Our 2015 deer season went out with a bang

[jim in Anchorage]

The rifle scabbard is a very nice addition. After I hunted with it for the first time the word I used for it was "liberating"! It is so nice to not have to keep adjusting and shifting a rifle on a sling when hiking in rough country. You simply put you rifle in the scabbard and go hike, hands free. What it's not however, is quick to get to your rifle. When the rifle in in the scabbard it's in transport mode. If amongst game the rifle is out of the scabbard. This pack makes a decent day pack when folded up and it makes a decent expedition size pack when unfolded with the zip on duffel attached. It's also a decent meat transporter. But like ALL general purpose tools it's not the best of any of those things. I find it so versatile however that I use it for almost everything I do now days. In the case of my moose, I used a pack frame, for super heavy high volume loads nothing beats a pack frame. For stuff like a deer or even an elk the J-34 works but you can not bring out as big of a load it is simply not a pack frame. You have to reduce you loads accordingly. To give you an idea what it can do, I've had 75 to 80lbs of meat in it multiple times. That is about the max for that pack.

Thanks for the write up. I didn't think that scabbard would be a quick draw sort of thing. OK because if I have the pack on I'm getting in, not hunting. I set up a base camp and leave the pack there. And 80lbs max is OK because I also max out at 80 lbs on my back.
It sounds good to me. Would like to try it on though before I buy.
This is for sheep only. You better belive I when I shoot moose their only yards from the raft/plane/ 4 wheeler