Post pictures please

I think I'm about to try my hand at it. But I want to cross it with a survival pack.

I'd like to combine these concepts into one pack that would be ok for hiking, camping, and trapping while using natural and easily to come by material that is easy to repeat in ho!e.

Here it goes

1st one in the making

Made my own by taking an old LL Bean backpack, cutting the front of the main pouch out (Basically left the sides with pouches and the bottom), and the lid out. Then I inserted a 5Gal bucket where the main pouch would have been and secured it with spray adhesive and very short sheet metal screws. Created a couple loops inside the bucket for my hammer, pliers, etc.

I'll try and post some pics later.

So far I have been very happy with it.
Not the prettiest thing in the world, but darn efficient.

What are some must haves in a trapping pack? For intended use of just trapping!

What are some must haves for a hiking/survival pack?

This is the one I made I don't know if it's what you're looking for. Free trashcan free backpack straps, all I payed for was the bolts. It works well stays flexible in the cold, and has lasted 3 seasons so far.

Everybody just for reference , thrift stores like Goodwill and Salvation army have a nice selection of backpacks for very affordable prices .

Will take a little from this idea

Kids all made one today. I collect the cat litter buckets off my trash routes. Use them for several different things from used oil to chicken coop. Now trapping packs!

Can't finish until I get some para cord. Get this all worked out and I'll start buying accessories for them. Poncho, sleeping equip, etc...

If you want your kids to enjoy backpacking break out your checkbook and buy them good packs. Ones that fit so you can hike all day without getting raw spots and a back ache. Walking a few hundred yards on a trap line is one thing but a backpack/camping trip will not be fun with improvised stuff.

Lol

Na

Had a blast today just hanging out. Cutting, building, etc...

I've done some packing. And I'll tell ya that if you put a little effort into these that they are comfortable. Maybe not with a 90 pound load? But carrying around a trapper bucket etc...

They will beat what you can bu!

I took my soon backpacking for the first time in CO. H e was 7. Had a little trouble at school when I told them I was taking him out for a week and I needed his work so I could keep him caught up. They said they couldn't allow me to do that, so I explained I wasn't there for permission, I just needed to know what I should have him doing. I let him carry a 22 rifle and his sleeping bag. We were going deer hunting. Hiked about 7 miles into a spring. Wore him out. Took it slow though and averaged about a mile an hour. That night it snowed about a foot. I left him in his bag in the little pup tent we brought while I built a fire , made hot tea and breakfast. I was really worried I had ruined him for backpacking. One of both of us's fondest memories. We didn't leave camp till that afternoon. Snow melted some. I pushed a buck out of its bed by rolling rocks down off a ridge. He ran up the opposite side and stopped. I told Mike there is supper and dropped it. Was getting pretty dark when we got back to camp and that back strap was wonderful. My uncle drove a 4 wheeler up there the next day to check on us and hauled our meat back out. Anyway I just think the more comfortable you make kids when you start taking them outside the more likely it is they will enjoy it and keep doing it.

Came back glowing didn't he!?