Thread: pack advice

Im in the market for a new pack for hunts more than a few nights,
would realy like a gun strap and a day pack attached although I cant seem to find one.
anyone have any hot tips?

yip.... flag the gun thing, carry it then you can shoot it. macpac cascade. best packs ever!

Yes, Macpac Cascade. not to wide in the bush and will last forever! My father had one, I have one and it sounds like Sakokild has one. Thats 3 from 2

have had mine for ten years..

Mountain Mule liteweight. Everything you wanted in a pack without making the load lighter.

Cactus Deepwinter Pack 65 litres size 3 *Second* | Trade Me

Cactus, seriously tough gear, made in NZ and they back their products 100%

Buy the lightest gear you can, then fit it into the smallest pack you can. I can do 10 days in Fiordland carrying everything with a 35L stoney creek pack. The latest gear is half the size of the type of gear you would have owned 5 years ago, makes such a difference.

Note: its stuffed full, so more likely 45L due to the way I pack it in...but it weighs less everyday as I eat my way through it. But then it weights more if I shoot something hahaha

kj

Kimjon is on to it, not that i have any experiance, but we did have a lightwight tramping guy show and tell at the last deer stalker meeting, opened up my eyes a heap

231 grm pack
362 grm tent
540 grm sleep bag etc etc

Originally Posted by kimjon

Buy the lightest gear you can, then fit it into the smallest pack you can. I can do 10 days in Fiordland carrying everything with a 35L stoney creek pack. The latest gear is half the size of the type of gear you would have owned 5 years ago, makes such a difference.

Note: its stuffed full, so more likely 45L due to the way I pack it in...but it weighs less everyday as I eat my way through it. But then it weights more if I shoot something hahaha

kj

Bugger that, (hardly get my lunch in a bag like that kj),
bigger pack the better, I've used hallmark Everest frame pack ( good for the munta loads 100kgs+), skin bag for fly camping, currently using either a macpac cascade (if carrying full camp set ups) or kakapo (if using huts)

get a big pack , you don't need to fill it up, hard to get more in a full small pack tho

Hot barrels

Kimjon. I for one would be very interested to see the contents of that 35 ltr pack mate. That is amazing going for a big trip to anywhere, let alone Fiordland. Any chance of a list/photos ??

Macpac cascade gets good reviews no matter where you look.

IMO (I know we are digressing) never skimp on your sleeping bag and tent as these things can save your life.

At the end of the day if you shoot an animal then its gonna weigh heaps.

I have a 90L pack and don't recommend it. If you have the room you always seem to fill it with shit. Push yourself to cut down on S**t by having a small pack....
But don't skimp on safety!

Like I said, the pack is listed as 35L, but the way I pack it, I think its more like 45L completely full. I took the following items (I wore some of the clothes, i.e. they didn't all go in the pack)

Food:

BC Meals x10 double, x10 single serves
Made up some musilie with nuts and dried fruit + added milk powder and pre bagged x10 (just add hot or cold water and eat)
50x coffee sachet's (yes I have an addiction)
Some lollies and chocolate
Musilie bars x20
1.5L drink bottle
Gas cooker and 2x Canisters (could Have got away with only one, but not worth the risk)
Coffee cup (I like plastic, not metal)
Small dia15cm frying pan/do everything pot and tinfoil for the lid
Lighter

Camp gear:
Fairydown Sleeping bag
MSR Hubahuba tent
I used a larger inflatable mat on this trip - but now I have an Epeed sleeping mat which is way smaller again
Inflatable pillow
Ridgeline Pikau for day pack use and doubles as pillow slip


Clothes:
Hunters Element XTR rain jacket
Swazi water proof paints (gortex bottoms for Tahr anorak) which I never used.
Fairydown puffer jacket
3x sets of thermals (tops and longs)
2x mid layer polar fleece tops
1x mid layer polar fleece paints
4x socks
1x wollen hat
Ashley gumboots (the finest foot wear money can buy haha)

Misc:
Small film canister of suncream
Insect repallant
Mesh head net to keep sand-fly's away (best tip ever!!!!!!)
Batteries (GPS and Head lamp, I took shit loads)
EPIRB
Head lamp
Pocket knife
GPS
Rangefinder
Bino's
Windmeter
Altimeter
Smart-phone (and USB AA battery powered charger)
Laminated drop charts
Rifle (set up for longrange 3-15x zoom scope)
Ammo
Ear plugs
pull through (Otis brand - very good stiff pull through that can unblock a plugged barrel)
Bipod
Compass
Map
Electrical tape
Inner tube for lighting fires
String (10m)
Leatherman tool
Roaring horn (aka - dishwashing bottle)



Proof is in the picture I guess? All packed up with an additional load. If you look carefully you can even see 35L written on the pocket of the pack.


I think that's about it, no doubt I forgot to list something...but that's the guts of it from memory.

kj

Quite impressive. Thanks for sharing that. It sure gives me inspiration to slim down my pack, which is a 65 and always stuffed to the gunnels