Being I have a Mt Goat hunt I'd like to focus more on, I was not at all picky this year. Water was scarce and moved the elk another 1.5 miles up a canyon that I like to hunt which made for a grueling pack out. We got into them in the morning but as soon as the sun hit the hills they quieted down and I figured rather than risk bumping them that I'd come back that evening. With 30 mins of light to spare, I called a rag 5 into 10 yds and called it good. Got the bull quarted, meat bagged and strapped a hind qtr, front qtr and backstrap on my MR Longbow. 3 miles later I made it back to camp at 11:30 that night. Went back with the wife the following morning to retrieve the rest of the meat and see if we could find an easy bull but knowing our main goal was packing meat, we didn't give it too much effort.
I have a Mystery Ranch Longbow and we picked my wife up a Stone Glacier this year. I was excited to test them side by side. I really like the load shelf, the buckles, zippers straps and lighter material and much lighter weight of the Stone Glacier pack. It lacks storage compartments but that's about all it lacks. Time will tell if it will hold up as long as an MR but based on the load testing by SG it should be just fine.
Please forgive the Halloweenish pictures, I forgot to take a camera so no field shots this time and I wanted to reduce as much weight as possible.
I have a Mystery Ranch Longbow and we picked my wife up a Stone Glacier this year. I was excited to test them side by side. I really like the load shelf, the buckles, zippers straps and lighter material and much lighter weight of the Stone Glacier pack. It lacks storage compartments but that's about all it lacks. Time will tell if it will hold up as long as an MR but based on the load testing by SG it should be just fine.
Please forgive the Halloweenish pictures, I forgot to take a camera so no field shots this time and I wanted to reduce as much weight as possible.
