Cheap pack with shelf?

[FreezerFiller]

Looking for a real cheap pack for getting quartered deer out of the woods, maybe a mile up a mountainside. Will only be used once every year or two for deer and maybe to pack a 5 gallon bucket of frozen coyote bait a ways in. Don't want to spend hundreds on a nice pack that wont get used much. Any recommendations?

Cheapest I saw on Amazon was $93

Amazon.com : TR External Aluminum Adjustable Pack Frame, : Sports & Outdoors

Amazon.com : TR External Aluminum Adjustable Pack Frame, : Sports & Outdoors

www.amazon.com

 

[sp6x6]

Lot of times you can find old alum frames similar at garage sale for $10.I have several,leave them with para cord looped on top in my hunting rigs.

 

[Cushion909]

Go to eBay or your local surplus store right now and search for an "ALICE Pack Frame." Buy it, buy a $10 set of cargo straps from Harbor Freight, and you have a deer-hauling system for under $60 that will outlive you and handle anything you throw at it.

 

[Tiny Tim]

I have an old Kelty (I think) external frame pack I'd let go. If you're interested, I could send some pics.

 

[cabelasken]

They have a good selection at sportsmens whse. The one I got was light, comfy and only cost $60

 

[ponderosa11]

Kelty Cache Hauler is the one you want. Well made. Genuinely comfortable. Goes on sale regularly at Sportsman's Warehouse for $100-$120ish. Far better than the $50-$75 generic stuff.

 

[cohunt]

Walmart sells a cheepo one too, alum frame