The Eberlestock Mini-Me is a hydration pack with more; this little baby could rightly be called the “Transformer.” It has an expansion system that at first glance looks conventional. Start un-zipping its wrap-around zipper and you get more space for something long. But when you keep going, you realize that you’ve opened up a tunnel for the insertion of either the A1SS Shotgun Scabbard or A2SS Scoped Rifle Scabbard. Slide in one of these, and you’ve got a rig that’ll make carrying your gun as close to carrying a biathlon rifle as you can get without getting the real thing. And of course, you don’t want a biathlon rifle for hunting anyway. You want to carry your choice of weapon, an included premium 3-liter (100 oz) hydration bladder, a pull-out hip belt, and a secret compartment with a deployable Bird Bag inside. All of which you get with the Mini Me. Other features include full-depth pockets for spotting scope or tripod, an organizer pocket, grapple compression strap, and more.

Side Scabbards and ButtBuckets are sold separately (the pack is a terrific small-scale pack without them, for general field use).

The Mini-Me makes a great ultra-light bow pack. Mount the ButtBucket to the lower rung of the Padlock webbing on the side of the pack, and run its Ripcord Tether from the right shoulder harness, through the upper pocket attachment link, then around your bow and back to the tether mount... and you're set for hands-free, easy-retrieval bowhunting!

Eberlestock Mini-Me. It's way more than a hydration pack.

Weight 2lbs 8oz, Capacity 800 cu inches(+1200 cu inches Bird Bag).