Yup I gutted my long hunter lid as I didn't like how it was designed to be carried as a day pack. But the guide lid should straps are much more functional in my experience and I will be keeping them for hikes away from camp when I am on just backpacking trips and not hunting or like above its handy for water runs away from camp to carry the bladders and bottles when you don't want or need a full pack or don't want to haul your full pack down into w creek bottom to get water. Too useful for me to hack up my guide lid like I did to my longhunter lid, guide lid stays as is for me.
Same here.