You can go mountaineering route also, lots of proven value there. Arcteryx bora line or more blue collar Osprey. I’ve had the 700 dollar kifaru and it hurt me more than any pack I had before it. I run Osprey xenith 88 now, it squished down to nothing but can take me in for a few days and let me come out with a ewe pretty easy and it cost less than half of a ‘hunting’ pack. I don’t chase elk though, may want a real frame for continued back country elk/moose duty.
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