Home made Packboard

I was needing a pack board several times while i was out scouting for nice hard woods. And many times i have seen some and never been really able to pack it out. So i fixed that problem. I already had an old Backpack of my Dads & the pack part was easy to just take off without wrecking it. So all i had left was the frame. So got some plywood, measured it up got some tie hooks.
I secured the pack to the board with some 1/2" clamps. Done Cool

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Last edited by Drummer Dave on Fri Sep 26, 2008 5:26 pm; edited 1 time in total

Good job.

Would be good for packing out venison, too. Twisted Evil

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I have a suggestion. Why not drill some holes in it to lighten the pack up. Smile

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^Always thinking. Idea

Yeah, it would shave a few ounces off, and give you more places to tie stuff. Very Happy

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Its totaly light as it is, but good idea if there was a weight issue. Cool

More holes just weaken the board, so when you go to tighten a load up you may start cracking it, or worse pulling it apart. This is just a temp thing, if it works and feels good on my back i will get a nice piece of 1/2 " or 5/8" board and fix it on the frame. As well im going to be putting on more tie down eyes. Cool

Going to do a test run with it tomorrow hopefully or Monday.

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Testing's a good thing. I don't know about you, but with a backpack I need the weight to be high up or else it's hard to carry. Cool

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Oh ya, know all about how to pack a pack, lol. It becomes an art if your always carrying 80 to 100 lbs.
You find out really quik how to pack a load on your back, i never had anyone teach me this when i was 15 years old.
So i learned the hard way Rolling Eyes

. Now its just second nature. Cool

As far as the packboard goes, the way it sits on my back is already high, so what ever i strap to it will be middle/high.
Which i like personaly, everyone is a little differant.

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Yeah when I went camping I had everything sort of low because I had too much stuff. It was really pulling me down, but on the way back I packed it high and it was much better. I heard that for women it's better low, and for men it's better to have the weight up high.

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nice Dave

Nice job Dave,
You'll have to give it a good work out and see how it holds up.

> Hey Northern. Can you see the Moose rack hanging on it now ,Lol Laughing

> Thanks Auroroa Cool

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haha yea man. is that what your comin to alberta for?

^ Its being talked about. But Deer is on the menu for sure. Cool

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	Drummer Dave wrote:
	^ Its being talked about. But Deer is on the menu for sure.

You should hollow out a log by coal burning, and use the hide for a drum. Smile

If you didn't want to keep it you could make a couple hundred dollars. Cool

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Mystik Spiral wrote:

	Drummer Dave wrote:
	^ Its being talked about. But Deer is on the menu for sure.

You should hollow out a log by coal burning, and use the hide for a drum. Smile

If you didn't want to keep it you could make a couple hundred dollars. Cool

i saw a nice little bull moose today as well as two nice big chickens and one mule deer

NorthernHunter wrote:

Mystik Spiral wrote:

	Drummer Dave wrote:
	^ Its being talked about. But Deer is on the menu for sure.

You should hollow out a log by coal burning, and use the hide for a drum. Smile

If you didn't want to keep it you could make a couple hundred dollars. Cool

i saw a nice little bull moose today as well as two nice big chickens and one mule deer

> Sweet. Have you been out tracking at all yet Bill ?. I was out last weekend tracking with my Hunting buddy. It was a new area, knowen for Deer & Bear. Was a long day that one. 6 hours tracking, reading the trail, markings, bedding spots, deer poop Cool

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Drummer Dave wrote:

NorthernHunter wrote:

Mystik Spiral wrote:

	Drummer Dave wrote:
	^ Its being talked about. But Deer is on the menu for sure.

You should hollow out a log by coal burning, and use the hide for a drum. Smile

If you didn't want to keep it you could make a couple hundred dollars. Cool

i saw a nice little bull moose today as well as two nice big chickens and one mule deer

> Sweet. Have you been out tracking at all yet Bill ?. I was out last weekend tracking with my Hunting buddy. It was a new area, knowen for Deer & Bear. Was a long day that one. 6 hours tracking, reading the trail, markings, bedding spots, deer poop Cool

ya i found lots of bedding areas as well as fresh scrapes on a rather big tree so it must have been a pretty big buck that was rubbing cuz it even broke a pretty big branch off