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sealhunter

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Well, for those of you who know me, I have an affliction and an addiction and it is packs...

I have so many packs it;s not even funny anymore,..

From Jim Shockey , to Marmot , NorthFace, Vaude, Rocky, Eberlestock, Badlands, etc etc etc

the latest addition is an Eberlestock Phantom...

Anyone have any experience with this pack they'd like to share..

Thanks
 
You didn't even mention the grand daddy of them all, The Trapper Nelson Indian Pack board, by the famous Jones Tent and Awning, Pioneer brand.
For many years in the western part of northern Canada, a pack meant a Trapper Nelson. The only questions were what size, a #2 or a #3 and if you got just the board, or complete with the removable sack.
 
H4831 said:
You didn't even mention the grand daddy of them all, The Trapper Nelson Indian Pack board, by the famous Jones Tent and Awning, Pioneer brand.
For many years in the western part of northern Canada, a pack meant a Trapper Nelson. The only questions were what size, a #2 or a #3 and if you got just the board, or complete with the removable sack.
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:)I've got the Trapper Nelson Indian Pack Board, complete with removable pack sack. It's kind of era specific and goes along with two other items I have. A Pioneer Brand ###X Genuine Yukon Eiderdown sleeping bag, also by Jones Tent & Awning and a model 71 Winchester in 348WCF:D.
 
I've had a couple of trapper Nelson's.

Love them.:D

I had one years ago I bought at a Calgary gun show that looked absolutely new. My dad has it now.

I use one as a light day pack.
 
H4831 said:
You didn't even mention the grand daddy of them all, The Trapper Nelson Indian Pack board, by the famous Jones Tent and Awning, Pioneer brand.
For many years in the western part of northern Canada, a pack meant a Trapper Nelson. The only questions were what size, a #2 or a #3 and if you got just the board, or complete with the removable sack.
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Got my first one off ebay for $30.:) It is the small version. Then I got my second one :)redface:) because the first one looked so cool on display I couldn't bear to put it to work.

Second one I am told is the larger version and is a later model with a zipper pouch. Other one is the button style. Love these packs!:cool:

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I also have two, a number 3 that I got in the mid 1960s and one I got at a garage sale which is quite a bit older, with different label, but no size shown. It is smaller than the #3.
Another Pioneer antique I have is this "silk," (Egyptian cotton) prospectors tent. Very light, designed for packing is its main asset, and at one time actually was popular with the back packing, pick and shovel prospectors.
A year ago I set it up for a icture op and had it on these threads before.
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H4831 said:
I also have two, a number 3 that I got in the mid 1960s and one I got at a garage sale which is quite a bit older, with different label, but no size shown. It is smaller than the #3.
Another Pioneer antique I have is this "silk," (Egyptian cotton) prospectors tent. Very light, designed for packing is its main asset, and at one time actually was popular with the back packing, pick and shovel prospectors.
A year ago I set it up for a icture op and had it on these threads before.
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:cool:Excellent Bruce!! Well done:D.
 
Ive only just starting carrying a pack with me...Im finding that I like to have more gear with me now when I go out... I carry some spare clothes, survival foods, some fire starting stuff, and couple one pound propane bottles, a small heater and a blow torch...

I understand many folks are into packs, but when i was shopping I just couldnt understand what the fuss was all about... I guess i just dont know what I dont know...

I have a 30 dollar camo special with a big main sack, to side pouches that carry 1 pound propane bottls and a rear pouch for the smaller stuff... what else do I need ?
 
Everyone carries something that they find suits their needs...

For me it used to be a canvas bird bag with the two buckle strap closures,..
and if I was home this wekend in Newfoundland and went partrudge hunting, that ol bag would be on my back...

However, certain hunts, hikes and excursions require different things..
(or at least they do for me)

I don't want a 70 L stuff pack with compression on an overnight excursion,.. I don't want my 28L Vaude when I'm heading into a remote camp for a week.

I have packs that are strictly minimalist, and others that couls have the microwave hidden under a flap..

I dress accordingly, footwear accordingly, pack accordingly

As for propane,... been there and done that and on an occasional fair weather hunt, why not.. other than the weight and stuff, it'll get the kettle boiled.

For me, propane is a tailgate gas or camp gas if you don't make fires....and that's the only place I use it as a camp or cooking fuel for hunting hiking etc.

again, it depends on what you're doing... sometimes when I'm hunting, propane wouldn't burn your hand, much less boil the kettle.

Use gear that suits your needs and conditions...
 
MudChucker said:
Ive only just starting carrying a pack with me...Im finding that I like to have more gear with me now when I go out... I carry some spare clothes, survival foods, some fire starting stuff, and couple one pound propane bottles, a small heater and a blow torch...

I understand many folks are into packs, but when i was shopping I just couldnt understand what the fuss was all about... I guess i just dont know what I dont know...

I have a 30 dollar camo special with a big main sack, to side pouches that carry 1 pound propane bottls and a rear pouch for the smaller stuff... what else do I need ?
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If it's serving your purpose,..absolutely nothing:)
 
Silverado said:
What do you carry the propane etc. for exactly?
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the propane is for the heater and the blow torch... the heater I suspect you can get your head around without my explaining... the torch is my fire starter... after the temps get down around -25C or colder its terribly difficult to get a frozen log to split and kindling isnt always so easy to find... so I use a propane torch to get small pile of wood burning.

its also nice to carry the torch in the off chance I need to brown some meringue ;)
 
MudChucker said:
the propane is for the heater and the blow torch... the heater I suspect you can get your head around without my explaining... the torch is my fire starter... after the temps get down around -25C or colder its terribly difficult to get a frozen log to split and kindling isnt always so easy to find... so I use a propane torch to get small pile of wood burning.

its also nice to carry the torch in the off chance I need to brown some meringue ;)
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Now I have heard, read, it all!
Going in the bush and carrying a propane heater and torch, so oo can warm oos fingers and a propane torch for starting a fire. WOW.
For years it was taken for granted that a hunter was a bushman. Wow, how things have changed!
I have actually spent a night in the bush in January, in -25 degree Celsius temperatures, with only a hatchet and waterproof matches. I hate to say so, but my eleven year old son was with me. We were not only comfortable, but the boy got a great kick out of it!
I also had a small piece of dried meat and a tea pail. We made a broth and had good, hot drinks. I also had some tea bags, so I later had tea.
A word of caution, if you are going to do this, stop at least an hour before dark, so you have time to make a lean to out of little trees and evergreens. We made this near an old, half rotten stump that burned all night, with the heat reflecting in to us in the lean to.
 
H4831 said:
Now I have heard, read, it all!
Going in the bush and carrying a propane heater and torch, so oo can warm oos fingers and a propane torch for starting a fire. WOW.
For years it was taken for granted that a hunter was a bushman. Wow, how things have changed!
I have actually spent a night in the bush in January, in -25 degree Celsius temperatures, with only a hatchet and waterproof matches. I hate to say so, but my eleven year old son was with me. We were not only comfortable, but the boy got a great kick out of it!
I also had a small piece of dried meat and a tea pail. We made a broth and had good, hot drinks. I also had some tea bags, so I later had tea.
A word of caution, if you are going to do this, stop at least an hour before dark, so you have time to make a lean to out of little trees and evergreens. We made this near an old, half rotten stump that burned all night, with the heat reflecting in to us in the lean to.
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Yes sir... been there and done that... and when it's too cold for matches (which I use ) a propane torch ain't much of a help...

I was out yote hunting last year in -47 and for a tailgate boil up i tried the old single burner propane.... it would have been easier to light water , and i'm sure water would have burned just as hot..

I have gear that get me by in the areas above the tree line and barrens where there is not much would or fuel... get stranded on a little island in February on the north Atlantic and your apprecuationfor fire starting skills and fuels other than propane will ring true...

A few waterproof matches, (i used to make own with nail polish) and i'm good for survival...for a quick cook up, be done and be gone outfit,I use an MSR..
 
I've often thought that one of those small butane torches (about the size of a cigar) might be a good addition to the pack for starting difficult fires in a hurry, but I've never actually tried it.

All that propane gear? Not so much.

Like sealhunter mentioned, white gas or alcohol are the only cold weather fuels IMO. Other than wood, of course.
 
If I rember correctly, when I was in scouts in the B.C. interior, in our packs we used to pack a piece of paraffin wax and/or pieces of candle. Shaving a bit of wax to help as a starter, I don't recall ever having trouble getting a fire started, even on out Christmas/New Years hike.
 
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