how to get meat bag to ride high in Kifaru Timberline 2 pack

[njdoxie]

I have a Kifaru Timberline 2, and it's easy to keep loads high and tight to my spine on training hikes, but not so easy when carrying quarters or meatbags when my pack is basically empty except for the load.

When carrying the meat inside the pack, I can keep it tight to my spine with compression straps, but how do I keep it high?

Maybe I should get a Kifaru Grabit and put it in that? Would that keep it high?

Thanks for ideas.

 

[Mike7]

That is my favorite part about the Timberline...the ability to raise more compact loads higher on the back. I have Grab-it, but don't need it to raise the load. Instead, I find that pulling completely tight the lower two vertical pack straps before loading the meat or day hunting gear into the pack is all I need to keep the load up high. This is what Kifaru/Aron designed these straps for I believe...to carry meat up high when you don't have a sleeping bag/gear to raise the meat up off the bottom of the pack.

 

[Matt Cashell]

The generation 2 hanging meat bag is perfect for keeping loads high:

https://store.kifaru.net/meat-bags-p28.aspx

 

[njdoxie]

The generation 2 hanging meat bag is perfect for keeping loads high:

https://store.kifaru.net/meat-bags-p28.aspx

How does the hanging meat bag, keep it high? I understand that it doesn't become a ball at the very bottom, and is an improvement.

But the bottom of the meat bag will still be at the bottom of your pack, right?

 

[Slim Jim]

I use a Kifaru meat baggie and a small carabiner attached to the top of inside of pack to hang it. Works perfect

 

[MuleyFever]

How does the hanging meat bag, keep it high? I understand that it doesn't become a ball at the very bottom, and is an improvement.

But the bottom of the meat bag will still be at the bottom of your pack, right?

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[njdoxie]

But hanging it would put all the weight on your shoulders, I don't want that.

 

[DmrbigEshotT]

Gritty bowmen had a podcast with Aron Snyder and they talked about that. T.A.G. Game bags is what Aron uses and they solve that problem.

 

[njdoxie]

Please explain, don't have time to look for, download and listen to the whole podcast. ...how does it resolve the problem? And do you know which specific podcast it was?

 

[DmrbigEshotT]

Synthetic, somewhat ridged, narrow bags that give the deboned meat no where else to go but up as you stack it in. Technically advanced game bags (T.A.G.) out of Alaska makes them and Aron helped design them

 

[Matt Cashell]

But hanging it would put all the weight on your shoulders, I don't want that.

The weight goes to the belt, as long as you have your pack adjusted correctly, even in the highest position, as in the picture.

You can also attach it further down the frame, if you wish.

It is pretty slick.

 

[wapitibob]

Antelope in a Gen II meat bag on a Bikini with a long pocket across the btm. It rides plenty high and no, the btm of the Gen II does not go down to the btm of the frame. In fact, it's a little short for a bone in Elk hind quarter. The Gen II will ride the same inside a pack bag if you mount it to the top of the stays as I did.

Day hunt setup with my coat inside the Gen II.

 

[luke moffat]

I explain how I do it with both the Highcamp bags and Timberline bags the same way when hauling out bear hides or boned out meat in the video in this thread:

http://www.rokslide.com/forums/show...le-hiking-trip-Grizz-Hunt&p=106426#post106426

Hope that helps.

 

[Backpack Hunter]

These guys have pretty much nailed it. Use the straps or the hanging meat bag and your are good to go.

 

[njdoxie]

Thx!

 

[njdoxie]

Antelope in a Gen II meat bag on a Bikini with a long pocket across the btm. It rides plenty high and no, the btm of the Gen II does not go down to the btm of the frame. In fact, it's a little short for a bone in Elk hind quarter. The Gen II will ride the same inside a pack bag if you mount it to the top of the stays as I did.

Day hunt setup with my coat inside the Gen II.

Timberline 2 bag is not meant to be removed from the frame, so I can't do what you're doing.

 

[Backpack Hunter]

Timberline 2 bag is not meant to be removed from the frame, so I can't do what you're doing.

There are two tabs inside of the Timberline 2 bag that you attach the hanging meat bag to.