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Get a hold of the August/September Issue of Eastmans' Hunting Journal. There is a great comparison/review article of sleeping bags and pads geared toward the backpack hunter. This is the best reference on the topic I've seen in awhile.

If you use a good compression sack you can get that Wiggy's bag inside just about any pack out there. I've been using a Thermarest compression sack for many years and have no problems getting the bag inside my Osprey Aether 70 pack.

hunter5325, read the reviews on that bag at the Cabelas site, it might give you a little more insight into that bag.

Yeah, I've done that....just respect the opinions of fellow "fire" members a bit more.

hunter5325,
I have both of those bags. I'm in Idaho Falls. If you live here you are welcome to take a look at them.
They are both well made with good zippers and features. They are both holding up well with a lot of use.
My Wiggys weighs 4 pounds 4 ounces. The Cableas weighs 3 12. I like the Cableas enough I also bought the same bad in a long 15 degree and another for my wife.
They do compress down much smaller. I do use a compression bag on the Wiggys, too. The Wiggys is made in the US. I went with the Cabelas because they were on sale and I had a gift certificate. With the sale Wiggys is having, I think I would go that way if it were me. (I have the big Barneys bag and it fits!)

I also have a N.F. Darkstar for my new winter bag. It's nice too, but way too big and heavy (and warm) for fall backpacking.

Thanks for the info Milton, just ordered the Cabela's.

Good luck this year,

Brett

My Wiggy bag and my tent BOTH fit in the sleeping bag compartment of my pack, so imagine my surprise to hear that a Wiggy bag will not fit into a pack... hmmm...

Wiggy's Glacier Hunter is what he's looking for. Or Mountain Hunter. I've got over 40 nights in one so far this year. And counting.

Take a look at my goat hunt thread and where you see my Osprey pack, you see my sleeping bag in the bottom of it!

LOL

Taylor

Marc, I do the same thing with my Glacier hunter and tent. Both fit in my sleeping bag compartment of my pack easily. The difference between a 49 and 50 pound pack will not make or break a hunt, but the difference between a warm bag in wet climates and a damp one will is the way I look it. To each their own.

I dont have any experience with the others except wiggy. Ive had one of his 0deg. bags for 15-16 yrs now and it has saved my soaking wet carcass many times as in 34deg blowing rain soaked me and all my gear as we were stuck on a lake in a raft. water was streaming out of the wiggy but once I got in it I warmed right up. But it is still around 3+# and even I am now concidering feathers because of the light wt, I am now doing alot of high country hunting and could stand to shed 1 to 1.5 lbs.

check out the boundary waters 0 degree, bag its roomy and packs light, I have the +20 model which would be too cold for your needs. I would get the boundary waters 0 degree and a liner to make it a tad warmer.

Im a little late.I used a 0* XPG with temps down to 23* and slept cold.My pad was a thin therma rest,so now that you have bought that bag I suggest investing in a good pad like an Exped.I picked up a WM Antelope and an Exped after the cold nights in the XPG.

Kifaru Slick bags are the way to go if you want synthetic/light/small/warm

Below is a Wiggies on a Kifaru Longhunter circa 2003

LL Bean Katahdin 0 degree bag. $159. 4 lbs. Primaloft. 20% off if you sign up for a card before the 12th.