Exo Journal

The food you bring on a multi-day backpack hunt is critical; not only for your survival, of course, but also in determining how effectively you can hunt day after day with sustained energy, as well as greatly influencing how much your pack weighs and how much space you have as you pack your bag for a hunt.

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

A well-designed pack can enable you to hike more comfortably and hunt more efficiently, but only if you understand how to use it effectively. In this video and article, Steve Speck, Owner and Lead Designer of Exo Mtn Gear, shows how to load a K4 Pack for a multi-day backpack hunt, including packing principles that you need to know to get the most performance from your pack.  

We just returned from a successful spring bear hunt in the Idaho backcountry. In this article we share our complete gear list spreadsheet, a podcast discussion with the hunt story, tactics, and takeaways, and also a helpful video on how to load and packout a bear on a K4 Pack System. Story, Tactics, & Tips On this hunt, Steve, Mark, & Justin from Exo Mtn Gear headed into the Idaho backcountry for a 4-day backpack adventure. They hunted an area that Steve & Mark had previous bear hunt success in, but the country was all-new to Justin. On the Hunt...