Backpack- advice?

[cjl2010]

Rokslide would be your best bet getting a higher end pack for a good price. Call kifaru and ask for Aron or frank and they will talk your ear off about different option to fit your needs

[Heat]

If you are serious about hunting, a durable well fitting pack is a must. Can't even count how many "my Badlands broke in the field" posts I have read on hunting sites. I really like Kifaru like some of the other guys here. It was a tough pill to swallow with the price but their stuff is the highest quality. I also would rather pay a little more for goods made in the USA by Americans than save a little coin buying something from China or wherever. Kifaru has the suspension thing down!

[n2horns]

Like any stated as in optics or guns, buy once cry once. I bought the EXO pack sight unseen and went of specs. I love it. You can carry meat between pack and back. Others are like it too. I think Stone Glacier makes a great pack, but you will pay good money and Rokslide has guys selling gear all the time. I feel comfortable to buy and sell there and have done both often.

 

Not sure if EXO (Steve) or SG (Kurt) will send you a trial pack to play with, They have done that in the past, call and ask the companies for a sample and I would rather pay 50 bucks shipping than 600 on a pack and sell it later.

[Becker]

Man you can get a pretty nice Kelty for half the cost of the hunting packs. Plus shave off 4+ lbs. since you don't carry a lot until you kill. Been using one for a lot of years now. Built by backpackers not hunters. Do a little search and buy last years model and save big. My 2 cents.

[elkhunter]

Becker- I've looked into Kelty and used to own one when I was a kid. Thats the route I'm taking if I can't get a good deal on an outdoorsman, like you said it was made by backpackers.