Best pack for mountain hunting

[Idaho Lefty]

My Son strapped, 2 Hind Quarters and, a Front shoulder qtr, to his EXO pack ( around 120 Pounds of, Elk Meat ) and I carried, a front Qtr and all the Loose Meat ( Back straps, Tender loins, etc. ) and my Rifle, a 7.5 Pound Tikka in, a Kifaru "Gun Bearer" on my, EXO !
BEST Pack, we've ever used !

 

[GREATSCOTT!]

I met Steve Speck where he did all my fitting for my pack when we met at the Sportsman's Show in Portland, OR. Hes a genuine guy, business savy, and fanatical about building the best packs available.

 

[quarterman]

Go with a mystery ranch, they are pretty much bomb proof and still light.

 

[Idaho Lefty]

I'm 74 years "young" and you couldn't, pry my EXO Pack and Kifaru "Gun Bearer" from, my cold, dead Fingers, THIS "System" flat,.. WORKS !
I used, Hunters Specialties "Sticks" in both, the sitting and kneeling positions to shoot, my last, Two Elk.
The Stix, weigh NOTHING and NO Bipod is needed as I shoot Prone over the Clothing stuffed, EXO Pack but, RARELY get to shoot Prone in most of, the STEEP Elk Country that, we Hunt ! My Son carried, 2 Hind and a Front Quarter, out to Truck ! EXO's ARE, One Tough, well made Pack !

 

[Snyderite]

Kifaru

 

[Rhino Hunter]

I have a Mystery Ranch Metcalf that I bought during a stupidly cheap sale during the spring of last year. It's very adjustable, very comfy, and can pack a lot of meat if necessary. It could use more pockets would be my only complaint. Crazy high quality though.

 

[Rhino Hunter]

I didn't see it here yet but the Mystery Ranch Beartooth 80 seems like a good alternative to the metcalf if you want MR and larger than the metcalf.

I bought both and kept the Metcalf. I know me…and the Beartooth is just too big for me. I would always keep packing more gear in it than I need because it could accommodate it. Lol. Both great packs though.

 

[Rhino Hunter]

Dam.

That's impressive. I have a Badlands Superday Pack that I really like. But I've broke 3 zippers off of it, and Ive NEVER packed meat out with it. Lol.

 

[VLD Pilot]

When your on the mountain and your pack isn't comfortable, you'll wish you spent the extra money. Same with boots. Mystery Ranch all the way. Buy once, cry once.

 

[zerosprk]

Any Kifaru pack that will mount to their duplex frame will handle more weight than you want to carry. Ask me how I know...

 

[sawtooth284]

New K4 or a used K3 is the ticket. Ive ran them for the last 6 seasons, hauled a lot of heavy loads out and they have fixed any issues with them.

 

[Dirtnap74]

Been using a Kifaru 44 mag bag hooked to a duplex frame and it's worked really well so far.

 

[ObiWanKannoli]

I just picked up a new K4 5000 myself, really excited to try it. Looks like an impossibly well thought out design.

 

[huntinghuasna]

For putting miles on in the mountains: Kuiu for the wife and EXO (K3) for me. We're both happy with these packs and at this point we both refuse to try anything else, no need at this point.