ALPS OutdoorZ Dual-Function Hunting Backpack with Freighter Frame for Hauling Gear/Adjustable Torso, Rifle Holder for Big Game Hunting/Coyote Brown, One Size

This pack is much larger than it appears on the images, it stands approximately 3 feet tall. This thing has plenty of room, and a metal bar that holds the top open. The top flap covers the upper half of the pack, which is nice, and at 7.2 pounds, is a manageable weight, but still feels extremely sturdy. The pins used to customize the size of the frame and placement of the shoulder straps come with cotter pins and rings. I recommend the rings, as the cotter pins will rotate and can poke you in the back and shoulders when moving. My only complaint, other than the cotter pins, is that it came with a secondary pack bag, which i won't use. I see the purpose in it, and i ordered the pack that came with it (I get that), but an option for a rain cover would have been nice. Further, for the purpose that i plan on using it, I will also drop the folding shelf to reduce the weight a little more. I have only taken it on one short hike, with a light load, but it seems to be sturdy. The zippers are large, solid, and tight, and the material appears like it will hold up to some abuse. Overall, I would recommend this pack, especially for the price point.

Excellent pack. The link ups rattle so I would recommend taping them after purchase. I do 4 and 5 day pack hunts and I usually carry about 70lb of gear in with me on average. I have always over packed my Alice pack but after getting this pack. Night and day. I would like to have had more molly attachments and a few things I will be upgrading in the future but this pack is a great buy. While fully loaded with a long gun in carry it seems to favor the left side because the long gun is not in center carry. I offset this by how I put weight in the pack. Overall I am satisfied with my purchase.

Its a very bulky pack. Thats good and bad. Went on an elk hunt that ended 30 mins after shooting light. Spent the rest of the day packing off of a mountain. Parts that were good:Well its got enough room for as much as you can lift. Before the hunt I used it to pack in 100 lbs of corn at a time on my oklahoma lease for my deer hunting. I would carry around my daughters on the shelf while mucking around at the farm. The spare pockets are great, and the basic idea is good.cons:After getting my elk down I packed out the first load and immediately cached my rifle at my pick up because it was flopping around while under weight.Its bulky as hell. Yes you can carry as much as you can lift, but the frame catches any tree limbs. Lucky for me, I was hunting mostly timber less areas of the mountain. If i had to make my way through any brush with the weight, well Id probably still be packing it out.The pockets are great if you're organized but its easy to loose stuff in the main compartment.Final gripe. im 5'10 (guys, if you're 5'10 stop saying youre 6 foot tall) and with a full pack, and it properly set up on my body, the top of the frame was in almost constant contact with the back of my head. It wasn't a deal breaker, but after 6 miles, a few hundred lbs and the knowledge that you have a few trips more, you won't like it.End of the day, Id buy it because its a good price. It holds up. Hell you can pull it off and wash the blood off it, slap it on and go hunt again. Im sure its going to be a great hike bag for back country camp outs. Would I take it to Alaska and hunt alders for moose? No. But for high country and desert, its good enough for a working man who spends his money where it counts.

Lots of space, he likes.

This is Sooooo comfortable, I love the pack,You will spend a little time dialing in the fit, but it’s worth it, most the weight seams to disappear from your shoulders and transfers to hips ( like it is supposed to ). I also own a frame in pack that is not as comfortable. And it is supposed to be for Backpacking, this Hunting pack is likely going to be hunting and backpacking

This seems to be a basic external frame pack with the ability to carry a light rifle. I would not trust this to carry any rifle you couldn't drop. The stitching is not inspiring confidence. The main frame tubes don't have drain holes and collect water. The shelf is hinged and folds into the pack so it is not freestanding if you had hoped it was. The daisy loops on the pack rely on the zipper and the zippers are not inspiring. The lid flap has a small zipper in the middle of the flap however the full interior of the flap is open to carry maps but without a divided compartment slide around. At first I thought I could use the flap to flat pack something until I realized it just all slides to the bottom of the flap and bunched up. Either divide it to 2 or more compartments or put one full with zipper at the end of the flap so a tarp could be flat packed in the lid flap adding waterproofing. Waterproofing by the way is not inspired by the bone treated material. So a full pack cover or oversized poncho is needed. The lid flap is barely wider than the main compartment. The opening for the lower compartment is too small making getting items in the space hard. The rifle butt pouch hangs down sewn to the pack wall but not reinforced to the pack frame at all. A heavy rifle will strain the sidewall fabric. I would not carry anything larger than a 22lr, a single breech shotgun, or a full composite stock bolt action. Light. Anything wood stock, scope mounted, light mounted, etc that has weight or high cost I would not trust long term. Hydration will be hard. No bottle storage and the possible location for water reservoir is very high above center mass. In conclusion I will pass this pack onto my son for basic camping needs and light loads. I hoped it would be a good value and I would only see this worth 80 to 120 at maximum. My quest for a long term solution for a pack that looks like this will continue. I even considered tossing the pack and using the frame with a dry bag which would be fine but the two pins holding the shelf are drilled with no load distribution. Eventually the holes will be beaten open larger by the pins. If a rubber washer was used between the tubes, and a sleeve had been used to distribute the load or if the shelf was welded on (or one piece) with welded gussets then and bolted on then I would consider a dry bag on the shelf. All in all it's a scouting pack.