Exo Journal — Hunting Gear

Backpack Hunt Gear Battle — 5-Day Archery Elk — Ultralight vs Creature Comforts

Backpack Hunt Gear Battle — 5-Day Archery Elk — Ultralight vs Creature Comforts

What does Steve (Exo Mtn Gear) take on a 5-Day Archery Elk Hunt, and how does that different from what Trent (Born & Raised Outdoors) would pack for the same hunt? See the differences between an utralight gear list, compared to someone who packs some extra items.

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Mark Huelsing
Why do we make hunting pack frame specifically for women (and youth)?

Why do we make hunting pack frame specifically for women (and youth)?

The K4 EXS is a small frame system with full-size performance. Finally, women (and youth) can have a high-quality hunting pack that doesn't make sacrifices in fit, function, performance, capabilities, or comfort.

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Mark Huelsing
Backpack Hunting Basics — How We Sharpen Our Knives

Backpack Hunting Basics — How We Sharpen Our Knives

Start sharp and stay sharp. That should be the goal for your hunting knife. When it comes to keeping your knife sharp on a backpack hunt, we have experimented with a lot of different options — from replaceable blade knives to a wide variety of sharpening devices and methods for fixed-blade knives. In this video, we demonstrate the technique and share some tips for using our go-to knife sharpener for backpack hunts...

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Mark Huelsing
How To: Load Your Pack for a Multi-Day Backpack Hunt

How To: Load Your Pack for a Multi-Day Backpack Hunt

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...

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