I have a Pop-up 18 that I really like. For me it is the perfect size day pack and will easily handle a quartered boned out whitetail. I have packed out five deer with my PU18 and have zero issues. It is very comfortable with 70-ish pounds I have carried in it. My pack outs are in rough steep timber country and run from 1/2 - 2+ miles.

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