Hey Folks,
Was wondering what everybody used as a Backpack. Mine's a Goverment Issue Alice Pack with Frame. Was thinking about possibly upgrading to a better pack. Any Suggestions out there???... 
One of the worst things a body can do is try to talk a grown man out of spending his hard earned money when he's made up his mind on a new toy, and I'm not going to try now.
But I can recount where I'm at with my choice of packs, when I was hunting the big woods I humped a day pack, not needing an overnight kit, my old boy scout pack did the trick, then I went period trekking and ended up making my Rev. War era shoulder ruck bag, but that was too small for all the modern stuff a "Bushcrafter" needs to carry, so I dug out my old large Alice, It worked but was a bit too big for my needs, so next I picked up a Marmot pack at Dick's sporting, that thing has more storage compartments than my wife's Volvo Wagon, trouble is all those compartments and padding take up much of the room, and it didn't have a hip belt.
So I moved up to a NorthFace, It fit great all stuffed with paper in the store, but when I got it packed up It just didn't hang right on my six foot 250 pound frame, no matter how I packed it, it wasn't comfortable, then I found a Medium Alice that some good soul gave me hiding in my camping stuff, and It's been my main pack ever since, it was well used and has since been passed on to someone else and replaced with a new Med. Alice.
My large Alice has been turned into one of my go-Bags, same with the NorthFace, my Marmot is doing duty as a good day pack, my Medium Alice is my Official Bushcraft bag, and will be for as long as I am able to still hump it.
Now I know that we ain't all built the same, and some folks just plain don't cotton to OD Green or Woodland Camo, and that's Ok, and some others just feel better about having high end name brand gear, again that's OK, but for me, the old girl is just what I'd been looking for, and I had it all the time, just one of them forest for the trees things I guess.