Backpacks in action
 

Good idea borrowed from another board. Lots of questions all the time here about what pack to buy/use, what better way than to show them all in action.

Mystery Ranch Cerberus on a NICE frame. Hope to at some point swap out the Cerberus bag for the 6500 on the same NICE frame.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19...g/P8030116.jpg

2008 Stones ram - Wilderness Wanderer pack frame

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2009 Stones ram - WW again.......now using an MR Kodiak.

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It's only a day pack... And no ram strapped in... but it's the pack I carry most.:)

MR Dragonslayer-
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MR Dragonslayer

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...r/PB130501.jpg

CBMR Behemoth

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...r/IMG_4574.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...r/PA040400.jpg

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Daughter on board!

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...r/IMG_4298.jpg

Duk Dog and his wrecked therma-rest!

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...r/IMG_2916.jpg

Eberlestock J34 is the pack I use all the time still yet to get it bloody.

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walmart special with the head of my 09 muley in it

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Eberlestock
 

Here is mine, Eberlestock dragonfly...
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I love the case for the rifle. offers best protection.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_enzyEkfHAD4/TS...0/DSC02217.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_enzyEkfHAD4/TS...0/DSC02823.JPG:sHa_shakeshout:

here is me and pottymouth on a speed goat hunt this year ... Attachment 31098

This is my old Cabellas Alaskan Guide pack that I used for about 15 years. Pretty good pack overall.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...sWithDad16.jpg


Upgraded to a Mystery Ranch 6500 with NICE frame this year, and broke it in right!! :)

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/DSCF4025.jpg

The MR6500 even worked well at -27*C

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/DSCF4054.jpg

Hey Rack your pretty brave walking through the forest with a set of Moose Antlers on your back and not having any red attached to your back :sign0068:

lowe alpine with stone sheep and barren ground caribou. good pack but time for a new one i think, this one is old as the hills.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...eep06365-1.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...ibouhunt46.jpg

Haulin out sheep and sheep camp!
I have a MR Crew Cab
Dads sportin the MR Kodiac

Matt

LOL....yep someone already mentioned that. The picture was done after I removed the red strapping that I had on the antlers. Was merely to take the pic of the moose antlers in the pack, and then they were put back on for the hike back to the truck.

But yea...I'm brave in general!! :sHa_shakeshout:

Mystery Ranch Cerberus

http://i330.photobucket.com/albums/l...n/P1080140.jpg

Eberlestock J104

http://i330.photobucket.com/albums/l...P1060032_3.jpg

Mystery Ranch Longbow

http://i330.photobucket.com/albums/l...n/IMG_2145.jpg

Eberlestock and North Face

http://i330.photobucket.com/albums/l...P1060038_2.jpg

Arcteryx Internal frame all purpose 90 Litre pack with World's smallest Mountain Caribou..
http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/p...28/pics052.jpg

Andy with a Cabella's Alaskan Packframe , without the bag for transport purposes , with definitely not the worlds smallest Caribou..
http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/p...28/pics084.jpghttp://i410.photobucket.com/albums/p...428/087_87.jpg

I wish my arcteryx would fall apart or tear or something so i would have a great excuse to get a new skookum pack Like a Eberlestock or M.R.
Its all i have ever owned and still very comfortable.

I have now had the opportunity to try the Eberlestock J107 and the Mystery Ranch Nice 6500 and my conclusion is the I like both. I wish I could combine the best parts of both. I much prefer the harness of the MR but found the overall usability of the Eberlestock bag more convenient.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...eld/ricks1.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...Wildside39.jpg

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J107/Mtn goat:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30...p192008165.jpg

MR Nice Frame with load sling

http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/IMG_0473.jpg

My old Mad Dog external frame. I don't really miss it but man it packed a lot of sheep, elk and moose.

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h4...b/RamSmall.jpg

Eberlestock Blue Widow JP9 on it's first field trial : with 50% of my '10 mulie buck

http://talks.guns.ru/forums/icons/fo...93/3893250.jpg
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and later with 100% of mulie yearling:

http://talks.guns.ru/forums/icons/fo...50/3950691.jpg
http://talks.guns.ru/forums/icons/fo...hm/3950689.jpg

Camelback Urban :)

http://talks.guns.ru/forums/icons/fo...hm/3881073.jpg
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Great pic's!! I reconize that spot!!! A buddy of mine shot a Ram last Fall only a Mile From where your standing in the top Picture!

Love my badlands pack that I bought off of a member here.

http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...G4960Large.jpg

http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r..._7254Large.jpg

http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r..._7199Large.jpg

For backpacking, I have a good sized Gregory multi-day pack.

Don't tell me stuff like that :angry3:.....And at least if you do you have to share a picture!!

Here are a few of my pics of my packs in action.

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And a couple more...

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J107.....








The Sitka stuff sure blends into the rock, eh? :D














And finally.......

No idea what the pack was. Ask Islander. Also, ask him why I still answer his calls after playing 'sherpa' that day! :lol:

I can "feel your pain" in this one.....kinda mixed emotions at this point eh!!!

Great pic :)

tm

Holy crap Phil ..... that one will make an awesome pen holder for your desk!!

Is that Andy with that monster?

A pen holder eh, well maybe for my smallest pens. Yup thats Andy with his Bou 2 days later , His first B&C animal i believe.

Was a pretty cool day actually. We shot that moose maybe 700yrds from where we killed the ram. We were stalking the rams and saw the moose across the valley. My hunter had shot a stone ram before but never a moose. He said he would rather try for the moose. So I started calling and called it into 60yrds. The shot was away from the rams and down into a tight valley. I figured the rams may have not spooked as the shot wouldnt have been very loud to them. We decided to continue after the rams and 2 hours later we completed the stalk and harvested this 165" stone ram.
SG