This Women’s Mystery Ranch Metcalf review was born from the fact that more and more women are hunting and want a backpack specifically designed for their body type. There just aren’t that many women’s hunting backpacks on the market, and until more recently, women who wanted to hunt had to use a men’s backpack but … Read more
The Initial Ascent IA2K pack just might be the best women’s hunting pack ever made. Designed specifically for a lady’s body, the Initial Ascent Invictus Frame underwent rigorous testing to make sure it was designed to fit the different curves of a woman’s frame. We’ve gotten the chance to test some of the best hunting … Read more
This Mystery Ranch Beartooth 80 pack review was born from the intriguing design that the Beartooth 80 offers, along with its generous size, making it a great option to be used on extended backpack trips. The real question for me though, was how it would do in the field with a load, and how it … Read more
One key piece of gear that nearly all hunters utilize every time they are in the field is a pack. I had the opportunity to test the Elevation Emergent 1800 Pack this year to see how it performed for me in the field. Whether it be a smaller day pack or a larger 3–5 day … Read more
We’ve gotten the chance to test some of the best hunting packs out there, and we really wanted to put together an Initial Ascent Pack review after seeing the design and specs of these Initial Ascent packs. Like always, we wanted this review to come from actual use and field testing where we could really … Read more
In this Exo K3 4800 review we take a look at the popular Exo Mountain Gear pack and how it performed for us in the field with both light and heavy loads. The Exo K3 4800 provides phenomenal load-hauling ability and a functional bag design while still maintaining an incredibly light weight. We had the … Read more
The Mystery Ranch Selway 60 Pack was one of the new packs from Mystery Ranch in 2019. We decided it would be a perfect fit for our backcountry hunting pack review series given its light weight, minimalist design, load hauling ability, and multi-night capacity. We had the chance to test this pack in many conditions … Read more
It’s not easy picking a backpack. With so many variables and the cost of a high quality pack, it’s tough to know which one to pick, so we set out to test a bunch of packs with heavy loads and experimented with how each of the features worked in the field. We hope this helps … Read more
Looking for a pack that can pull double duty as a day pack, but also haul a heavy load if you get an animal down? The Sitka Mountain Hauler 4000 Pack does just that. We wanted to test it out and put together this Sitka Mountain Hauler 4000 review. Sitka Gear may not be as … Read more
