Alice pack for hunting pack

Robert said:

I got a little blood in the bottom of my pack but it cleaned off with soap and water.

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If your pack gets that funky "been camping" smell, just leaving it in the freezer for about a day will kill the smell that soap and water sometimes can't get out.

I used the ALICE medium on the Appalachian trail for about 24 miles of mountainous awful because that's what I had. While it works, most commercial options are far better for distributing weight.

blue32 said:

I used the ALICE medium on the Appalachian trail for about 24 miles of mountainous awful because that's what I had. While it works, most commercial options are far better for distributing weight.

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Ive found that to be true until weight gets really bloody extreme. I used that ALICE Troy has for our cow hunts, and would literally fill it as full as you could get it. I couldn't stand up with it on unless someone else helped me up....I could lift it onto a tree or rock then wiggle into it............ Right up to that point I found it kinda annoying, but since Id used one of those since high school I just kinda went with it.

I've got a badlands 2200 that a friend gave me because it was too large for what he did. I like that pack, but its not a frame pack and doesn't carry sheer weight the way the ALICE does.

One little piece of worthwhile kit id recommend is a folded-up 6x8 8x8 tarp between the pack and the frame. If you DO get bleed-thru it will keep the blood off your back, as well as give you a clean area to put meat while working on it, or a shelter if you need it.... a bunch of stuff for no extra effort.

I carry a much smaller pack designed for a camelback hydration bladder (thank you uncle sugar). I have spent a lot of time under the ALICE ruck. What I have found about packs in general: The bigger they are, the more stuff (weight) you tend to put in them. 100 pounds of lightweight gear still weighs 100 pounds.

FL-NC said:

I carry a much smaller pack designed for a camelback hydration bladder (thank you uncle sugar). I have spent a lot of time under the ALICE ruck. What I have found about packs in general: The bigger they are, the more stuff (weight) you tend to put in them. 100 pounds of lightweight gear still weighs 100 pounds.

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Yuuuuup.

I have hauled everything I could think of for a hunt in a large Alice.

that was a painful mistake. LOL!!

I reduced my hunt pack to a day pack for most of the time. But I have also used my large Alice to haul an entire quartered Coues whitetail deer in one load. I use cloth game bags.

the large Alice has ammo pouches - three AR magazine pouches are part of the pack, IIRC.

I will likely get an Eberlestock J34 at some point.

sixgunner455 said:

I reduced my hunt pack to a day pack for most of the time.

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Same here. Up until a few years ago, Wisconsin required you to have the deer complete when registering. Most of us have not gotten into the quartering in the field thing as of yet. Yeras gao, I found myslef tryint to take more stuff with me than what I really needed. Even in the big woods, once I learned how not to get lost, I realized I didn't need anything more than what I needed for a few hours, since even when hunting all day, one does not need to eat or drink more than you would at one small meal anyway. A bottle or two of water, a sandwich, maybe a candy bar, binos, a drag rope and gutting tools, extra ammo, a small flashlight, a folding saw, paper towels/wetwipes, coupla pair of rubber gloves and something to start a fire. Many times the backpack gets bigger as the day goes on and I have to take clothes off. Since I hunt with handguns only anymore, my hunting revolvers fit into the pack if need be. If the drag is going to be long and there is no snow, I make the trip back to get the game cart, or I call one of the boys to come give me hand. Now I know for those folks that hunt deep in the mountains for game the size of elk, things are different. They have to do and use what works for them. While suggestions are helpful, knowing how to adapt and knowing what it is you need for the hunt is paramount. Trying to walk/stillhunt with a huge backpack that is only half full is just as bad as having nuttin'. Having too much stuff along and being a burden can take a fun hunt into a bad day. I have a coupla different backpacks of different sizes that work for different scenarios. It took me several years to figure out what works best.

I used one years ago; carried a seat that attached to a tree with a strap, along with some other stuff…large frame with frame. Probably hiked in a mile give or take on old logging roads…if I got anything I could drag to the road and drive in to pick up. Worked great for what I needed it to do.