Little Bear Pack meets every hunter’s need

There’s no denying I’m a gear junkie. I have two of just about everything and rarely need half of it, but I still like to try it out, which is why my garage looks like a camo bomb went off.

One piece of equipment, however, has risen to the top of my pile every season: the Little Bear Pack from Alps Outdoorz. The company carries everything from daypacks to frame packs used on backcountry hunts, but the Little Bear seemed to have exactly what I needed for a hunting pack. And I certainly wasn’t mistaken.

Hunters in the Southeast tend not to need a huge pack since most of their hunting is done from tree stands. I typically carry only a handful of items when I head to the woods, but I still need an easy way to get everything to and from easily. And, although I rarely use half of what’s in my pack, I like to have the extra room just in case. You never know when the batteries on your trail cam will die and you need to replace them, right?

The Little Bear has room for everything I need, and it keeps it all at my fingertips but the best part is, the pack can be accessorized for different kinds of hunting. If you’re hunting from a tree stand, you can remove the shoulder straps and turn it into a fanny pack or carry it slung over a shoulder to and from the stand like I do. If you’re going on an all-day, on-foot excursion, you can easily carry extra layers of clothes, a snack, your optics and just about anything else you’d need with the same pack.

The Little Bear has 500 cubic feet of room and has four pockets of different sizes. I like to keep my wind-checker bottle in one of the smaller pockets on the belt and my bow release in the other. The medium-size pocket holds my head lamp, and the two larger pockets have room for pruners, a small limb saw, extra gloves, my hunting knife and anything else I might take with me.

There’s even an accessory to convert your daypack into a turkey-hunting vest. I really like the configuration and setup. There are accessory pouches for binoculars and a camera case. All accessory options clip to the pack in the most-onvenient places for ease of use.

The bottom line is this: if you’re looking for a new pack, or if you’re simply a gear junkie like I am, check out the Little Bear from Alps (www.alpsoutdoorz.com).  You can’t beat the functionality and at $49.99, it’s a steal for a great pack.