My son talked me into hiking the Lone Star Hiking Trail next year, we'll be doing about 90 miles over 7 days. Besides being a little worried about hiking that far carrying a backpack at 69, I'm concerned by the location of the trail to metropolitan Houston. It starts NW of Conroe and transverses the north side of Lake Conroe with numerous mid-trail access points along the way. This layout makes it very easy for miscreants to target hikers and make an easy getaway.
I need a way to carry a weapon and backpack that provides quick and easy access to the gun while also keeping it concealed. I normally carry using an IWB holster, but the backpack has a waist belt that will make that impossible. I carried a small day pack with a shoulder holster when we lived in Alaska, but this backpack is much larger and has a harness that goes across the chest making a shoulder holster problematic. Does anyone have a suggestion? I want to keep the gun concealed because I don't want to advertise I'm carrying. I'm actually thinking of carrying my 4" S&W 581 and a few speed loaders instead of my normal Springfield XD-S. EDC.
I need a way to carry a weapon and backpack that provides quick and easy access to the gun while also keeping it concealed. I normally carry using an IWB holster, but the backpack has a waist belt that will make that impossible. I carried a small day pack with a shoulder holster when we lived in Alaska, but this backpack is much larger and has a harness that goes across the chest making a shoulder holster problematic. Does anyone have a suggestion? I want to keep the gun concealed because I don't want to advertise I'm carrying. I'm actually thinking of carrying my 4" S&W 581 and a few speed loaders instead of my normal Springfield XD-S. EDC.