If you want to have a day bag with load shelf to pack out meat and you want the same bag to go for a few nights than I’d go with the stone glacier or kuiu. Ten day expeditions than I’d look at mystery ranch or kifaru.
If you want to have a day bag with load shelf to pack out meat and you want the same bag to go for a few nights than I’d go with the stone glacier or kuiu. Ten day expeditions than I’d look at mystery ranch or kifaru.
Be sure to check out the EXO packs. I bought one 4 years ago and don't leave home without it. It's awesome! I use the small (2200?) bag 90% of the time for day hunts and even a quick 1 or 2 nighter. I bought a bigger bag off a member here and it's great for longer trips. None of these are cheap - but I have found the EXO to be very well made and super comfortable.
I definitely need waterproof, I see some of those bags to put over your pack. But if they got really good waterproof ones I shouldn't need to make the additional purchase and carry that extra bag to put over pack, but we hunt some pretty brutal rain so idk if the most waterproof packs out there can stand up to Blacktail torrential downpour?
Thanks guys for the replies i'll be looking into all of it!
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Stone Glacier is what I would recommend for a pack, but I don’t have personal experience with MR, Kifaru or Exo but really I think when you get into that class of bag you wouldn’t go wrong with any of them.
For tent I have a Mountain Hardware 3 man tent. Can’t remember the name of it, but it’s discontinued now. I picked it up from a guy on this site brand new never used. You can set it up with just the footprint and fly or you can also use the body. Great tent!
I use the MR metcalf , not to big for a day pack, and I can load up and head out for a week -10 days. Super tough I’ve had it since 2018 and beat the hell out of it. Did some gnarly pack outs with mule deer and goat worked great. I’d look at Stone glacier also, that would be my pick if I was going for a new bag for extended hunts.
hilleberg would be your best tent but not the lightest. If your just doing elk and mule deer hunts any of the LW tents would work , Msr, big Agnes , nemo. If you plan on mountain hunting in the northern Rockies I’d grab a hilleberg.