Mystery Ranch has several, Kuiu, Eberlestock x2, tons of good day packs out there. If you want to be comfortable hauling meat, it narrows the field a little.
If you think you might ever do a backcountry hunt, even if you plan to base camp, I’d get a Western style pack with a frame and separate bag. Many good brands mentioned already.
I have the KUIU 1850 and use it for everything now. Easy to put a climbing stand in the meat shelf, and I quartered out a doe I shot way back in a swamp and packed it out in one trip. Beat the buck I drug out of there by a long shot.
I used that same pack for my first week long elk hunt with camp carried in a dry bag in the meat shelf, but the last one I bought a 5500 bag and put it on the same frame and suspension.
If you think you might ever do a backcountry hunt, even if you plan to base camp, I’d get a Western style pack with a frame and separate bag. Many good brands mentioned already.
I have the KUIU 1850 and use it for everything now. Easy to put a climbing stand in the meat shelf, and I quartered out a doe I shot way back in a swamp and packed it out in one trip. Beat the buck I drug out of there by a long shot.
I used that same pack for my first week long elk hunt with camp carried in a dry bag in the meat shelf, but the last one I bought a 5500 bag and put it on the same frame and suspension.
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