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Does anyone have any experience with this one? You hear alot about the 2200, 4500 etc. How does it ride on a crawl/sneak?
 
Best pack I have owned for 3-5 day bivy trip...Last year on a high country nevada mule deer hunt, we were able to have enough gear for 5 days and still access our spotting scope and tripod 20-30 times a day....My hunting partner and I packed an entire 190" class boned out mule deer and our gear in one trip

Troutcrk
"Livin the Dream"
 
I have the HyperVent and have hunted alot with it. The Pros' are it does fit pretty tight to your back. The internal frame is pretty stiff so the back doesn't shift unexpectedly on a crawl or stalk. The Cons' are the pack is pretty small in what it can carry and with one big main compartment most your bigger stuff is all in one spot. Overall I would recommend the pack if you don't have alot to carry and do alot of ground stalking. Hope the info helps! Youn can't go wrong with Badlands!
 
Sorry but the hypervent is a day pack. 3-5 days worth of gear and a boned out deer is a joke right. I own this pack and agree it is comfortable and a very good day pack, but the only way your doing an overnighter is if you have most of your gear strapped to the outside of the pack, sorry for the rant but it really annoys me when people over exaggerate what a pack can do I mean I could theorically haul a 25 ft toy hauler with my honda accord but its really not designed to do that.

just sayin...

Bgmhiker
 
Not a joke at all Bgmhiker. I have had enough gear to bivy out 4 days. I guess it all depends on what you call a bivy hunt and how much gear you "NEED". Also, it will hold an 80 mm spotting scope. Best pack I have ever had on my back for what I use it for.


It's always an adventure!!!
www.awholelottabull.com
 
I love my hypervent pack and the only complaint I got is the pack is stretched so tight around the frame i have a squeeking noise when I hike that will just not go away. I dunno if anybody else has this problem, but hopefully it will brake in enough to stop making that noise.
 
Here is a pick of one of the two hypervents equally loaded with bivy camps and a boned out buck

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Troutcrk
"Livin the Dream"
 
Dude, you really want me to believe that you have a boned out deer and a 3-5 day bivy set up in you pack, I can't believe you would go on a bivy hunt in jeans anyway?????? Never said it couldn't be done, just about as crazy as wearing levis hunting in the backcountry I guess???
 
Thanks for the response and info fellas. I bought a hypervent yesterday and I am looking forward to using it. I believe it will fit my needs perfectly. Regards, Mike
 
Boy bgmhiker, you've got some nuts. I know guys that have hunted in jeans their entire lives. You must be a young kid. It wasn't that long ago that camo hunting clothes were invented and gortex came about. In your infinate knowlege, why don't you tell us what's so crazy about it. It's all about staying dry. It's called smart packing and knowing what you have to have and what you don't. Experience will help out a lot. After you've done a few of these you will know what you can get into a pack. If you can't get a boned out deer into one of those Hypervent packs you stink at boning one out. I am sure that this guy doesn't care if you believe him or not. I believe him because I've done it. You obviously haven't or you wouldn't be writing what you are writing. You are right about something, the Hypervent was intended for a day pack but Badlands will tell you it will double as a short stay pack.


To the person that started this thread. Congrats on your purchase. You won't regret it.



It's always an adventure!!!
www.awholelottabull.com
 
First if all I understand people hunt in Jeans, but is it really smart with todays fabrics to do a 3-5 day bivy hunt in them when you are obviously packed light and they have to be the only pair you have?Jeans just are not my clothing of choice with a good chance of getting wet (notice snow in pic).And you can not tell me that he has a 3-5 day bivy set up AND boned out muley in that pack. I will never believe it. I'm not trying to bust any balls but when people giving ringing endorsements like "Best pack I have owned for 3-5 day bivy trip...Last year on a high country nevada mule deer hunt, we were able to have enough gear for 5 days and still access our spotting scope and tripod 20-30 times a day....My hunting partner and I packed an entire 190" class boned out mule deer and our gear in one trip" it will only lead to dissapointment. I have this pack and once I removed the little tent pole?? I love it, but to suggest you can pack a 5 day bivy and a boned out muley INSIDE a pack that is less than 2000ci you are crazy.Just my opinion take it for what it is worth, you obvioulsy are much older and wiser that I.

Bgmhiker
 
As long as it is still legal, I will continue to hunt in wranglers...As for the weather, a few years ago there was an invention called "Rain Gear".... A 3-5 day bivy hunt doesn't require much gear...Where we were in Nevada the lakes were filled with trout and we ate alot of fish...



Troutcrk
"Livin the Dream"
 
Does this pack have a waist belt and, for you guys who have used it, does it really live up to it's claim of better heat transfer? I'm debating between this pack, the 2200 and the Super Daypack.
 
It definately lives up to its name. It's the only pack I have ever put on my back that I didn't sweat a ton. It holds a lot of stuff in it too. The scope pocket on the outside will hold an 80 mm spotting scope with room to spare.

It's always an adventure!!!
www.awholelottabull.com
 
I am surprised that only one other found the pack to be noisy. Both my friend and I had this pack for a short time and found them to be extremely noisy and could not find a way to get them quiet. I really like all the other aspect of the pack except for that. If I was not a bowhunter that is very concerned about noise it would not be that big of a deal. I will say Badlands was excellent with their customer service and traded the pack out for another. I have the 2200 now and love it. I think that they make great packs but for some reason that Hypervent just could not be quieted for my friend and me.
 
The Hypervent is one of the more popular packs I sell because they do transfer the heat and moisture out of the small of the lower back area quite well.

I offer MM posters an unadvertised discount on Badlands, Eberlestock, Blacks Creek and Horn Hunter quality hunt packs.

Ed
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www.huntpacks.com
 
I was able to get my mule deer, kitchen sink, king pillowtop bed, and everything else i needed to make my 45 day bivy hunt an awesome experience all in my Badlands Treehuger fanny pack.

It got a little tight getting my rain gear in, but I managed, good thing because it rained, snowed, had a tornado almost touch down and I was able to stay dry 38 out of the 45 days that it rained.

Badlands makes an awesome pack, itS all in what you prefer and what you take on your hunt. Somepeople can do without alot of stuff and can get around 3-4 days without alot of comforts from home. I have no doubts that the hypervent can do that.

Some people also do preseason scouting and take some gear up in the mountains and leave it there so that its there when they get to camp.
 
>Best pack I have owned for
>3-5 day bivy trip...Last year
>on a high country nevada
>mule deer hunt, we were
>able to have enough gear
>for 5 days and still
>access our spotting scope and
>tripod 20-30 times a day....My
>hunting partner and I packed
>an entire 190" class boned
>out mule deer and our
>gear in one trip
>
>Troutcrk
>"Livin the Dream"


I would like to hear a list of the stuff you bring on your bivy hunt. I have pretty much the smallest lightest gear made and am not sure I could pack camp and a deer out in a pack that size. I don't even know if I could pack camp in. So I might be packing extra stuff.
 
LAST EDITED ON Aug-04-09 AT 11:29PM (MST)[p]LAST EDITED ON Aug-04-09 AT 11:20?PM (MST)

I have to admit, I cringed when I saw the picture of the bivy hunter, my preferred style of hunting by the way, dressed in jeans with bad weather looming and snow in the background.

Can it be done, yea, sure but why is my question and I would disagree that that is how most people hunted prior to Gore-Tex in that kind of weather. Wool was the dominate foul/cold weather fabric of choice. Waxed or oiled natural fibers were used mostly by mountaineers but they were purpose built and very dense mostly to protect against wind. They were usually wearing wool underneathe. And that is what they were wearing because that is all they had. Todays hardcore outdoormen are not wearing Wranglers EDIT in those kinds of conditions.

The mountaineers bible, Freedom Of The Hills, says this about cotton. "Cotton-loses its insulating qualities when wet, absorbs many times its own weight in water, and generally takes a long time to dry. Because of these characteristics it is dangerous to rely on cotton for warmth. Cotton plays a common role is many hypothermia deaths."

Cotton kills is the catch phrase in the business and the experts teach against its use in the back country where cool or cold temps and bad weather is a possibility and you have no solid bail out options. Most people don't have the chops to pull it off. If you have, you have either been lucky or you are really good and my bet is that if you are that good you wouldn't be wearing cotton.

I have hauled a fair amount of dead bodies out of the central Arizona mountains that were clad in jeans, jeans jackets and cotton sweatshirts in that same kind of weather or better. But again my question is why take that kind of a gamble when there are so many other better alternatives available? What is it about denim that makes it worth thumbing your nose at conventional wisdom and modern technology?

The other question I have is, if you are bivy hunting with a 2000 ci pack, space is a premium. So, why carry a set of rain gear during bad weather in your pack? Why not wear it and eliminate the jeans altogether?

I think I could do what you described with that pack in those conditions but I have a higher level of training and experience then most EDIT not to mention the best gear money can buy and I would consider it out there on the ragged edge and risky. I certainly wouldn't be wearing any cotton.

Wade
www.HardcoreOutdoor.com
 
Troutcrk's post states he and his hunting partner carried the buck out with their packs. Thats one deer split between two guys. He never said the entire deer was in his pack. He gave a recommendation on how it performs and he supplied a picture to show it in action. And who cares if he's in jeans? Its the end result that counts and he's got a great buck strapped to his pack. The way I see it is you can be the guys who show up to Prom with the latest designer outfits flashing all kinds of bling....while Troutcrk takes the Prom Queen home. Nice buck Trout.
-Raptor
 
Or you could look at it from the perspective of the SAR Tech EMT that has to risk his life (needlessly in my opinion) to save somebody that is wearing the wrong gear for the situation and really should know better. Been there, done that way too many times.

You want to keep thinking and arguing that the world is flat, fine but don't dial 911 when it all turns to crap on you. If it happens to be me that comes to get you be prepared for a finger in the chest lecture all the way to the hospital...or the morgue.

Wade
www.HardcoreOutdoor.com
 
i bought mine used on ebay in 07, i have liked it. wish there were a few more pockets. i have the model that the zipper runs vertically for the spotting scope and i have problems with that zipper sometimes. I also have the squeak that the other guys were talking about.(did badlands replace your packs for you because of that? makes it hard when stalking? over all i love my pack. i also would consider the super day pack.
 
Wade

Please stop hi-jacking posts. We all are aware of your background and thank you for your years of service.

However, you are completely off base to take a post about info on a hypervent pack and turn it into a lecture on "hunting with search and rescue in mind".

Please stick to the post. On this hunt, no one called 911 and no one put search/rescue personel in harms way. Just a couple of guys killed some good bucks (the above pic is the smallest)by going farther than most were willing.

The only mistake made was actually posting on this thread.....


Troutcrk
"Livin the Dream"
 
You are kidding right? I didn't hi-jack anything.

bgmhiker and you make comments about his wearing jeans in those conditions but I am not allowed to say anything?

nmraptor can pop off with his comment but I can't respond. By the way, prom queens love rescue helicopters.

So by decree of Troutcrk from this point forward all posts must strictly conform to the subject listed in the OP only. Good luck with that.

I think that you are the one out of line. Practice what you preach first and just know that when you post a picture you set yourself out for critique.

Wade
www.HardcoreOutdoor.com
 
Back to the topic of the post...

This is the first year I've scouted and hunted with a Hypervent. I like backpacks, but have always had problems overheating with them. Not just a lot of sweat, but too much heat retention leading to overheating. The Hypervent lives up to what it claims. It is significantly cooler than any other pack I've used. I carry between 20 and 25 lbs on the average day. It makes for a great day pack with room for extra clothes, rain gear, 80 mm scope, and tripod. My bow attaches well to the back during the early season and with the Kaifu gunbearer, it also carries my rifle to the front side for hands free movement on steep hills and after dark.

It seems to distribute the weight well and if you take the time to adjust the various straps you can no doubt make it fit your build. Cinching up the cargo straps can make a difference on noise.

It is roomy, though the internal frame that allows for the cooler design, and a full water bladder, does bite into space. I expect I could get a complete boned out deer in it, but not with all my normal gear.

I've no experience with any other higher end packs, so my assessment is stand alone on the Hypervent. I'd recommend it.
 
I will 2nd that I heard all the hype about how good these packs were I bought one from cabelas what a joke I have the nikon ed fieldscope 82mm & with it in the scope pocket u could hardly close it add in a 100 oz camelback lite & a few misc odds & ends & there was not enough room in the damn thing to put my lite weight jacket I took it back & bought a Horn hunter pack 10 times the room & u can actually pack stuff it in..same size & price range..
 
there is a ton of love for the Hyper vent on this post it is a nice pack but there are many many packs that are cheaper or about the same price that are hands down better ..the 2200 is a bigger pack but not a day pack...if u are looking for a really good day pack that u can really use to haul a bunch of stuff look at the Bone collector 1.5 they sell for around $100 u can put an entire boned out deer & strap head & horns plus carry all the gear u need for a day hunt or even an overniter bivy of course..horn hunter has some really nice packs also...
 
Excellent pack, especially for not sweating on your back, doesn't hold much, but perfect for me and day hunts. Mine starting squeaking too, took out the internal frame, washed my pack by hand dried it, wrapped athletic cloth tape around internal frame and reinstalled it (very tough with tape so make sure you don't put any more tape on than necessary) quiet as can be for a year now.
 
Excellent pack for a good long day hunt, or an overnighter. The design keeps the pack off your back and keeps you cool.
It will stay snug and not move around if you need to sneak or crawl.
The pouch for the spotting scope is better than most if you are interested in carrying one. The frame is adequate for a 10-60 pound load...if needed.
It is a good pack to have.
 

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