I have an old Mother Upland Pack that I adore but it's impossible to load pheasants without taking it off (gen 1). So I am looking for other models that put weight on your hips - not on your shoulders. Also, with belt/pack models, you can hunt in anything from t-shirts to 4 layers and everywhere in between with maximum breathability.
I have an LL bean technical upland backpack and a Pella Bird'n Lite on their way for late season testing. The Bean might be hot on the back early season - but it's a knockoff of the Mother I had and I tolerated that just fine.
I'd have bought a WingWorks (supposedly the champ of champs) but they are never in stock.
Others to try? Browning's version of bird'n lite? Q5?
Badlands is out because any waist under 35 inches or so doesn't fit.
Any other fans of "technical" vests out there? :;:howdy
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Also - yes, I recognize they have the "remote holster" in an impossibly stupid place on the LL Bean.
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But it's a clip-on that can be placed a number of places.
I have an LL bean technical upland backpack and a Pella Bird'n Lite on their way for late season testing. The Bean might be hot on the back early season - but it's a knockoff of the Mother I had and I tolerated that just fine.
I'd have bought a WingWorks (supposedly the champ of champs) but they are never in stock.
Others to try? Browning's version of bird'n lite? Q5?
Badlands is out because any waist under 35 inches or so doesn't fit.
Any other fans of "technical" vests out there? :;:howdy
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Also - yes, I recognize they have the "remote holster" in an impossibly stupid place on the LL Bean.
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But it's a clip-on that can be placed a number of places.