+1 on not spending too much on a day pack. Anything can haul your incidentals easy enough. I saved my dough for a meat hauler, actually a couple. I use a Cabela's a bargain barn special for a day pack. I had an early model Eberlestock X1 but it was larger than I needed for a day pack. It wouldn't quite hold a boned out Blacktail- and it sucked with that much weight.
