Today, I went out for a 6 mile walk with the cabelas Alaskan pack frame and over 50 lbs of weight (physical training and making up for the Thanksgiving food and drink). Total weight was 58 lbs. I try to do one of these walks per week from early summer though deer season.
I also use it when I bait in NJ, when I scout and when I set up stand sites for future use (sticks, gear, etc. ...)
When I carry gear in hunting, I carry all my clothes sans pants, compression t-shirt. I put all layers on at tree, including long John's. For me, being able to pack everything except weapon really requires a good pack/frame with ability to pack large volume.
I have molle shoulder and waist straps on my lone wolf hang on and Treewalker climber. They both act as pack frames.
The more I use a dedicated pack frame with good shoulder straps and waist belt, the more I am convinced this is the way to go for me when using a saddle type stand. The Alaskan pack frame is a little heavy and it goes a little above my head. So not the best in the brush.
That leads me to looking at the kifaru system.
https://store.kifaru.net/hunting-platform-frame-and-suspension-p192.aspx
And mix and match packs, maybe this originally
https://store.kifaru.net/cargo-net-p222.aspx
If I do sell some gear to finance the kifaru system and actually purchase it, I want it to be now known that I blame @G2.