ALPS OutdoorZ Commander

Once the buck is quartered and bagged, the hunt becomes a hauling job, and that is where deep country humbles a cheap pack. A true meat-hauling frame rides the load low and tight against your hips instead of dragging it off your shoulders, so you can walk heavy, awkward quarters out of a canyon without wrecking your back on the first trip. The value benchmark is the ALPS OutdoorZ Commander. You get a 5,250 cubic inch pack bag to haul gear and camp in, and when the bag comes off, an aluminum freighter frame with a load shelf and a lashing system built to strap quarters down tight. The torso adjusts from 17 to 23 inches, there is a rifle holder and a spotting scope pocket, and it ships with three extension straps for when the load gets ugly. Hunters routinely pack whole deer, and even elk quarters, out with it.