When I look at a hunting pack I look for multiple things as I age now I look for lighter and lighter weight and yet I want capability to so

versatility is a big deal to me comfort is a big deal to me. Comfort is a big deal, especially with some compressed discs

and other back issues in my history.

And I also want enough capacity in a pack

that I can do six to ten day hunt without struggling for room.

Furthermore, I want that pack to compress down so I can hunt with it, day pack style and then if I'm four or five miles from my camp when I get a deer or elk or

caribou whatever the case may be, when I get an animal down I can bring a full load out so I'll just have oh you know a little bit of food

water or a water filter with me and my kill kit hunting knife and meat sacks and so forth in the pack but then that thing can expand out and take an

elkorder or whatever the case is.

So today on the line with me I've got Steve and Mark from XO Mountain Gear, you guys have heard these chaps before on the show and we always have a great conversation.

It's good to visit with you today guys.

Yeah, thanks for having us on.

Yeah, glad to be here.

Oh, absolutely.

So I have the privilege of being one of the, I guess prototype testers of your new K4 pack system that is launching well this month

correct? Yeah right here at the end of March. So based on the time of this release of the

podcast, we'll either be getting ready to launch or maybe have just launch, but

yeah, the end of March year of 2023. Perfect.

And you've had samples of this pack at the various trade shows this year as well for people to look at and kind of get a behind the scenes early sneak peek yeah correct yeah we took the

first production samples down to the first show was Sheep Show in Reno and then took

him to the Utah Hunt Expo and then Portland's Pacific Northwest Sportsman show.

So they've been, we've got them out and took pre-orders down there at the shows where guys could get their hands on them and check them out.

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