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.
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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!