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Had not heard of that one. Looked it up. I'd wondered if K-land would continue to ignore Hill People Gear's well thought out pack/compression panel system and the Nomad obviously says not. The HPG drybag/pack compression panel is elegant, the Nomad is a Rube Goldberg contraption. When I first saw it, I said to myself, "At least it doesn't have a damn sleeping bag zipper for those noon naps", but they even thought of that too. In a roll-top DRYBAG no less. Who the hell puts a zipper in a drybag? That's like putting screen doors on a submarine.

noknees,

I will say for hauling the 2800 handles weight actually better than the badlands sacrifice having actually owned and used both. My preference for a day pack between the two easily goes to the 2800 with a view more exterior pocket options for accessing different items faster while day hunting.

If you aren't looking to spend a pile of money and really if you are mainly just day hunting 2-3 miles from the road I really don't see a need to spend $500+ on a super hauler to pack a deer out once or twice a year. You might look into the Osprey Aether 70. Plenty of space to haul out a deer and your daypack gear and will do so more comfortably than really most "hunting" packs in that price and weight class. Comes in a green color which may or may not work for you. Also the REI Flash 62 is a good option as well.

Both the Osprey Aether and REI flash 62 have served me well on day hunts as well as carrying out an animal each with those.

Depending on how much you are looking to spend really can option some other options such as paradox/Kifaru which frames are super comfy and light considering their light weight. I'd also look at stone glacier when it comes to lightweight haulers as well. But all of these are going to set ya back better than $400.

Good luck to you out there.

I have a granite gear vapor trail that I carried on a number of longer hikes (Muir, Long trail and AT) through hikes. Its close to what I would want but I wonder if it would hold up to the brush. I would use the vapor trail, but its close to spent.

TAK's hard-on for Kifaru is exceeded only by his hard-on for Kimber......

Luke beat me to it, but would also like to hear more about your packing experience with HPG packs.

Cue the crikets.

Right now I own five Kifaru packs, never had a single problem with any of them, and if I did, I'm sure it would get fixed, no questions asked, just like Lanche's KU 5200 did when he tightened a ratchet strap down directly on top of a silnylon KU5200 on a 4-wheeler infill and wore a hole in it, duhhhhh?

Actually I never strapped that pack down with a ratchet strap ever. I know Patrick said that in the video but that is simply NOT the case. The holes came about from setting it down on the shale loaded with part of a caribou while taking a break.

Patrick simply did not believe that it was caused by a abrasion from alder/rock. So he attributed it to us putting them in the back of our Polaris 6x6 which we do at times to begin our hikes further back. If you've seen a Polaris 6x6 with a rack on the back you'd see strapping it back there is not required.

You can go Paradox and a dry bag and it's a sub $400 setup.

I shoulda bought one of the the KU 3700's when they were around. They were likely the perfect pack for hunting around here....oh well...that ship has sailed.

Had not heard of that one. Looked it up. I'd wondered if K-land would continue to ignore Hill People Gear's well thought out pack/compression panel system and the Nomad obviously says not. The HPG drybag/pack compression panel is elegant, the Nomad is a Rube Goldberg contraption. When I first saw it, I said to myself, "At least it doesn't have a damn sleeping bag zipper for those noon naps", but they even thought of that too. In a roll-top DRYBAG no less. Who the hell puts a zipper in a drybag? That's like putting screen doors on a submarine.

TAK,

The Camp Bag is not a "dry bag". If it was a dry bag, we would have called it "The Kifaru Dry Bag". It was designed from the requests of our customers, as it gives them the ability to access their kit no matter what amount they have in the bag.

It would not have made a lot of sense to offer another dry bag, as you can find those pretty easy on the market today.

I'm not sure what you've seen of the Nomad, but it's a pack with wings (pretty simple), but we made it so you can attach multiple options depending on your mission/hunt. The base of the design is about as simple as you can get.

Have a great 2014!

you sure are nice/diplomatic reaper, I would have told him to kiss my nomads.