Turn an old external-frame pack into a comfortable, “better than store bought” stand hauler in just a few minutes. Despite our obsession with all-seeing trail cams and game-funneling food plots, a good part of the allure of hunting wily mature whitetails remains in the unknown details—exactly how the new year’s quest will unfold. Much more predictable, at least for those who haunt most public-land tracts, is that a great many treestands will be hung, in a wide variety of great-looking spots, before most of us will ever drop the string.

This is why I developed a homemade treestand-toting pack that allows me …read more