Exo Journal — Backpacking

When backpack hunting, you need a water filtration solution that is fast, efficient, and effective. Based on extensive experience, this is what we use...

There is backpacking. There is hunting. And then, there is backpack hunting. Leaving society behind, hiking into the mountains, and surviving for days on end with the items you have on your back — on a mission to find, pursue, and kill an animal and then pack out protein to feed our families... There is nothing like backpack hunting! That is our passion and our purpose. It is the sole reason that Exo Mtn Gear exists. We design our bags from the perspective of backpack hunting. (They also work great for shorter, single-day hunts as well!) Every stitch and square...

If you are completely new to backpack hunting, you are probably overwhelmed with what you need, where you can go, and how to get started. In this article, we explain the first steps that beginning backpack hunters need to take.

We had been sitting on the hillside for over 9 hours. Daylight would be fading soon enough, and our hopes of seeing the bull this evening were fading even quicker. Cows began to feed out of the timber patch across the canyon. Eventually, the bull did as well. I set up for the shot. It was a far shot, but one that I had thought about, planned for, rehearsed, and dry-fired all day. And the conditions were perfect. My bullet found its mark, and I watched the bull drop through my rifle’s scope. By the time we dropped to the...