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For a deer, at least a deer thats not huge, any dang thing you have. Packed out deer and half caribou with a cheap bass pro pack no frame internal stiffeners. Not biggy. Though the deer weren't far and the caribou was only 5 miles of tundra. Ugh. LOL.
For a moose hindquarter I've not found it yet. Most of the guys use Barneys frames. I dont care for them that much. I keep trying my kifaru long hunter frame and shelf and its ok. Not what I kept hearing to my mind but still works.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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For a deer, at least a deer thats not huge, any dang thing you have. Packed out deer and half caribou with a cheap bass pro pack no frame internal stiffeners. Not biggy. Though the deer weren't far and the caribou was only 5 miles of tundra. Ugh. LOL.
For a moose hindquarter I've not found it yet. Most of the guys use Barneys frames. I dont care for them that much. I keep trying my kifaru long hunter frame and shelf and its ok. Not what I kept hearing to my mind but still works.
My SO Evolution frame is in another league for packing weight comfortably, compared to my Kifaru LH.
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By far the best packing method I have found is 3 strong young men to haul out my elk! ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/6IMOOyE.jpg)
A true sportsman counts his achievements in proportion to the effort involved and fairness of the sport. - S. Pope
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For a deer, at least a deer thats not huge, any dang thing you have. Packed out deer and half caribou with a cheap bass pro pack no frame internal stiffeners. Not biggy. Though the deer weren't far and the caribou was only 5 miles of tundra. Ugh. LOL.
For a moose hindquarter I've not found it yet. Most of the guys use Barneys frames. I dont care for them that much. I keep trying my kifaru long hunter frame and shelf and its ok. Not what I kept hearing to my mind but still works.
My SO Evolution frame is in another league for packing weight comfortably, compared to my Kifaru LH. Back profiles differ for sure and some folks just don't fit into a Kifaru frame. That said, they have come a long ways since the days of the Long Hunter. My Hunter's frame fits me like a glove. I love it way better than any EXO, SO, Stone Glacier or Mystery Ranch I have ever tried.
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For a deer, at least a deer thats not huge, any dang thing you have. Packed out deer and half caribou with a cheap bass pro pack no frame internal stiffeners. Not biggy. Though the deer weren't far and the caribou was only 5 miles of tundra. Ugh. LOL.
For a moose hindquarter I've not found it yet. Most of the guys use Barneys frames. I dont care for them that much. I keep trying my kifaru long hunter frame and shelf and its ok. Not what I kept hearing to my mind but still works.
My SO Evolution frame is in another league for packing weight comfortably, compared to my Kifaru LH. Back profiles differ for sure and some folks just don't fit into a Kifaru frame. That said, they have come a long ways since the days of the Long Hunter. My Hunter's frame fits me like a glove. I love it way better than any EXO, SO, Stone Glacier or Mystery Ranch I have ever tried. Pack fitment is certainly individual. I have no experience with the newer Kifaru models, but I can definitively say that my SO is far more comfortable on my back than the LH, particularly when loaded down.
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My meniscus is a little suspect too, so when I was deer hunting farther back in I took more trips with a lighter load on an external pack frame. I bolted two pieces of aluminum angle about 12" long to the bottom and used the front small wheel off a wheel chair mounted between the two angle pieces. When I'd get tired of carrying the meat, I could put it on the ground and wheel it like a mini wheel barrow or pull it like a one wheel wagon. Worked great. Horses for out west and elk. No way I was packing out one of those on my back.
My other auto is a .45
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For a deer, at least a deer thats not huge, any dang thing you have. Packed out deer and half caribou with a cheap bass pro pack no frame internal stiffeners. Not biggy. Though the deer weren't far and the caribou was only 5 miles of tundra. Ugh. LOL.
For a moose hindquarter I've not found it yet. Most of the guys use Barneys frames. I dont care for them that much. I keep trying my kifaru long hunter frame and shelf and its ok. Not what I kept hearing to my mind but still works.
My SO Evolution frame is in another league for packing weight comfortably, compared to my Kifaru LH. Back profiles differ for sure and some folks just don't fit into a Kifaru frame. That said, they have come a long ways since the days of the Long Hunter. My Hunter's frame fits me like a glove. I love it way better than any EXO, SO, Stone Glacier or Mystery Ranch I have ever tried. Pack fitment is certainly individual. I have no experience with the newer Kifaru models, but I can definitively say that my SO is far more comfortable on my back than the LH, particularly when loaded down. Nothing wrong with that at all. If you do ever get the itch for another pack though just realize that modern Kifaru's have had a lot of R&D put into the frame fit, compared to their Long Hunter days.
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For a deer, at least a deer thats not huge, any dang thing you have. Packed out deer and half caribou with a cheap bass pro pack no frame internal stiffeners. Not biggy. Though the deer weren't far and the caribou was only 5 miles of tundra. Ugh. LOL.
For a moose hindquarter I've not found it yet. Most of the guys use Barneys frames. I dont care for them that much. I keep trying my kifaru long hunter frame and shelf and its ok. Not what I kept hearing to my mind but still works.
My SO Evolution frame is in another league for packing weight comfortably, compared to my Kifaru LH. Back profiles differ for sure and some folks just don't fit into a Kifaru frame. That said, they have come a long ways since the days of the Long Hunter. My Hunter's frame fits me like a glove. I love it way better than any EXO, SO, Stone Glacier or Mystery Ranch I have ever tried. Pack fitment is certainly individual. I have no experience with the newer Kifaru models, but I can definitively say that my SO is far more comfortable on my back than the LH, particularly when loaded down. Nothing wrong with that at all. If you do ever get the itch for another pack though just realize that modern Kifaru's have had a lot of R&D put into the frame fit, compared to their Long Hunter days. Good to know, thanks.
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