Thread: Bushbuck Destroyer pack

Hi has anyone had any experience with these packs? Are they any good?
I like all the features and like the idea of modular pack but just want to know if they're comfy and not going to fall apart straight away.

My experience with bushbuck is buy something else

Originally Posted by TimC

My experience with bushbuck is buy something else

Me too.

Originally Posted by TimC

My experience with bushbuck is buy something else

100% disagree.

very happy with everything I have from them so far. Daypack, t shirts, pants, bino harness. No destroyer pack though

My 2 cents I have had mixed experience's with this brand and I specifically bought one for the features you mentioned. On its first trip on the way home with my normal kit and a boned-out sika, it decided to fall apart. It was thrown in the back of truck, and after looking at it for a few months I stripped off the useful bits and binned the rest. Good luck finding what you need, others I have spoken to really rate it.

It’s cheap for a reason

Originally Posted by TimC

My experience with bushbuck is buy something else

Have you had bad experiences with their gear?
Also how about other brands like Spika or Hunters element?

Ill probably use a full tramping pack maybe once a year when I can finally get time off life to do a week long trip. Other than that my stoney creek pack works for day hunts.

Have some of their gear but not a Destroyer pack. Happy enough with gear. It’s no better or worse than Stoney Creek shit which has its fanboys. You take your chances with any of these ‘hunting’ brands.

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

It’s cheap for a reason

In my mind $749 isnt cheap for a pack.

Originally Posted by GlennJ

In my mind $749 isnt cheap for a pack.

Then it’s expensive shit, just like stoney creek

I have their tent and I think it's good for what I need. Some of their gear seems pretty good.

I've been looking at their packs as they can be picked up for about $370, which I think is a good deal. They seem to design the gear themselves but it's still drop shipping from China.

I think with these brands there are good and bad batches. Some guys like the spika packs, which you can find a review on here where a handle just fell off a rifle bag.

I've had a shit run with huntec and wouldn't go anywhere near them. It comes down to your experience and what batch/item you get.

I'd give the destroyer pack a punt tbh. They seem pretty keen to do a good job.



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Nothing worse than having a pack fail on you. I've been there it's a pain in the arse.

By proven gear, bushbucks reputation is way to spotty for me to take the risk on a piece of gear as crucial as a pack

Originally Posted by Nick-D

Nothing worse than having a pack fail on you. I've been there it's a pain in the arse.

By proven gear, bushbucks reputation is way to spotty for me to take the risk on a piece of gear as crucial as a pack

Some of that reputation seems to be coming from 2 sources:

1) stoney creek fanboys that never owned anything else.

2) People that had something "fail" on them years ago and still are pissed off about it.

There is a lot of believing that they are bad around and the fact that they do apparrently not count as a status symbol.

There are bad experiences with bushbuck stuff out there (apparrently their sleeping pads are bad) and I find their marketing super dodgy, and their practice around inflated prices and constant sales is annoying as well.

But what I have noticed with the stuff that I own and regularly use: well designed and not of lesser quality than any of the other "hunting brands"

It would be nice if people with actual experience pointed out what their experience was and when...

They have a showroom in chch, definately worth a visit.

As for the destroyer pack, when looking at it I found look and feel to be less "worthy" than my Tatonka Bison. But many well thought-out features, that other packs lack.

The Bison has many of problems of its own. Its made in Vietnam by the way for those that still do not understand that everything is made in asia nowadays.

I wish they did a bison "harness" with a pack like the destroyer.

Yea just missed out on the black Friday sale. They were down to about $400. Turns out Black Friday lasts for 4 days haha. Thatll teach me for Procrastinating.

My Stoney creek whirinaki pack has been serving me well for the last 6-7 years for day hunts its just a bit small for overnighters. I cant complain about stoney creek

This was posted a while back, if I was you I'd ask in the b/s/t for a cascade or similar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-dI8tOW2Y0&t=8s