hello. i want to get a pack frame for hunting and was not really wanting to get one from cabelas. any ideas

Depending on what you are looking for ... If for the type of hunting done in central and interior Alaska , The Barney,s Sport Chalet is designed from the Frontier Gear of Alaska Guide Packs .. I don,t know if Frontier Gear is still building packs ???? Anyway Barney,s is in Anchorage and their Guide Packs work very well ... The heaviest load I have carried on my Frontier Gear pack is 2 moose shoulders at once ... No strain ,No pain ..... For all other hunting I prefer a Large military Alice Frame and pack ..... They are brute tough , and are short so they don,t hang up very much when walking thru the brush .... What ever you do . if you get one with a Camp Trails style frame . Pitch the top hoop in the bay ... What a stupid thing to put on a pack ...........sides the horns of the frame make a more generally useful rifle hook than an aftermarket rifle hook ,, it doesn,t break or come loose , holds the rifle well and you can get the rifle working with a minimum effort and cussin .....

kifaru

What's wrong with Cabelas? I've had an external frame model for several years and it's comfortable, sturdy and the price is right. Yes the Barney's models are more up scale but then so is their price. All I can say is mine has been good to me.

I haven't had a chance to use it yet but I thought the Cabelas frame I bought last summer looked like it would work pretty well. A friend had been using their full backpack for several years for backpack hunting and thinks it is good enough.

To be sure, the Barneys backpacks are supposed to be tops.

Buy a Barneys frame. Everything else is compared against it. I finally bought one this year for hauling out moose quarters and all I can say is everything else I ever used was simply a waste of money.
Ya get what you pay for.

Barneys is the way to go, It will outlast you if kept clean. Use a packcover when it wet and hang it in a creek to rinse the blood out. My 1st pack has carried out 100's of critters and is still on line although I have a fresh 1 for sheep hunting.

Water Rat , is that the pack Monte made ,, You still have that ..........WOW .........

Bull Pac totally indistructable...........

Another vote for Barney's. I have a frame and pinnacle bag I bought in 1990. I have packed tons with it every spring and fall (I was guiding) and it still performs like new.
I also have a newer (10 years old) pinnacle that looks a lot better.

Hands down the best pack around.

Monte, wow haven't heard that name in a long time. I think he quit sewing Barney's packs in the late 80's.

Ya , I think it was around then .. I never met his business partner , ... He , Monte ,was a good guide , and he could take an idea and make it work .....