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Hunting multi day pack or backpacking multi day pack?
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<blockquote data-quote="brcfo_outdoors" data-source="post: 2487596" data-attributes="member: 113623"><p>Gear organization, meat shelf capability, overall load capacity, and in most cases durability.</p><p></p><p>Most backpacking style packs are top loaders where hunting packs often benefit from "U" zippers that open then entire pack up and let you load gear all the way down. This is extra weight that backpackers don't want, and extra side pouches for optics and stuff also add extra weight.</p><p></p><p>The meat shelf thing as mentioned, and being able to separate the pack from the frame or even swap it out.</p><p></p><p>With load capacity we will take Osprey's hybrid trampoline suspension system as an example. It feels amazing and can handle the reasonable loads intended for hikers and backpackers. If you are carrying out chunks of animal you are going to exceed the weight limit and the suspension is going to flatten out and become uncomfortable. Hunting packs may not feel as amazing when you put them on but they are better designed to support the really heavy loads and will reduce fatigue once maxed out.</p><p></p><p>Durability, in that backpacking packs are typically a lighter denier nylon where hunting packs tend to be a bit heavier for abrasion and tear resistance when you aren't just walking along a beaten trail.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brcfo_outdoors, post: 2487596, member: 113623"] Gear organization, meat shelf capability, overall load capacity, and in most cases durability. Most backpacking style packs are top loaders where hunting packs often benefit from "U" zippers that open then entire pack up and let you load gear all the way down. This is extra weight that backpackers don't want, and extra side pouches for optics and stuff also add extra weight. The meat shelf thing as mentioned, and being able to separate the pack from the frame or even swap it out. With load capacity we will take Osprey's hybrid trampoline suspension system as an example. It feels amazing and can handle the reasonable loads intended for hikers and backpackers. If you are carrying out chunks of animal you are going to exceed the weight limit and the suspension is going to flatten out and become uncomfortable. Hunting packs may not feel as amazing when you put them on but they are better designed to support the really heavy loads and will reduce fatigue once maxed out. Durability, in that backpacking packs are typically a lighter denier nylon where hunting packs tend to be a bit heavier for abrasion and tear resistance when you aren't just walking along a beaten trail. [/QUOTE]
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