I also try to brace my back with my hands on my knees as I get up to keep from straining my back. If you've got a stump nearby you can lift the pack onto the stump before sliding it on too. One other thing...I never thought I'd say it, but treking poles make a world of difference when packing meat!

I picked up a set of trekking poles this year. I really like them. Once I am up and going I can go fine. Sitting down to take a break is not necessary I just lean on my trekking poles.

 

[Brian Fahs]

Thanks for the suggestions