sagebrush
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I've been hunting with a Kifaru Spike Camp as my day pack for 14 years now. That pack has been used to pack out pronghorn, mule deer, caribou, oryx and elk. I am fortunate to be able to do 2 or 3 hunts each season each of a week to 3 weeks duration. One season, it rained tags at my house and I did 5 hunts. My Spike Camp never let me down until this year.
On my wife's elk hunt at the end of September, I blew out the zipper on my Spike Camp. I finished out the second week of the hunt with just the two slider bodies holding the lid closed in place.
I contacted Kifaru customer service to see if they could and would repair my old pack. They told me to send it in. I was amazed that they replaced my failed zipper, got it back in transit after just 2 days in the shop and did the repair under warranty.
Like most of us on this forum, I'm lucky enough to have the money to get good equipment and spend time chasing critters. I don't have enough money to piss it away on poor equipment every year, so I do a lot of research before I part with my had earned bucks. I was really concerned about spending that much money on a day pack when there were so many less expensive alternatives. That was money well spent. All of my hunting friends have bought multiple packs in that same time period, except one. He is still hunting with his Spike Camp and Long Hunter packs.
If you are considering a new pack, take a look a Kifaru. They aren't cheap but they are well worth the money.
"You can fly a helicopter to the top of Everest and say you've been there. The problem with that is you were an a$$hole when you started and you're still an a$$hole when you get back.
Its the climb that makes you a different person". - Yvon Chouinard
On my wife's elk hunt at the end of September, I blew out the zipper on my Spike Camp. I finished out the second week of the hunt with just the two slider bodies holding the lid closed in place.
I contacted Kifaru customer service to see if they could and would repair my old pack. They told me to send it in. I was amazed that they replaced my failed zipper, got it back in transit after just 2 days in the shop and did the repair under warranty.
Like most of us on this forum, I'm lucky enough to have the money to get good equipment and spend time chasing critters. I don't have enough money to piss it away on poor equipment every year, so I do a lot of research before I part with my had earned bucks. I was really concerned about spending that much money on a day pack when there were so many less expensive alternatives. That was money well spent. All of my hunting friends have bought multiple packs in that same time period, except one. He is still hunting with his Spike Camp and Long Hunter packs.
If you are considering a new pack, take a look a Kifaru. They aren't cheap but they are well worth the money.
"You can fly a helicopter to the top of Everest and say you've been there. The problem with that is you were an a$$hole when you started and you're still an a$$hole when you get back.
Its the climb that makes you a different person". - Yvon Chouinard
