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Precision Rifle Gear Large Game Changer Bag for Hunting, which fill?

Cold_Bore_88

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I need some advice on which fill to go with on a large game changer bag. This will be used primarily for hunting so I would like to go as light as I can without giving up stability.

I currently haul around my large GM w/ heavy fill and I just need to spend a little coin to save some weight.

Any advice? Is it so obvious to go as “lite” as possible?
 
Yeah, works great
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I carry an MFC in cordura (wish it was waxed canvas) with polypropylene pellet fill (wish it was spexlite). I do have a spexlite filled, waxed canvas OG, but I don't really think I'd want to carry the extra bulk - it carries like it's twice as big as the MFC, and generally just isn't THAT much more versatile or more stable. But I'm relatively an oddball, I carry an MFC for my "90% bag" at PRS matches, and only break out my Schmedium for really specific use cases.
 
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I carry an MFC in cordura (wish it was waxed canvas) with polypropylene pellet fill (wish it was spexlite). I do have a spexlite filled, waxed canvas OG, but I don't really think I'd want to carry the extra bulk - it carries like it's twice as big as the MFC, and generally just isn't THAT much more versatile or more stable. But I'm relatively an oddball, I carry an MFC for my "90% bag" at PRS matches, and only break out my Schmedium for really specific use cases.
Dumb question here….MFC?
 
Thoughts on the shmedium size?

I have 2 OG's, a Schmedium, and a Pint Size, and more Wiebad Fortune Cookies in 4 different sizes. The OG's are bigger than I want for anything, and I personally don't really get along as well with the Schmedium as I do with the Pint Size or the MFC's (similar size to the Pint Size, smaller than Schmedium), but a lot of guys use Schmediums as their 90% solution bag for PRS matches. I shot a year with a Schmedium, 2 years with a Pint Size, and I think now 4 years with Mini Fortune Cookies as my 90% solution for PRS bags. I carry a Schmedium for big, flat obstacles (5 or 10% of match stages) and I do like carrying 2 bags for certain stages (5 or 10% of match stages).

For backcountry hunting, recognizing I will more likely be shooting from a tripod than a positional bag, I wouldn't want to commit to carrying the bulk, even at low weight, of an OG size. Schmedium would be the largest size I'd pack - and I DO pack a Mini Fortune Cookie.
 
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I have 2 OG's, a Schmedium, and a Pint Size, and more Wiebad Fortune Cookies in 4 different sizes. The OG's are bigger than I want for anything, and I personally don't really get along as well with the Schmedium as I do with the Pint Size or the MFC's (similar size to the Pint Size, smaller than Schmedium), but a lot of guys use Schmediums as their 90% solution bag for PRS matches. I shot a year with a Schmedium, 2 years with a Pint Size, and I think now 4 years with Mini Fortune Cookies as my 90% solution for PRS bags. I carry a Schmedium for big, flat obstacles (5 or 10% of match stages) and I do like carrying 2 bags for certain stages (5 or 10% of match stages).

For backcountry hunting, recognizing I will more likely be shooting from a tripod than a positional bag, I wouldn't want to commit to carrying the bulk, even at low weight, of an OG size. Schmedium would be the largest size I'd pack - and I DO pack a Mini Fortune Cookie.
Thanks for the detailed feedback. I will take another look at the FCs. Always good to support someone local too.