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<blockquote data-quote="catorres1" data-source="post: 1121467" data-attributes="member: 80699"><p>Thanks for the thoughts, guys. </p><p></p><p>I have been reading etc. for a few days, going to talk with Aron from Kifaru today to get some advice as well. </p><p></p><p>But at the moment, it really looks like I may wait a while and save up and get a daypack I can strap to a Kifaru frame and go that route. I returned my BL Clutch, too heavy and to much unneeded space. But I want a frame to carry out meat etc, so I am thinking a smaller pack, like a Kuiu 1850, strapped on the Kifaru frame. Kifaru bags are just too much money for me right now, but their reputation for comfort, durability and expandability are something I like.</p><p></p><p>As to the use, that's one reason I'm probably going to wait. We had plans to hunt a bunch this year, and then go to Montana next fall. But I'm laying here on the couch having had ankle surgery, so plans are delayed at this point.</p><p></p><p>But ultimately, I want something that will work for many if not all situations. I try to buy the best I can that will fit for all uses.</p><p></p><p>Wildrose, technically, where we hunt is not West Texas. But I live in Austin, so everything west of SA is West Texas for posting purposes. We are actually west of Rocksprings a ways. It's an unusual ranch in that much of the area is fairly flat, but this ranch sits in a valley between two fairly extensive sets of canyons/hill areas. It's that thornbrush/cedar covered stuff, super rocky, lots of loose rocks and boulders, but very steep, with some parts being impassable because the walls are vertical. </p><p></p><p>It's an interesting part of land as most of the land in the area is pretty flat, but this ranch and a few around it got lots of canyons etc...which is why, I guess, the Mouflon and Auodad have moved in happily.</p><p></p><p>We can get a four wheeler to the start of the canyons, but from there it's all walking and sidehilling through the maze of thornbrush. My buddy, whose uncle owns the ranch, said no one but his dad hunts there because no one wants to try and haul out a kill. They just hunt the valley and the lower hills where they can get the 4 wheelers through.</p><p></p><p>But that's not where the Auodad are, and anyway, that's not the practice and experience I am looking for. </p><p></p><p>I hope to figure out a way to hunt true West Texas for Aoudad in the next year or so. Money is the issue, well that and my surgery. But that will heal soon enough, so I just have to come up with the coin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catorres1, post: 1121467, member: 80699"] Thanks for the thoughts, guys. I have been reading etc. for a few days, going to talk with Aron from Kifaru today to get some advice as well. But at the moment, it really looks like I may wait a while and save up and get a daypack I can strap to a Kifaru frame and go that route. I returned my BL Clutch, too heavy and to much unneeded space. But I want a frame to carry out meat etc, so I am thinking a smaller pack, like a Kuiu 1850, strapped on the Kifaru frame. Kifaru bags are just too much money for me right now, but their reputation for comfort, durability and expandability are something I like. As to the use, that's one reason I'm probably going to wait. We had plans to hunt a bunch this year, and then go to Montana next fall. But I'm laying here on the couch having had ankle surgery, so plans are delayed at this point. But ultimately, I want something that will work for many if not all situations. I try to buy the best I can that will fit for all uses. Wildrose, technically, where we hunt is not West Texas. But I live in Austin, so everything west of SA is West Texas for posting purposes. We are actually west of Rocksprings a ways. It's an unusual ranch in that much of the area is fairly flat, but this ranch sits in a valley between two fairly extensive sets of canyons/hill areas. It's that thornbrush/cedar covered stuff, super rocky, lots of loose rocks and boulders, but very steep, with some parts being impassable because the walls are vertical. It's an interesting part of land as most of the land in the area is pretty flat, but this ranch and a few around it got lots of canyons etc...which is why, I guess, the Mouflon and Auodad have moved in happily. We can get a four wheeler to the start of the canyons, but from there it's all walking and sidehilling through the maze of thornbrush. My buddy, whose uncle owns the ranch, said no one but his dad hunts there because no one wants to try and haul out a kill. They just hunt the valley and the lower hills where they can get the 4 wheelers through. But that's not where the Auodad are, and anyway, that's not the practice and experience I am looking for. I hope to figure out a way to hunt true West Texas for Aoudad in the next year or so. Money is the issue, well that and my surgery. But that will heal soon enough, so I just have to come up with the coin. [/QUOTE]
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