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Development and Design
I
bagged my first bull in 1980 when
I was 16. I was hunting the
Salmon River breaks in Idaho with my buddy Wally. When I spotted my
bull, he was across the canyon from us about a mile away.
He was a MONSTER in a
herd of about sixteen. So
I dropped down the backside of the ridge unseen and got within about 450
yards. I had gotten as
close as I could without breaking into the open.
Then I laid down behind a rocky outcrop prone and looked the herd
over through the scope on my Ruger 280.
There were four other bulls in the herd but MINE
was half again bigger body wise than the rest and when I saw that
massive six point rack I knew I had to bring him down. It
seemed a long ways off, but I couldn't close the distance without
spooking them, so I took a bead on him, put a little air between the
crosshairs and his back and took the shot.
After recovering from the recoil I saw no reaction, so I took the
same hold and fired another shot. He
hunched up this time but started walking, so I took the same hold and
shot again. That rolled him about two hundred yards down into
the canyon!! Wally
and I WHOOPED AND HOLLERED a
bunch!! I had bagged my
first bull elk! So after
the usual back-slapping we picked up our pack frames and dropped down
into the HOLE where he had
fallen. I could hardly wait
to tip up that MASSIVE 6x6 I
had seen in my scope. As we
stood there admiring him, something just didn't seem right! It seemed like one side of the rack
must be stuck in the brush.
It took both of us to tip his head up and when we did a HUGE
three foot hooked spike antler came out of that brush.
WALLY WENT BALLISTIC!
A MONSTER SIX BY SPIKE!!! The
pack out of that canyon with our light aluminum backpacking frames was
long and arduous. It took
both of us three loads to bring out the meat and the rack.
During one of those
climbs out of that canyon the BULL-PAC began to develop in
my mind. I knew there had
to be a better pack frame. Through
the years me and my Dad, my brother Steve and my buddy Wally and my
other hunting partners tried, I am sure, every pack frame on the market.
They all failed in one way or another.
There just did not seem to be one that was
right for the packing needs of the serious hunter. Most
of the frames we tried were extremely uncomfortable, some bent or broke,
clevis pins fell out and shoulder
straps broke. Some slopped
around on the body, or the load slopped around on the pack and had to be
constantly re-tied. There seemed to be critical stuff wrong with
every pack we tried. So we
looked for the good points we knew could be put together into the
ultimate pack frame. I
made the first BULL-PAC in 1984 for my personal use, and of course my
hunting partners had to have them too.
By 1992 we had packed out dozens of elk and were totally
satisfied with the design, so I started producing them in my machine
shop. Only the most durable components are used; aircraft grade
aluminum frame with integral cargo shelf, webbing doubled in load
bearing areas, the finest pack cloth, stainless steel fasteners,
adequate lashing hooks and plenty of padding, especially in shoulder
straps, back, waist and kidney support. I know you will agree with me that this is the most durable and most comfortable - the finest pack frame to rest on any hunter's back. The BULL-PAC comes with an unlimited lifetime guarantee. Sure most good pack frames have a guarantee, but what good is a guarantee if your pack frame fails you at the bottom of a canyon? BULL-PACS do not fail. Along with your guarantee you have my personal assurance based on experience! Your BULL-PAC is the last pack you'll ever buy. It is the one piece of equipment you don't have to worry about.
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