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<blockquote data-quote="mnoland30" data-source="post: 2488393" data-attributes="member: 29323"><p>The thing that makes a pack comfortable is being used to the straps cutting into your shoulders. Before elk season, I carry a 50 lb. pack a few miles each day for a couple of weeks. After 3 days, you hardly notice the straps cutting into your shoulders. I started out at age 9 with military surplus packs that had canvas straps with no padding. Even with those, after 3 days I was used to it. </p><p></p><p>Once I learned how to bone out an animal, I realized that I didn't need a frame. I even take out the aluminum "frame" pieces that come in internal frame packs. My buddy uses a GoLite pack (weighs less than 2 lbs.) to pack elk. He doesn't load it with 100 lbs. of meat, but it works. You'll walk further and hunt better with a light pack. I use a $20 pack I purchased at a gun show. I beefed it up a bit with nylon straps under the bottom. I keep a Speedy Stiching awl at base camp in case I need to repair a pack. I don't understand people who spend hundreds on a pack that probably cost $20 to make and weighs 5 - 7 pounds. At my age (68), I try not to carry 100 lb. packs. I did pack out a cow elk 2 miles in two loads about 3 years ago. My back was fine, but my knees suffered. All of my backpacking gear is ultra lite.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mnoland30, post: 2488393, member: 29323"] The thing that makes a pack comfortable is being used to the straps cutting into your shoulders. Before elk season, I carry a 50 lb. pack a few miles each day for a couple of weeks. After 3 days, you hardly notice the straps cutting into your shoulders. I started out at age 9 with military surplus packs that had canvas straps with no padding. Even with those, after 3 days I was used to it. Once I learned how to bone out an animal, I realized that I didn't need a frame. I even take out the aluminum "frame" pieces that come in internal frame packs. My buddy uses a GoLite pack (weighs less than 2 lbs.) to pack elk. He doesn't load it with 100 lbs. of meat, but it works. You'll walk further and hunt better with a light pack. I use a $20 pack I purchased at a gun show. I beefed it up a bit with nylon straps under the bottom. I keep a Speedy Stiching awl at base camp in case I need to repair a pack. I don't understand people who spend hundreds on a pack that probably cost $20 to make and weighs 5 - 7 pounds. At my age (68), I try not to carry 100 lb. packs. I did pack out a cow elk 2 miles in two loads about 3 years ago. My back was fine, but my knees suffered. All of my backpacking gear is ultra lite. [/QUOTE]
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