Hey guys Scott Reekers here with Eastmans' hunting journals. Today we are
going to cover the Pop Up 28 and the Pop Up 18 from Mystery Ranch backpacks.
As you can see these new load carriage system packs from Mystery Ranch are built
around the idea that you should be able to carry weight very well and these are
day packs for the day pack hunter. A lot of us spend a lot of time in the field
hunting from the truck. You have that one Saturday where you want to go hunting
but you want to be able to get meat out on your first trip or say you're antelope
hunting you want to get the whole antelope out once you break it down. This
is a day pack that is ideal for that type of setting. These backpacks are
called the Pop Ups because they have a frame system that you can see right here
that is built the same way that the Guide Light system is built, but what you
can see here is that with this system the pack actually pops up providing you
with functional shoulder lift. As a tall guy functional shoulder lift is
incredibly important to me in any pack that is intended for hauling weight. It
takes the weight off your shoulders and distributes it properly onto your hip.
That is mission-critical for being able to take a pack and use it for getting
all that that precious meat out of the backcountry.
These packs both feature the Mystery Ranch Overload shelf. Now this is a load
shelf that is designed for the moment when you have meat down or you've got
awkward loads like these shed antlers that we've got. You can pop it open. You
can adjust it and you can put that heavy load here and you can manage it. So
this makes this a true legitimate meat hauling pack even though it is actually
a day pack. This gives you the functional shoulder lift that allows us to be a
comfortable pack out with heavy loads. So you can see here this is the Pop Up 28
and the Pop Up 18 and this is a bigger pack that is going to be used I would
use this in a situation like some of these later mule deer hunts like what
you have in Montana where you're going to be hunting from the truck but the
deer are really moving coming out of the you know that big country and
following after the does. This is going to be a situation where you're coming
back to base camp. That's the ideal setting for me where you're gonna come
back eat lunch and head back out. That's where I would use these packs in
particular. With these bags you can see that there are functional pockets that
make your day trips a very easy task that also help with organization. Most of
us who have hunted out of the back of a truck or you've done the overnight trips
or the day hunt trips you like to have a pack that is organized and easy to get
into regardless of the situation. This pack offers that with multiple pockets
with places for water, places for your bipod. You can easily fit a large scale
spotting scope for when you're glassing up those you know those shed antlers or
when you're looking for that big mule deer that's deep in a drainage. You have
the ability to haul that in comfortably and you can do this in a lightweight
fashion. Mystery Ranch is also known for building quote-unquote bulletproof packs
and you can see with the 500 denier Cordura that these packs fall right in
line with that you can also see what their zippers these aren't zippers
that you're going to blow out easily. They're very strong. They're tough,
durable. You can also see that on the Pop Up 28 that you can see that it's
very similar if you like that tri zip design tri zip to pop up lid this is very
similar to that for what Mystery Ranch is offered in the past. You can also see
on the Pop Up 18 that it is a very functional pack that's going to ride
well right around your hips for where you're going to be carrying that weight
on just a daypack type setting. For more information on the Pop Up 28 and the
Pop Up 18 from Mystery Ranch make sure you visit mysteryranch.com and also
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