Thread: Pack for Wapiti Ballot

Originally Posted by Hahn

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.

Try carrying a caped out bull plus 7 days of gear in a 60l pack

There are multiple pack options, 7900 is the biggest and not suited to the average joe, however it suits for my guided hunts perfectly

Originally Posted by Hahn

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.

I just explained... you quoted me on my exact reasoning for needing a pack that can accommodate

Originally Posted by hotsoup

I just explained... you quoted me on my exact reasoning for needing a pack that can accommodate

The first pic on their website makes it look humongous.

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.

Originally Posted by Hahn

The first pic on their website makes it look humongous.

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.

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

Originally Posted by hotsoup

Try carrying a caped out bull plus 7 days of gear in a 60l pack

There are multiple pack options, 7900 is the biggest and not suited to the average joe, however it suits for my guided hunts perfectly

That 6900 I have is awesome

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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

Originally Posted by ROKTOY

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/

Didn't he have one capable of carrying @stingray?

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

Interesting