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Backpacks for getting in deep

I have a badlands 2200 that I think is as big a pack as I want to wear hunting. It isn’t what I would call comfortable with a 60 plus pound load but it will haul it. I also have a surplus ilbe rucksack that will hold as much as I can stand to carry. It fits me well and I have carried 80 lb loads in it. The downside is it’s 9lbs empty. If I have hopes of packing one out over a mile or may spend a night the 2200 gets the nod. The ilbe doesn’t get to see daylight unless I’m spending three or more nights a long way from the road. There are newer and much lighter packs out there that may be more comfortable but I haven’t been able to justify the extra cost for something that gets so little use.
 
I like that. I searched for this 5 years ago and never found one. I ended up going to lowes and gettin a black plastic leaf bag insert. I cut some hole to attach a drag rope and tie off points.

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Just seeing how this thread aged. Something came up today where I remembered it like it was yesterday.
 
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I use a Eberlestock Mjni Me with a butt bucket. It's an amazing pack that's plenty big enough for whitetail needs.

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I know this is an old thread, but after seeing so many backpack threads where all I see is hunting specific packs, i have to ask….

I am the only one that uses osprey packs?? They’re not camo, but IMO, osprey makes the best pack hands down on the market.
 
Simple. Stone glacier x-curve, avail
bag. If you decide for longer hunts later just add a bag. I have the x-curve, avail and sky 5900
 
EXO 6400. I rarely need one this big in PA but Im covered for western hunts with 1 pack and if I gotta pack a bear out Ill be able to get more in. The weight was comparable to their smaller packs so I went big. I have ran MR Hotshot line packs since 2009 and have had it loaded with 100# on assignment a few times with NO issues. MR is bombproof stuff but it was heavier than the EXO so for hunting EXO got my cash
 
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