In Need of New Pack Recommendations

[grouse]

Stone glacier has a line of military packs. Check them out.

 

[ottobounds]

Eberlestock. I've been running their F1 Mainframe system for years. Very modular pack system.

 

[adk hunter]

K4 all the way. One thing I noticed was a game changer during packout of two bulls and a cow elk this year was that when packing meat/quarters in the load shelf it has its own stabilization/cinch straps separate from the pack portion and the system is simple. So when you buckle your pack down on top of your meat load you don't lose the functionality of your pack accessibility or anything strapped to it like your rifle/tripod AND it significantly stabilizes the load to prevent shifting weight. If that makes sense. Also I ran kuiu for a few years and did a heavy packout (100+lbs) of a bighorn sheep around 20 miles out of the frank. At one point we traded packs so I could see how my buddy's k4 felt loaded down. Came home and sold my pack immediately. I don't know which was worse…how much better his felt or how miserable it was to put mine back on! K4 handles heavy like a dream. Now heavy pack-outs are fun.

Sounds like you could use a sherpa??

 

[California hog hunter]

I would say the kifaru has more options extra straps and lots of different pockets.
You could set it up like the exo by adding 2 compression straps. Not sure how the molle attaches to the frame but the ark has slots and you could leave the tabs out to install the molle if that's how it works.