I plan on chasing elk this fall with my stickbow and Me and a friend are packing in and camping for at least 7 days. I want to purchase a external frame pack but dont really know what size I should buy any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Get a big one. If you are lucky enough to pack out an elk, hind quarters weigh about 100 pounds on a decent bull.
There are a lot of good packs available. A rather inexpensive tubular frame pack is something called the Alaska pack/frame. Believe Cabelas sells it for about $130. Gets the job done for me. There a lot of better packs out there, (more versatile and comfortable) but they'll be quite a bit more expensive as well. Good luck.
Orion thanks I have been looking at the cabelas alaskan series but I dont know if I should go with the Alaskan 2 pack that is 4300cu inch or should I go bigger like 5000 to 5300cu inch pack which they also have.
I personally use the Alaskan/outfitter pack It's HUGE, Plus the pack comes off the frame and can be used separately. Then the frame can be used sep. to pack out meat.