Need a new daypack..help!

jaybob · Nov 27, 2004

I'm looking for a new daypack. Needs to be just big enough to fit a spotting scope, tripod and a handful of misc. items. I'm currently using a Bianchi and it's just not very comfortable. I like Badlands packs, but the Superday doesn't seem to have a good spotting scope/tripod carrying system (essential)and the 2200 is way to bulky and heavy. Any suggestions?

elkantlers · Nov 27, 2004

i use a crooked horn master guide backpack. it has a seperate compartment for your spotting scope that is waterproof and dust proof. i have used the heck out of mine and it is still holding up fine. i would recommend this backpack without hesitation. it will cost you about $125.00 through cabelas.

huntm2 · Nov 28, 2004

LM - NRA, NAHC, RMEF
The CH Master Guide is a very good pack with some features you will like.

elknut1 · Nov 28, 2004

http:www.elknut.com

I too have the Crooked Horn pack and would highly recommend it. I've had it for 5yrs now and it's good to go for another 5yrs. I also use the heck out of mine!! ElkNut1

slowbow · Nov 29, 2004

Ive tried both the 2200 and the CH pack. Both are made very well and can handle your request for size.

I have opted for the 2200 because of it's vertical length. I am 6'3" and the CH pack seemed that I really couldn't let it rest on my hips without the pack being too far down my back to be comfortable. And if I cinched the shoulder straps up then all the weight was on my shoulders and the waist belt was up above my belly button.

I like both packs but the fit of the 2200 was much better for me becuase of it's lenght.

slowbow

Heat · Nov 30, 2004

I just got a Cabelas Elite Scout Pack, large version in Outfitter Camo. So far I am very impressed with this pack. I have yet to carry it with anything heavy for a long ways, but it looks like it's up to task. It's at least worth a look. On sale right now too!

Nick

Firedog · Dec 2, 2004

I have a Nimrod Wilderness collapsable pack. Use it mostly as the Pinacle day pack and like it real well. Nice to hve the option of expanding to a larger pack if neded or for packing out meat. Works great. http://www.nimrodpacks.com/hunt/hunt.html

antlershed · Dec 2, 2004

I have used the Crooked Horn (master guide) pack for the past couple years. It has proved to be a good one for me.

bigbull1 · Dec 2, 2004

As posted in the Mule Deer forum, you owe it to yourself to check out the Just One pack from Eberlestock. Converts from a 2000ci day pack into a 4100ci freight hauler in seconds. Has a built-in gun scabbard that makes hands free climbing etc. possible, yet still able to draw your rifle while wearing the pack. Pockets to hold you scopes/tripods, h20 bladders, waterproof and unconditional lifetime warranty. Flex chassis that held 140lbs of elk, rack, meat and gear on the first pack out of my brother-in-laws elk last month. Pictures, testimonials and info are available at www.eberlestock.com or send me a pm.

Ed

elkantlers · Dec 4, 2004

bigbull1, that does sound like a nice pack. what i am wondering is if the weight of 140lb you said you packed is correct.

i have packed alot of elk in my time, but never 140lbs at once. i once put 75-80 lb in a pack, but it was not too bad of a hike out, maybe a mile, and only one steep hill for about 300yds. even that much weight was tough to get up on my shoulders by my self, and i am not a small guy. i had to find a dead fall that was about waist level and lift it up on the tree and then back into the pack.

where i hunt elk in utah, i guarantee that you couldn't put 140 on your back and go very far. are you hunting in some flatlands or something? or are you one big son of a gun?

just wondering....

Tuffbucker · Dec 4, 2004

I will second the suggestion for the Eberlestock pack. Although I dont own one myself, I will as soon as I save up the money. I looked at the pack last year at an Outdoor Expo and fell in love. It is the most versatile pack I have seen, and the most comfortbale I have tried. I am 6'8", so most packs fit me weird, and usually a bit uncomfortably. THis pack fit perfect. My father in law and brother in law, who are both around the 6 foot mark, agreed that it was the most comfortable pack they had tried. At the demo, they had the pack loaded with 100 pds., just so you could feel how the pack felt with a lot of weight. The pack held the weight well, and seem to distribute it better than most packs I had tried. Although I usually wouldnt pack out 100 pds. at a time, with this pack I would at least have been comfortable trying!

TUFF

rost495 · Dec 4, 2004

Though I'm average size at 5'10" and 170-180 I've done up to 125 on my back. It was a had to deal due to time. And the hump was a bit over 3 miles. Lots of breaks etc.... but it can be done. I'd be much happier at 75-100 though.

I'll have an Eberlestock in the near future too.

Jeff

bigbull1 · Dec 5, 2004

Elkantlers,

The pack-out was done by the outfitter, not me. He has been guiding for numerous years in eastern Nevada and that was his estimate. My brother-in-law, who killed the bull, said he could not and would not attempt to lift the pack. He had to help the outfitter get the pack on, who later admitted that he "over did it". It was mostly a down hill pack-out according to my brother-in-law. Send me a pm and I will put you in touch with outfitter if you wish.

I am big guy, hence the name bigbull1. I have packed around 100lbs before, but awhile ago. Let the young guns, like my son do my heavy work now, LOL!

I do know that Glen Eberle let folks load a 100 lbs worth of sandbags into the pack at one of the sports shows, and let them try it out. Most were suprised that the pack was so comfortable and supported the weight with the Flex Chassis design.

Ed