I used an Outdoor Research 55L dry bag with a MR Mule last year. Works great! I packed in about four days worth of stuff for mid-November Mule Deer hunting in the Rockies. Packed out a whole deboned buck, including head. I’m doing a similar thing with my Kifaru where I sold the Reckoning bag and replaced it with a Nomad 2 system. The dry bag serves as the main bag. The MR and Kifaru frames are both excellent, but I felt the Kifaru handles heavy loads better. I may be packing an elk out solo quite a distance this year so planning on the Kifaru for elk. Toss up as to which for Mule Deer season.
For the lighter loads and just hiking I’d lean MR as it’s a bit more svelte.
Last edited by prm; 05/29/19.
