Mystery Ranch Marshall

[Phatfisher]

Hello every one! After doing some searching on the Internet one the Marshall bag alongside with the guidelight frame. There wasn’t much reviews/videos on the bag and frame. Thinking of buying this as a all around bag from day hunts to maybe future multi day hunts. Any input? Thanks

 

[Desk Jockey]

Welcome.

Mystery ranch is a solid choice. Great designs and execution.

The Marshall is a big pack. Their biggest hunting pack. I would say it would be best suited for long +5 day hunts or hauling tons of gear like if you were guiding others or needed lots of winter gear or climbing gear. Might be a bit overkill for something that was primarily a daypack. I had a tacticplane, which was the same size and I didn’t fill it on a 5-day backpacking trip. Sold it for something smaller.

I would suggest looking at the mecalf - a great all around Pack that can do 3-5 days and still be a fairly small day Pack. Or even the pintler. A nice compact day Pack or overnight that could be stretched to longer trips with a camp bag on the load shelf.

 

[Jayhawkhunter]

As Desk Jockey said, it's a great bag, just depends on your use. I have it for my 7+ day backpacking trips. I would highly suggest MR as a setup, it is rock solid. I plan to pick up a Pintler to go along with the Marshall which will be great for a daypack using the same frame. Best wishes in your search!

 

[GPool1842]

I have the Marshall. Picked the Metcalf up last summer for an elk hunt and didn’t get to go. Bag sat around and I tried loading it up with all my gear one day for an imaginary 7 day hunt... I decided I wanted bigger. Sold it here and picked up the Marshall. It’s big, testing it out this weekend backpacking with wife in Arkansas.

 

[NDGuy]

MR is a solid company I have the Metcalf and just picked up a bag only Pintler.

 

[Browninglover1]

While the Marshall is bigger than I generally need, I really like having the two vertical pockets on the outside of the pack. I use those pockets to stash my tripod and spotting scope as well as rain gear or anything else I need to access quickly. The main compartment is mostly empty during my day hunts and it usually only has my camera, kill kit, and my rear shooting bag in it so I have way more bag than what I need for most of my hunts.

 

[Phatfisher]

Thak you all for the input! I think im going to give it a shot as I could always pick up a metcalf bag on the classified ads page or trade it.

 

[Hunter Sargent]

I had one for my 1st elk hunt. It was heavy! Like 9.5lbs. But, that was the NICE frame, I've heard the Guide Lite is lighter. That being said, the weight didn't bother me that much, but the straight-backed stays did. Apparently, I needed curved stays like the SG X Curve or Kifaru composite ones. The bag itself was decent. Lots going on with all of the pockets, maybe too much. It would be hard to beat for the $350-$400 you can sometimes pick them up for, but I wouldn't pay retail for one.

 

[307]

It's really big. Not good for day pack use. Floppy when it doesn't have much volume in the main bag. I love it for big trips though. I'll be picking up the Pintler bag to use for daypack use.

 

[Simps]

Great for gwtting gear to camp.... not great as daybag mode. Heavy. And limited storage pockets.


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[cmc]

For the guys running the Marshall bag - my question is - Can you put a straight Swarovski 20-60X65m spotter in the long vertical outside pockets?

 

[Browninglover1]

For the guys running the Marshall bag - my question is - Can you put a straight Swarovski 20-60X65m spotter in the long vertical outside pockets?

I would think so. I get my Angled Meopta S2 in there without any issues.

 

[HuntGear101]

Like a few people said, it might be a bit large for an All-Around type of a bag, but it'll for sure hold everything you would need. It was designed for multi-day use so if you're headed back in for several days it would be perfect. Some guys that are just out for day or two will pick up the Pintler or Metcalf, pack all their hunting stuff in the bag part of the pack and use a dry-bag or lightweight duffel to keep their camping stuff and load that onto the overload shelf. That way, they can pack in with everything, dump the dry bag or duffel at camp and head out to scout or hunt until they need to come back and set up camp. You can certainly do that with the Marshall too, it just get's a little cumbersome as a day pack.

Either way, MR makes a solid pack and you can't go wrong with any of those 3 guidelight pack options. Hope that helps! Good luck in your search.