Packing out de boned meat video and tech tip thread!

[Manosteel]

Quick tip from previous experience with the Kifaru meat baggies.

As you know they will leak at the seams, so instead of carrying a garbage bag in addition to the meat baggie I seam sealed them just like yo do the tarps and tents with Silicone II. The trick is to turn them inside out and stuff them plum full to get the seems fully stretched out and then apply the seam sealer. Following that, I filled them with water to check for leaks; touched up a couple of spots and was good to go. It worked like a champ this past year with my son's cow elk pack out; no blood on my gear!

Good tip. Will try.

 

[rodney482]

when using a gen1 hanging meat bag, do you hang the bag inside the pack then slip the bagged meat into it? or put meat in hanging bag then drop it all into the pack and secure the buckles?

** have you ever unzipped the bottom and put meat in from that end? it looks larger in diameter

 

[justin davis]

Quick tip from previous experience with the Kifaru meat baggies.

As you know they will leak at the seams, so instead of carrying a garbage bag in addition to the meat baggie I seam sealed them just like yo do the tarps and tents with Silicone II. The trick is to turn them inside out and stuff them plum full to get the seems fully stretched out and then apply the seam sealer. Following that, I filled them with water to check for leaks; touched up a couple of spots and was good to go. It worked like a champ this past year with my son's cow elk pack out; no blood on my gear!

Yea that's was I do with my meat baggies. Even thou blood isn't a big issue.

 

[dreamingbig]

I think a lot of guys like it because they have not done it yet

Amen!

 

[Colbyqueso]

Ziploc makes XL storage bags. No scent. Worked on my friends pack out. Me, put anything you don't want bloody in dry bags. Pack meat. Wash pack later. I really want to try the seam sealed meat bag. Now thats something i would do.

 

[aron]

Great video Aron and thanks for the tips that are always provided. This website definitely cuts down the learning curve for backcountry hunting.

 

[MLHSN]

Good information. Thanks for the video. Since this is my first year hunting, I appreciate all the help I can get.

I noticed the focus was on not having the meat sit to low. As I've never packed an animal, I'm only asking in terms of education. In the Army, my pack itself never went over 100 lbs. With all the gear (ie, weapon, body armor, etc.) it went well over. Have you also had problems with the meat sitting to high? There always feels like a sweet spot for balance. I noticed when I had heavy items sit to high (radio, ammo, water, etc) I tended to get a little clumsy. I ended up on my face a couple times because once I started going with weight around head height it was done with. Just curious how you make sure the weight sits justs right in that equilibrium.

 

[mmwb]

Great video! I've always left the meat out to air (across sage brush, over pine boughs, rocks, etc...) while boning the animal out. I put the meat, after some time to cool, in pillow cases. They go into the pack, which is lined with a white garbage bag. I've packed quite a few loads of meat out over the years, but never understood the need to get the weight off the bottom of the pack. Two falls ago, I boned out a decent sized buck, loaded meat from the bottom up and added all my gear. After a couple of miles of hiking, leaning forward to balance the weight, there was pop in my lower back. It was a painful injury. I stashed some of the meat and carried the rest out (returning a half day later to recover the rest). Later the scales indicated I was packing 120 lbs of meat and gear. Way too much for the condition I was in and way to low on my back. 8 months of ignoring back pain, followed by 8 months of chiropractic work and it doesn't bother me much anymore. Listen to the guys when they talk of keeping the most weight off the bottom of the pack...

 

[Califhuntn]

Thanks for the video. That method really does make a huge difference. I remember about 10 years ago I was pig hunting and had to pack a boned out pig about 3 miles back to my truck. It wouldnt have been that big of a deal except I was using a Crooked Horn pack that was frameless (very poor decision). My buddy had a cabelas frame pack. We boned out the 200+ pig. His load carried pretty well but my load was the most uncomfortable miserable load I ever carried. Talk about a load sagging. My shoulders hurt for days after that.

Aron is that video recent or is it a few years old. Either way it was good info but I noticed most of the gear you were using (Atko tent, timberline pack, clothing) didn't look like your latest gear. Just curious.

 

[SDHNTR]

What I want to know is how to keep the meat from sagging down in an empty pack. If you are just using the pack to haul a meat load, and don't have anything else to put in the bottom, how do you keep that wad of slippery boned out meat from winding up at the bottom anyways? Warm, boned out meat has a tendency to not stay put despit all sorts of strapping in my experience.

 

[Backpack Hunter]

I use the straps to completely cut off the lower portion of the pack then load the meat in. Either that or use the hanging meat bag.

 

[gelton]

Hanging meat bag. Doubles as a way to keep your kill kit, possibles pouch, food for the day and means to cook it off the bottom of your pack while hunting during the day with an "empty" pack too.

 

[Aron Snyder]

What I want to know is how to keep the meat from sagging down in an empty pack. If you are just using the pack to haul a meat load, and don't have anything else to put in the bottom, how do you keep that wad of slippery boned out meat from winding up at the bottom anyways? Warm, boned out meat has a tendency to not stay put despit all sorts of strapping in my experience.

Call me

 

[Matt W.]

These bags are more sheep / deer size but handy for packing meat in the pack. I use TAG bags and use these in the pack.
http://www.botachtactical.com/itwxpali17ba.html

I would use contractor garbage bags for big game.

I run the ICON 7200. Only use the load shelf when the pack is empty. Otherwise in bag like Aron. With that said my moose died in camp so I was lucky enough to hand carry to ATV trailer. Only ever packed out deer / sheep.

 

[keep]

Not sure how I missed this thread earlier but glad it came back up, that video helps us FNG's quite a bit

 

[Ironman8]

I have this nagging question about the load shelf method...

If I've got my gear dialed down to where camp/optics/firearm/food/water, ect. is right about 30lbs, and I plan to haul out an elk in two trips, and split that 30lbs into 15lbs per trip...will I really feel that extra 15lbs spread out in the pack around the 100+ lb bag of elk meat vs having a bigger bag and loading everything inside...all else being equal and given that I'm loading the weight correctly?

 

[Aron Snyder]

I'm a "bigger pack" type of guy and suggest that style above the meat shelf.

 

[Justin Crossley]

I much prefer a pack that will hold everything inside.

IMO it also needs to keep the load narrow and tall instead of short and fat.

The Timberline bags are my choice. Specifically the T1 bag.