Recently I spent some time with Jay Robert, a man who has a spent a lifetime hunting in the steep mountains and been a pack designer for a lot of years. He currently designs packs for Tenzing, a company that incorporates latest high-tech materials and design features for mountaineering. As someone who has hunted out of a backpack a lot, believe me when I tell you these new bags are worth a look.
The new Vario Modular Pack System may be the last hunting pack you ever need to buy. The versatile, rugged system allows hunters to add or remove various packs and accessories to suit their specific needs.
At the 2015 SHOT Show, Signature Products Group (SPG)—an official licensee of products for Browning—introduced a number of hunting packs. The one that caught my eye: the Browning Billy 1700RT Lumbar Hunting Pack, which boasts 1,700 cubic inches of storage space, handles heavy loads with ease and weighs a mere 2.5 pounds. Here are four things you need to know.
Featuring a sewn-in internal frame, 7,000 cubic-inch main bag, and abrasion- and tear-resistant waterproof fabric, this ultralight pack is specifically designed for the hardcore backcountry hunter.
Designed to expand the functionality of the popular Trophy X frame pack, the new Trophy X Pack Bag adds additional customization to the system to meet the specific gear- and meat-hauling requirements of backcountry hunters.
Exo Mtn Gear and Kryptek have teamed up to offer a limited run of Exo K3 pack systems in Kryptek Altitude. The packs are available now while supplies last, slated for delivery no later than September 15—just in time for hunting season.