DBear
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Horn hunter full curl. Awesome pack and very convertible for one day or 7. Love the thing!
Elk pack on a Budget??
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http://m.ebay.com/itm/111199586363?nav=SEARCH&sbk=1
http://m.ebay.com/itm/321253067934?nav=SEARCH&sbk=1
http://m.ebay.com/itm/261334459678?nav=SEARCH&sbk=1
My old Dana's been through hell and back and still handles weight a lot better than my MR dragonslayer, they're just as high quality as the mystery ranch packs.
http://m.ebay.com/itm/321253067934?nav=SEARCH&sbk=1
http://m.ebay.com/itm/261334459678?nav=SEARCH&sbk=1
My old Dana's been through hell and back and still handles weight a lot better than my MR dragonslayer, they're just as high quality as the mystery ranch packs.
I have one of these laying around somewhere, if you want to use it in the interim while saving for your final purchase. I also have some other brands laying around, if they have not been claimed by the scavenger camera guys who often make a pass through my used equipment piles.
This! Packs and boots are two things I spend the money to get what I want and need!If you are shopping for next season, hold back $20/week and you will have plenty for a top of the line pack for next fall. Buy once. I wish I would have, but used packs do make decent gifts.
raiderbowhunter
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same here....seems like a solid pack that wont break you down while hauling a load.
Dinkshooter
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It's actually pretty simple, the cheaper you are the tougher you have to be.
putm2sleep
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This.
I have an Alaskan II. It works great. Not too comfy, but is my 'lucky pack'. Doubles / serves as a nice gun rest (external frame) for when I am aiming at what I plan to carry as well.
I purchased a used Eberlestock this year. It is comfy! Imagine MR's and Stone Glaciers are very light and comfy. Anyway, this pack has no mojo. I took it elk hunting hoping to abuse it. The pack carried water and grub and my gun just fine. I really like the gun scapboard. However, it was the worst elk hunt in almost 20 years. TAG SOUP. Never been shut out? So that unlucky pack might be for sale?
HSi-ESi
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Lots of great advice here - and an awesome offer from Big Fin. I'd take him up on that.
I would like to point out that we're not just gear-whores and pimps for pack manufacturers (although my wife would argue the first point pretty hard). I've packed out more elk I can count in the last ten years - and most of them were with my Osprey 'Backside' (roughly 2800 cu in backpack). I bought it right around 2000 on a clearance rack (I paid right around 100 bucks for it). The last elk I packed with it was in 2011. The seams are separating - so now it's regulated to ski day trips.
I ended up getting a MR Crew-cab. I've packed out 4 elk with it now. I can seriously say that it was worth saving up for. It sounds like the other packs are worth it as well, but I have no first hand knowledge on it.
My advice - take Big Fin up on the offer and save for the year. If you are serious about hunting elk for the next 10 years - your back will thank you.
I would like to point out that we're not just gear-whores and pimps for pack manufacturers (although my wife would argue the first point pretty hard). I've packed out more elk I can count in the last ten years - and most of them were with my Osprey 'Backside' (roughly 2800 cu in backpack). I bought it right around 2000 on a clearance rack (I paid right around 100 bucks for it). The last elk I packed with it was in 2011. The seams are separating - so now it's regulated to ski day trips.
I ended up getting a MR Crew-cab. I've packed out 4 elk with it now. I can seriously say that it was worth saving up for. It sounds like the other packs are worth it as well, but I have no first hand knowledge on it.
My advice - take Big Fin up on the offer and save for the year. If you are serious about hunting elk for the next 10 years - your back will thank you.
dustinf
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Dinkshooter
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She had read about it in a National Geographic Magazine. "I thought it would be a nice lark," she said, adding "It wasn't." Another time she complained "For some fool reason, they always lead you right up over the biggest rock to the top of the biggest mountain they can find."[2]
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
MTpubliclander
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I agree I have both an eberlestock x1 as well as a eberlestock Team Elk RMEF edition pack and would say the team elk one is defiantly the way to go for hauling elk out but the x1 does a great job too.
Brandenbowhunter
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I have both a used Alaskan, and a new Allen frame pack, I will make you a screaming deal on. they worked great, but I have a few MR's now.
spook12
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I currently or have owned what most consider the big 3 of packs and I will promise you that a new ILBE is as ''Bomb proof'' as the best in class and will comfortably carry as well as the other two.
Spend $75 on ebay get a new one try it out if you dont like it sale it and get your money back. I wish that I could do that with my other packs.
Rat Fink
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ILBE's kick butt. Its what I run when doing a multi day trip. Best pack for the money IMO.
SFC B
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Just saw a used one for about 75 on Amazon...as much as I like mine, that is a great deal.
dustinf
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Dinkshooter;2334769[B said:
My new goal in life is to use the word "lark" 10 times this week...
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spook12
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You might shop around a little, I found a unissued complete a couple months ago for $68 plus $10 shipping. Make sure that you get the complete pack,Bag,Stays,Belt and Lid.
If you are looking for a Bomb proof day pack, pickup the 3 day assault, it can be docked on the main ILBE for an extra 1500ci for longer stays in the back country.
BrowningBLR
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Great info... looking for an internal frame. Elk hunting pack. Budget is $250...
