Originally Posted by bwinters
A general question: for those hunting in mid-late October in the Rockies (northern CO, WY), how many cubic inches/pack size you carrying?

I've been playing around home with a ~ 3600 cu in pack and am finding it won't hold all my hunting gear. In the market for a bigger pack...........

Bill:

I've gotten tired of cramming my stuff into a small backpack. My current most favorite backpack is an Osprey Aether 85. I need the XL to fit my long torso and it has a capacity of about 5,500 cu. in. Most of the time I carry it with some unused volume. It takes discipline to avoid filling it up and I know that some people may ask why carry more pack than necessary? But I also carry it almost empty as a daypack so I can put an elk hind quarter inside it if I have to.

KC



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