I am a Kifaru slut, but there's nothing wrong with Mystery Ranch, Stone Glacier, Exo and the others.
Personally, I like my main pack for a daypack too. Recently for me that would by a Kifaru Reckoning with the duplex frame. I just cinch all the straps tight to suck everything in, and it all compresses to about the size of any other daypack.
I too usually try to get a load of meat out on the first trip out instead of going back to camp empty to get a pack more suited to carrying meat.
Agreed.
