Our Story

We have been hiking and hunting the backcountry for years, most of the time with a heavy backpack. Occasionally, we would use horses to carry our gear but we found that horses require a lot of time and energy to take care of in camp.

In 2014 we first saw people using pack goats to carry their gear while hunting. After doing a little research, we decided to buy 2 female alpine goats with the plan that we would breed them and raise their babies as pack goats. Shortly after we bought our goats, we were on a hunt in northern Nevada. While hiking up the trail we were passed by some other hunters who were using pack llamas. Like most people, we thought it was odd to use llamas for packing. However, after watching how effortlessly the llamas were able to pack, we knew we had to give them a try!

After doing some research on llamas, we came to the conclusion that llamas fit our hunting style better than goats or horses. Llamas are low maintenance, require less feed, water, and time, and allow us to hike further, camp more comfortably, and stay longer. In September 2015, we rented our first pack llamas from a rental company in Idaho for a backcountry elk hunt. After hunting with them for a week, we knew that llamas were exactly what we’d been searching for.

In January 2016 we bought our first two pack llamas, Arnie and Malcolm. Soon after we purchased our first females to begin breeding and we started a llama rental company, Backcountry Logistics. Ever since we used llamas we’ve had the desire to show other people how awesome they are. We now own over 40 llamas and are constantly adding more to our growing herd!

Jason with one of our first packers, Arnie, in the Book Cliffs, UT.

Dustin with our all-time favorite packer, Malcom (RIP).