I wore a Kelty backpack on two dall sheep hunts. One hunt was in the Brooks for 7 days in 1979, shot a full curl ram as well as a caribou. The other hunt was in the Crystalline Hills (sp) along the road from Chitna to McCarthy. That hunt was short but shot a nice ewe. Think it was 1995. The interesting thing about this hunt was we left the truck at 5 am, climbed all day to reach the top, shot and boned out the ewe, and on our way back down observed a nice billy goat about 200 yards away in a easy to get to spot. If I had stopped at F&G for a registration permit before hand could have shot it. Not too many hunters could claim a dall and a goat within a 1 days hike/hunt of their truck.
Live and learn, lol
The Kelty backpack performed fine. I do remember wishing the shoulder straps had more padding when the pack was loaded with meat.
However, after owning and using a Barney’s I would never go back to that Kelty.

My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.