ORIGINAL: metaldonnieg
get a used one from an army surplus store.
in my opinion if they're good for our boys out in the field they'll be great for us as well.
The government does terrible keepin' our "boys out in the field" comfortable. And surplus stores carry worn and torn items.
Anyways for the threadstarter Cabela's has a huge selection of packs; you can check it out here:
http://cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templa...mCat=catrthunt
And I own this backpack made by Scent-Lok which is real nice for a day's worth:
http://www.scentlok.com/products/det...roduct_ID=9170