You have hit a topic that I could talk for hours on. I do it twice each year: Back pack in 7 miles from a parking area and camp and hunt. 7-11 days end of October-first week or so of Nov. and Thanks giving week-first Sun in Dec.

I know the thread is " Backpacking and hunting ", not camping, but there are MANY principles that are mutual. What is the terrain like. Do you have a fire trail or other trail at least 4-5' wide that gets you back near { within mile or so } of where you hunt. If so, keep your eyes open for a sulky. You can pick up one in fair-poor shape fairly cheap. These make excellent transport vehicles for game/equipment. I have one that I've used for nearly twenty years.

I've rigged-up a harness system for myself, modified the front poles to be removed from the carriage system, and installed a variety of hooks catches etc. for gear securing. One person can pull several hundred pounds of equipment a good distance, as well as bring out game whole. I have used this to bring game nearly 7 miles back to my truck in its entirety, 2 bears and a number of buck.