Looking for a bigger pack for the 10 day mission, would 90L-100L be the ideal size or could you go 80L. Any one had experience with the 100L Osprey? Any pack recommendations?
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Looking for a bigger pack for the 10 day mission, would 90L-100L be the ideal size or could you go 80L. Any one had experience with the 100L Osprey? Any pack recommendations?
Thanks Team
XO packs might be on sale still. Payed full price for mine out of the states. Worth every peny
Fuck carrying a pack that big you must hate your knees to carry that much shit. Have just been testing a few packs I have here the past week or so with all gear for wapiti ballot and I'll be taking 65l macpac
Ryan _Songhurst, I know it says full of shit under your name! But your reckon to can get 10dsy worth of food and gear in 65L. Would love to know ur food options.
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Yea I'll put some photos and a list later onQuote:
Originally Posted by Samsamdjt
That's one of the reao benefits of a well designed pack that can compress right down with a dedicated meat shelf like an Exo. You can pack all your equipment in the main bag and pack your food in a dry bag on the meat shelf.
I've done two with macpac torre 80 litre. Heaps of room spare mates had 70 litres and was ok first couple days they were pretty full but gets better. The trick is to take less gear. Lots of little things add up
Stone glacier 6900 or 7900
Big packs but very light, utilise the space you need.
SG7900
On this trip I had 2 caped out bull tahr + my gear for day hunting. Compare the weights to the macpacs mentioned...
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I would rather have an 80L pack a bit empty than a 65L one full to bursting ...
65L or 70L pack for a 10 day Fiordland trip is do-able.... but it all turns to custard if you achieve your goal and need to start lugging a green Wapiti headskin for several days :oh noes:
Doesn't matter how big my pack is I'd not be putting any skin inside it anyhow
Some things can't be avoided, easy wash in the bath����
Expandable to 160L! And twice as tall as the shoulder straps. When would you need that much space? Not to mention the weight you could load into it.Quote:
Originally Posted by hotsoup
Yeah I personally use a 6000cu in kuiu for everything. That supposedly about 90 litres but doesn’t feel like a big pack.
As for food, dehy is really the only option for most meals plus some bars/cheese/salami if you like.
Don’t take to much gas as its bulky, don’t take to many clothes.
I’ve recently changed to the 5500 model.
A 65 litre pack bursting at the seems can start to feel uncomfortable. Better to have a slightly bigger pack that isn’t maxed out.
The weight of the empty pack is pretty critical
Try carrying a caped out bull plus 7 days of gear in a 60l packQuote:
Originally Posted by Hahn
There are multiple pack options, 7900 is the biggest and not suited to the average joe, however it suits for my guided hunts perfectly
I just explained... you quoted me on my exact reasoning for needing a pack that can accommodateQuote:
Originally Posted by Hahn
The first pic on their website makes it look humongous.Quote:
Originally Posted by hotsoup
I thought you were on a day hunt. Do you used the load shelf for meat and capes or is it easier to put it inside the pack?
Definitely too much pack for me. I like the look of their Solo, and that even expands to 100L.
Correct the pic on the website shows it's complete maxed out potential. The 7900 was designed for guides based in North America who are doing 10+ days self sustained, caping out moose, sheep, caribou etc + all the meat. They need the space, that's why it's called the Sky Guide 7900. There's also the 6900 and 5900, as obviously there's people who require all sorts of sizes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hahn
For my job I provide wilderness tahr & chamois hunts, on this particular day my client shot 2 very large bull tahr on one day, I caped them out and had both inside my pack. It was excruciating however the pack did what it wasn't designed to do.
I don't use the loadshelf, haven't found the need. Skins go inside meatbags then inside the bag itself. Yes my pack stinks but I just wash it.
Check out the Col4800. I use this for 5day hunts, it's great
Anyone noticed how big the packs are that Roggee on Youtube carries for a day hunt.
I don't often watch his stuff but watched the latest one with his new thermal, his pack was huge before adding the meat.
Happy hunter with a Sky Guide 7900 on a 10 day wilderness hunt, we needed the space
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That 6900 I have is awesomeQuote:
Originally Posted by hotsoup
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Any comments on the Mystery Ranch packs?
MR packs are good. A bit less hyped than the Exo and SG gear but still great gear. A touch cheaper also.
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joe schmo had some good packs for sale a while back, he may have some left that would suit?
https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....dlands-100955/
@Samsamdjt You need to be brutal on your gear selection, clothes your wearing plus one dry set for camp, 1 pair spare Sox’s, puffy jacket and a good raincoat.
One cooker between 2-3 of you, one small first aid kit between the party, share as much gear as you can, sort your food per day into zip lock, I tend to eat less when I’m hunting and most of us can copy with some calorie deficit.
Unless your choppering to a Basecamp then it’s happy days and good tucker
Didn't he have one capable of carrying @stingray?Quote:
Originally Posted by ROKTOY
Anything "high" is going to be very difficult if you have to bust up through the scrub line, I've carried a Macpac Torres (80+ litres) for nearly 30 years on big missions in Fiordland and while there are better packs weight wize about these days I'd be extremely wary of American style packs if I had to go uphill, they'd literary kill ya (or make you want to cut your own throat).
The American packs are only as tall as you need the to be, they're not higher than anything on the NZ market
It you've used a Macpac for 30 years it sounds like you may not have tried a US made pack
We spend weeks in the monkey scrub on the coast each year and haven't had any fatalities yet
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SG 5900 for me, got 10days gear and food in...
The 5900 is outstanding, perfectly suited for NZ
I have the MR Marshall, bought it from Safari supplies who are the distributor in NZ & also have excellent service / support if something goes wrong (i foolishly broke a buckle on mine.....completely my fault)Quote:
Originally Posted by Samsamdjt
Anyway it is an excellent pack, It is 105L from memory and carries very well when fully loaded up - It is easily the most comfortable pack i have ever used.
It has the meat shelf, carbon fiber frame, and can remove the pack from the frame and fit different size packs like all the other major brands do now.
If anything it is heavier than the EXO, Kuiu, Stone glacier & Kirifu - But i knew that going in and am happy with the extra weight for the heavier fabrics used.
80L will be ok. I used an Osprey 85L last time I went in there for 10 days. I’ll be taking my Kuiu Pro LT 7000 in there next year. I’m a believer in having a slightly larger pack then having one that is of minimum size. The larger pack just compresses the extra space down to the same size as the smaller one but makes packing it everyday easier and gives you redundancy for carrying extra shit if successful or you need to help a mate etc.
You can still pack a 90L with the same stuff you would pack into a 60L. Self discipline.
100% agree with everything here :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by stagstalker
I have a Sky Guide 7900, Love the thing. Can't go wrong with SG
@Samsamdjt have mostly settled on the following, I've put all this stuff together and weighed it and I'm at around 16kg for base back weight and the food ends up around 9kg so at about 24kg all up plus my rifle and what I'm wearing. There's a few "luxuries' in there ie the starlink and Helinox chair zero, and also with food my sister and I (who I'm going in with) have decided we have to make a "treat" for both of us at least two days so I'm going to do pancakes with maple syrup and jam, and she does mean popcorn with butter in her jetboil. I'm tossing up if I should throw a couple of beers in there...Quote:
Originally Posted by Samsamdjt
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@Ryan_Songhurst, thank you very much a good run down. Will be handy
