mtnwrunner
Well-Known Member
Well, my brother and I have been hunting the high country of central Idaho since the opener on the 10th. Opening morning found us backpacked in and perched on a ridge glassing a canyon across from us. It's a long story but a short 6 hours later, I jumped a buck we had watched out of his bed and anchored him with a 6.5 saum with 140 bergers.
Two nights ago, my brother connected on a buck we had spotted across another canyon that we had packed into and made a great shot while the buck was bedded at 610 yards.
The main reason for this post is to relate the packing ability of the new EXO 3500 mountain packs. I know there has been some discussion here on LRH about this pack and others but if you are sitting on the fence about this pack, don't. The first pack out was about two miles. We each had our camp and half a deer each on the pack and even though it was heavy as SH**, the pack worked great. It does take a bit of "load development" but once you figure out how all the connections work, it is a very comfortable and functional set up. Our second pack out was about 1.5 miles but it was a very steep downhill pack with about 1000 feet of vertical. This time we split the loads as the buck was shot at dusk so we packed out the front quarters, backstraps and then came back the next morning to pack out the rest. I'm extremely pleased with this pack. My only real complaint is that I keep getting older....................
Randy
Two nights ago, my brother connected on a buck we had spotted across another canyon that we had packed into and made a great shot while the buck was bedded at 610 yards.
The main reason for this post is to relate the packing ability of the new EXO 3500 mountain packs. I know there has been some discussion here on LRH about this pack and others but if you are sitting on the fence about this pack, don't. The first pack out was about two miles. We each had our camp and half a deer each on the pack and even though it was heavy as SH**, the pack worked great. It does take a bit of "load development" but once you figure out how all the connections work, it is a very comfortable and functional set up. Our second pack out was about 1.5 miles but it was a very steep downhill pack with about 1000 feet of vertical. This time we split the loads as the buck was shot at dusk so we packed out the front quarters, backstraps and then came back the next morning to pack out the rest. I'm extremely pleased with this pack. My only real complaint is that I keep getting older....................
Randy
