man what a view hey guys todd helms out here with eastman's hunting journals today
to bring you a gear review on the new kilik backpacks the k2800 and the k2000
i got these backpacks just in time to go on a late season deer hunt i'm going to be using the
2800 exclusively on this on this upcoming late season deer hunt but i want to talk to you first
about the k2000 from kilik this is an impressive little backpack and sportsman's warehouse is
building this as kind of the ultimate daypack type backpack the first at first blush
when you go to sportsmanswarehouse.com and you look at the specs on this thing
it is loaded with all of the features you could possibly ever want from a daypack
this thing is super i don't know what you'd call it capable i guess would be the right word it
offers a great support system with a great belt pockets on the belt you got good heavily padded
shoulder straps this little thing is going to take a load i it's not designed to carry
meat per se but i could totally see taking out a first maybe boned out shoulder or a bone dot hind
corner if you're deer hunting if you could fit it in here you could do that absolutely this pack is
designed to just get you through the day on quick jaunts and it's and take a lot of stuff with you
there's all kinds of zippered pockets these zipper pulls are really beefy on here and i'm impressed
right off the bat you've got lots and lots of organization things that i normally have in little
stuff sacks there was a spot for everything that i wanted to put in the backpack lots of zippered
pockets all kinds of storage pockets i mean knives and flashlights and headlamps i mean
anything you want to take on your hunt you're going to be able to organize it perfectly in these
backpacks one of the cool little pieces that i see right off the bat for archery guys is this thing
has a quiver attachment on it it's got attachment points that you can attach your quiver if you take
it off your bow sportsman's warehouse had it in mind that they wanted to create a backpack
that would fit the western hunter but fit guys that want to use a tree stand too you can strap
this thing to the tree hang it from the tree and it zips all the way down into a u into a bucket
shape so you can completely access everything that's in this backpack
while it's hanging from in your tree it's all organized everything you've got internal
pockets to put water bottles in or rattle bags if you're a whitetail guy it has hydration bladder
hookups on it incredibly well thought out zipper organization incredibly well thought out designs
you hang this thing in a tree you're good to go but it's going to pull double duty for you at the
same time it's a western style day pack it's going to operate that way for you too it has
a gun scabbard just like the 2800 does you can see the rifle barrel sticking up behind my head
this pack comes with that as well so you can strap a bow to this you can strap a gun to
it if you want to and it's going to take it check out the k2000 if you're in the market
for a day pack let's break into the k2800 and i'll show you some of the stuff that i've got inside
that this thing has swallowed up and i'm super impressed so far all right as you can see i'm
wearing the k2800 pack in these cold late season conditions i need to make sure that i've got all
the gear that i need to last an entire day on a glassing knob i'm not hiking around a bunch
of spots i'm picking a spot or i can see a ton of country and i'm sitting there all day long
it's nice to be able to pack out an entire deer in one trip because a lot of time i'm a little
ways back in places and it's nice to just make one in and one out i can do that with the k2800
one one and done so let's take this pack off and i'll show you some of the features obviously we've
got a sternum strap and it does have a whistle on it scare off bears scare off mountain lions
get somebody's attention across the canyon who knows what you use the whistle for i really like
the reverse pole belt on this i'm not pulling from the front i'm pulling from the sides and
it tightens down really easily it also loosens up really nicely too i just pull back these buckles
and flex your abs a little bit and get it so it's nice and loose i'm going to loosen up these chest
straps i'm going to swing this backpack around so you can see some of the features on it all right
first and foremost you can see that this thing has a weapons scabbard or a weapons carrier on it
strap everything in it's bow or gun compatible just like the k2000
and i've got my rifle all set up and ready to go on here it handles it really beautifully once i
snugged up my load lift straps it sucked the backpack right tight against my torso
i didn't even really know i was wearing it for the first part of the review and i think i'm gonna
really like this one of the neat things that the k2800 has is it has these straps on here that are
velcro straps and i can put a bottle of bear spray on here or i can put a handgun on here for hunting
in grizzly country which we do all the time out here all it does is unstrap you put what you
want on there and it velcros right back tight into place that's a really cool feature that i think is
ingenious actually so i want to take my rifle off so i can show you what's in here i'm just going to
unbuckle all these buckles and pull this thing out there's three buckles that hold it in place
and i have a vandelier on this rifle so it makes it a little bit
harder to get out obviously that's something that i'm going to do when i get to my glassing location
first pocket right on the front of the backpack really easy pull zippers folds down
you can see i've got a couple knives in here i've also got some flagging to help make tracking
i have nice sharpener just some possibles that you should always have plus a little bit of parachute
cord and i can put a lot more in here if i wanted to and i will for the hunt this was just some
necessities to see get a initial feel for this backpack another feature is this removable pack
here it's a it's a you can use it as a fanny pack if you're going to go light and fast say you glass
up some animals at a distance you don't want to have to use your pack but you need some equipment
with you load up the fanny pack pop it off put it on and go that's a really nice feature i have
stuff that i need to have instant access to stuffed in this outer pocket i have gloves i have
a headlamp and i have an extra beanie in here it fits in there really really well and i have very
quick very easy access on the outside of my pack i don't have to take the rifle off or my bow off
to get to it it's all right there super quick super easy to get to main compartment big beefy
pull tabs on these on these ykk zippers man again this pack has so many options that i can't even
include them all in this review to do it justice check it out at sportsmanswarehouse.com but
let's zip this thing down and see what i've got in here folds down top zipper pocket great place for
a first aid kit maybe a kill kit but i've got my first aid kit in there
it's a it's a really handy little pocket to put that in it swallows it up really easily
really well i got a puffy jacket in here that is a big old puffy jacket that fits in there
that thing compresses down pretty small and i didn't get real crazy with it but i got a ton
of space left over in here again internal pockets to put water bottles or a stove a spotting scope
i've got a big back pocket here in case you got to blow your nose right
it's going to be cold so i'm not going to pack fluids in a bladder for this trip because i don't
want them to freeze i'm actually going to use a yeti bottle which will go right here in these
water bottle or spotting scope pockets on the outside because i don't want my stuff to freeze
this suspension system on here is super comfortable it's adjustable slides up and down
instantly adjustable i don't have to do anything fancy with it it has a big lumbar support right
here on the back that i've already noticed in the small on my back is making things very comfortable
i'm pretty impressed so far one of the things that this backpack has
that i'm stoked to check out when i get a chance to use it it's got a load shelf and
i will deploy this in the field when i kill a deer and show you exactly how it works
i shot this doe last night not going to make any pretenses i haven't had a chance to actually pack
out any meat with this backpack just because of the way things worked out during with the
hunting season so i thought you know what i got a doe down i need to carry her out of here anyway
let's put her whole on the backpack and see how it does it's going to be approximately the same
weight as a elk hind quarter nice big fat white tail doe i got her gutted out got a tag on her
uh last night just propped her open left her here where she could cool in the in the breeze and
i'm gonna throw her on this backpack and show you guys how this load shelf works so here we go
all right again this is the kilik k2800 and this is kind of their do it all backpack let's check
out this load shelf this frame on here so it's pretty simple we'll flip it around here and show
you basically i just have these attachment points on the pack and i'm only going to take off the top
part so basically i undo the top straps so you just squeeze and it pops open and then all i do
is slide that through that webbing it's a little tight but it's not bad just slide it through there
and that pops off and i do the same on this side
just like that and i just slide it through and then all i have to do is pull this up and over
like this and this will pop off just like that and i have its load shelf ready right there
so what killick has i'll pull this around you can see it a little bit better
all right so this is the frame this is the back of this pack and you've got you see
you got these buckles there's flaps in here like compression flaps that i unbuckle these
and they fold out like that really interesting design it has pockets in here i could put a
water bottle in here if i needed to or a couple of them sometimes your pack outs in the west get long
and hot in the early part of the season it's nice to be able to have some water
with you it all you also retain on this if i pop this down this is another panel
that folds down like that you also retain your h2o compatibility this is your h2o sleeve right
here so you could put knives you could put if all you want to do is go in super light
you could put your butchering kits in these pouches and maintain i don't know two maybe three
liters worth of water in this really well thought out design and i'm pretty impressed i'm really
actually looking forward to putting this thing through the paces more next fall
because i'm not going to need water today it's cold starting to snow a little bit too
so i'm going to flip this around and i'm actually going i'm not going to use these flaps today
because i'm loading a whole animal on this so i'm going to buckle these back up
like this and i'm going to put her right on here and i'm going to secure her double with
this panel and then the pack itself just going to sandwich her in there and hopefully this will work
otherwise i'm going to have to quarter her up get her out of here which
we can do that too but i thought let's do the whole thing that's kind of how i roll all right so
she's pretty riggered up pretty stiff um but i'm going to put her feet up
and head down so i'm going to move it toward you and i'm gonna pick her up fold that out
just like that
and i want her all the way to the bottom so i'm just going to move it down so it's right on
she's kind of right on the waist pack first panel is going to go over
and it's going to attach up here
and pull tight
i'm actually going to step on this and pull it tight now for the backpack itself this will be
interesting to see if i can do this but it's supposed to do it all right so i need to loosen
these straps on the bottom to make this load shelf wider more room so i just loosen typical
buckles that is pretty wide i'm going to go all the way let myself a little room to get a hold of
to tighten it back down but it's just that's your traditional load shelf it's just got her pretty
well sandwiched it's gonna ride right on my waist belt which is where i want it so now we come back
up over the top roll her up like this so this sleeve has got to go back over the top and it's
going to be tight but i should be able to get this to work oh yeah just like this it's a tight fit
but you want it to be a tight fit it needs to be a tight fit for this in order for this thing to work
pull that up through and what i need to get to are my straps right here so i can reattach
my shoulder harness to this pack so these got to come all the way down
so i've got that one and i'm just going to close it
just like that i'm going to be able to pull that tight now i got to get this one and it
should just slide over the top so i got both of them hitched up she's going to go for a ride
ready to go but i want to bind these legs together so she's less floppy remember i talked earlier
about all the organization in this pack well guess what there's my handy dandy parachute cord
right in the top pocket where i can get to it super easy truss her up like a thanksgiving
turkey right those legs will ride right over my head they won't be flopping around it'll
help keep her centered up on my body let's get her up on my back and get out of here
this is on stability is good it rides nice nice thick padded shoulder
straps yeah this isn't bad
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