Semi-DIY Backcountry Hunting Pack.

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I’ve been using an old Gregory internal frame for hunting but this season demands the ability to haul heavier loads…and I don’t much like the idea of mixing meat and gear inside a pack.

Stripped an old REI external frame and added webbing galore.  Combined with a Golite Jam2, I have a week’s capacity for gear/food combined with the load hauling of the frame.  Game bags sandwich between the Jam and the frame.  The frame carries a 50# sandbag and gear….about as comfortably as I believe I can carry a 50# sandbag and gear.  And the frame can be left in camp, taking the Jam out for scouting if needed.  Dying it coyote or olive this weekend….Total weight for the two: a hair under 6 pounds, less than the Gregory I was carrying and apparently more functional.

 

[David Thomas]

That’s an approach done in really high-end (but not as light) hunting packs: slip the high-density meat in closest to one’s back.

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