New Backpacks for 2025

Backpack innovation has come a long way over the years, and we’re now seeing some really impressive options hitting the store shelves every year. It seems there’s a pack for every method and style of hunt out there, from east to west.

If you’re shopping for a new pack, or looking to upgrade your gear, we’ve got you covered with our list of the best new backpacks for 2025.

Mystery Ranch Sawtooth 45

The Sawtooth 45 pack is the latest in the all-new Mysterium series from Mystery Ranch. It’s the perfect day pack, built for durability with lightweight performance. It features a 270-degree horseshoe zipper for quick access and superior organization with external accessory pockets, dual internal sleeves, and hydration compatibility.

Constructed with Robic Kodra Ripstop and Cordura 5PM-coated fabric, the Sawtooth 45 offers enhanced weather resistance and tear strength. It includes customizable compression straps, a ventilated harness, and a five-piece waist belt, making it perfect for extended hunts in rugged terrain. The pack is available in Subalpine, Buckskin, and Ponderosa color options to match a wide range of environments.

Price – $519

Mystery Ranch Beartooth 85

When your hunt takes you into the backcountry for multiple days, you’ll want to consider the Mystery Ranch Beartooth 85. It boasts a spacious capacity and exceptional load management. Its dual split-lid offers quick access to separate compartments, while the stretch-woven pockets, side compression straps, and PALS webbing provide versatile storage for bows, rifles, and bulky gear.

Like the Sawtooth 45, this pack includes a 270-degree horseshoe zipper that allows for easy internal access, and its external accessory pocket is perfect for rain gear and layers. It’s built with super tough Robic Kodra Ripstop and Cordura 5PM fabrics for weather resistance and durability. This pack is the ideal option for hunters headed into the backcountry for 3-5 day adventures.

Price – $599

Mystery Ranch Marshall 105

The Marshall 105 is the largest pack in the Mysterium series, built for extended backcountry hunts. Its split lid offers extensive storage, with dual torpedo pockets for organizing smaller items and a speed-zip access to the bottom compartment for a sleeping bag or extra layers. The pack features stretch-woven side pockets for tripods and hydration ports, while the detachable lid doubles as a daypack. With robust weather resistance, Cordura 5PM fabric, and an adjustable overload shelf, the Marshall 105 provides unmatched capacity and durability for hunters embarking on multi-day expeditions in rugged terrain.

Price – $699

Grit Pack

The Grit Series of saddle hunting gear was introduced last year from the crew at Tethrd. It’s designed to be a more budget-friendly line of gear for hunters wanting to jump into saddle hunting. For 2025, Grit introduces their all-new Grit Pack, the perfect backpack designed specifically for saddle hunters.

The main compartment of the pack features 1700 cubic inches of space with another 340 cubic inches in the compression pocket on the front side. The pack is built to conveniently stash your climbing sticks on the side of the pack and your platform tucked away in the compression panel. Molle straps are strategically placed throughout the pack to maximize customization and organization, and wrap-around compression straps help secure your load to eliminate shifting and sliding of gear.

Other features include water bottle pockets, load lifters, padded waist belt with Molle straps, and a waterproof bottom pocket to house your kill kit. The pack is available in Mossy Oak Bottomland, Realtree APX, and Timber (solid color).

Price – $149

Kifaru Absaroka

The Absaroka is the latest addition to Kifaru’s rugged line of backpacks for backcountry hunting adventure. The Absaroka blends the best of the popular Dall and the Kutthroat packs into a streamlined external frame pack built to be both comfortable and durable.

It’s a heavy-load hauler, designed for 5+ day expeditions or hunts. With its EPX 400 fabric, it’s built to be weatherproof and puncture-resistant. It’s a spacious pack with 6850 cubic inches of room to store gear, yet it weighs in at just 3.8lbs. Storage comes simple with the pack’s integrated compartments allowing for the ultimate in organization without the bulk.

Price – $377

Arsenal Agile, Flex & Excursion Packs

Arsenal is another new company that is stirring things up in the world of saddle hunting gear for hunters that like to say mobile.

Their new backpack line includes the Arsenal Agile, Flex and Excursion backpacks. The Agile and Flex packs are your standard day packs built in a compact design, yet with all the room for essentials. Molle straps are placed across the pack for stashing and customizing your gear and compression straps keep things tight and in place.

The Excursion pack is built for hauling heavier loads with ample space throughout. It’s built on a bucket-pack design style for easy organization and access while in the tree. The built-in “tray” keeps your calls, rangefinder, binos, or other essentials within easy reach and ready when you need them, and the Molle strap placement across the pack gives you plenty of options for stashing gear and organization.

Code of Silence Approach Pack

Code of Silence is expanding their line of packs for 2025 with the introduction of the all-new Approach Pack. The pack is built to be a small to mid-size pack, perfectly suited for the treestand hunter. Like their super quiet hunting apparel, the pack is made with the brand’s silent Fleece-Wool and FlexWall fabric for the perfect blend of silence and functionality.

The pack is built with a bucket shape for plenty of room and ample storage options. Rubber coated buckles keep the pack quiet, and the Molle attachment system makes customization and attachments a cinch.

Another great new pack in the lineup is the DoubleBack Xtreme 2.0. This new version of the popular DoubleBack features the DoubleBack drop-down gear system and improved Molle attachment system for an extremely versatile design. It’s built with an 8-pocket internal configuration to maximize storage organization and rubber coated buckles to keep it whisper quiet.

Price – $180 (Approach) / $260 (DoubleBack Xtreme 2.0)

Forge Creek Expedition Pack

Forge Creek is a brand new player in the backpack game with several new pack options being introduced for 2025. Their all-new Expedition pack has all the room you need to pack your complete camp into the backcountry for an extended hunting adventure. The pack weighs in at 6.9lbs and is designed with ripstop construction for a rugged design that’ll last for years. It has plenty of storage throughout with strategically placed pockets and compartments for organizing all your gear.

Other features include large zippered side pockets for a spotting scope, oversized hip belt with large accessory pockets, adjustable padded shoulder straps and back panel to maximize comfort, hydration compatible, rain fly, and YKK zippers.

Price – $319

Kifaru Fanny

If you want to ditch the big pack and take an extreme minimalist approach, with just enough room for your essentials and emergency kit, check out the Fanny pack from Kifaru. It’s perfect for your scouting runs or quick trips in and out of the woods when you don’t need to haul a lot of gear, but want to keep things out of your pockets.

It’s built from durable 500D Cordura so it’s tough, yet weighs in at just 7.5 ounces. It’s built for your concealed carry with an interior webbing tab for a trigger guard cover, easily handling most compact and sub-compact pistols.

Price – $90

Be sure to check back often for the latest updates in our best new backpacks for 2025.

Brodie Swisher

Brodie Swisher is a world champion game caller, outdoor writer, seminar speaker and Editor for Bowhunting.com. Brodie and his family live in the Kentucky Lake area of west Tennessee.