How many game bags in your pack.

[williaada]

After the first day of hunting in the mountains. The guys in my group all shed as much weight as possible from their packs. The question we have is how many game bags do people carry in their packs or do people even carry the game bags at all?

 

[elkstabber]

If I'm carrying a weapon I'm carrying game bags. I use the Allen Backcountry bags and also the super lightweight bags by Felix40 (here on rokslide). I typically carry 3 for a mule deer and 5 for an elk.

You want to shed weight so carrying fewer/lighter bags makes sense. But, you also have to have enough bags that the meat can spread out and cool quickly. In other words don't try to put too much meat in a single bag because then it will ball up and retain heat longer.

 

[ljalberta]

If it’s elk I’m hunting then it’s usually a full pack of the TAG BOMB bags. I think that’s 6 bags. 4 larger ones for deboned quarters and then two small ones for the rest of the meat. Or 4 larger bags for bone-in quarters and one or two smaller bags for the rest. About 10 oz total for the BOMB bags. A little more for the bigger ones. I agree with the poster above. I want enough to allow the meat to cool quicker while keeping it clean in a bag.

 

[Turkeygetpwnd38]

I typically carry 4-5, the size of the bags will change from deer to elk. Don’t think anyone is cutting weight by not carrying game bags if they have to pack the animal out on their back, maybe deep into winter you can just leave it on bone but cut weight elsewhere.

 

[5MilesBack]

I carry six 20"x30" Allen Backcountry Meat bags for elk.

 

[bowtech3dhunter]

I carry 4 when I elk hunt. I debone the meat. I put one back quarter in a bag, the second back quarter in a second bag, the two front shoulders and neck meat in a third bag, and the back straps and tenderloins in the fourth bag.


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[Ross]

when the temps remain warm bags are always in the pack i will carry at least 4 if not 5.....once the temps plummet typically mid/late October then I carry one.....as bugs typically no longer an issue

 

[4ester]

I carry 4 of the Black Ovis XL bags.


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[huntabsarokee]

5 in my pack. I started out carrying smaller bags for deboned meat but after a few kills prefer larger bags so I can toss in a full qtr. if need be like you find the elk at 10pm. If I have time to debone on sight the weight penalty of the larger bag is minimal.

 

[cnelk]

4-5.

I vacuum seal them so they are compressed down to almost nothing

 

[Elk Horn]

5 light weight bags for an elk...4 for each quaters and 1 for the remaining meat (backstraps, rib/neck and tenderloin). I don't debone the meat and only have to pack it out to the nearest trail head. Outfitter picks it up there.

 

[mtwarden]

I'm wearing my meat hauler so the first load is out via Stone Glacier's load cell, I carry 3 large TAG bags to hang to rest of the meat if needed

 

[hobbes]

I prefer 5, but I can make 4 work if I debone. Deboning is based on distance and temperature. I prefer bone in for hanging and processing at home. Also, if it's warm, I really want the meat arranged in smaller quantities while hanging, so there's nothing wrong with 6. I don't worry so much about it when it's cold and snowy in the rifle season.

 

[chasewild]

I carry the Black Ovis elk sacks. 4 quarter bags and a smaller bag for select cuts.

 

[SemperHunter]

So glad to see reviews on game bags. I hadn't thought to look at reviews of which people prefer.

 

[Coveyleader]

5 bags made from lightweight bed sheets sewn to the appropriate size I like. Cheap, light, thumbs up to Goodwill.

 

[MikeG]

4 for deer, five for elk. I am pretty impressed with the Allen backcountry bags as well.

 

[Corvus Corax]

4 lightweight quarter bags and a smaller parts bag. Whole kill kit including knife, bags, flagging tape and tyvek weighs about 1lb and stores in a bag the size of a Nalgene bottle.

 

[One-shot]

My partner and I carry 4 each if we each have tags. If only 1 tag, then 4 game bags. They don't weigh much, just take up space.

 

[CMF]

I carried 5 this year, UL bags from ebay around 8 oz. I deboned the meat, I think I had a hind in each, the backstraps/tenderloins in one and the shoulders, neck, and scraps split between the other two. Could have possibly got it all into 4. I'm thinking about going to 6 bags and making them myself a little bit narrower to help with cooling and give me more pack out options depending on if I'm alone or with one or two others .