I cut the mesh back out of one of my daughters old school backpacks and sewed the bottom of it to a big fanny pack. The shoulder straps say Nike on them but it works good. I sewed a couple of loops on the top edge to tie on my coat if I get hot. I wore it on a muzzle loader hunt to CO last year and it makes carrying heavy items easy. I carried a knife, saw, water, radio, flashlight, flagging tape, granola bars, gloves, compass, rope/cord and sometimes a map. A full size backpack really gets in my way when stooping over and crawling thru the black timber.
