Backpacking into remote areas

[patch1010]

Here is a vew from the wilderness area where we hunted this year.
This was a great hunt, I couldn't have asked for a better hunting partner.

 

[rose-n-arrows]

Here is a vew from the wilderness area where we hunted this year.
This was a great hunt, I couldn't have asked for a better hunting partner.

Gorgeous!

 

[Kmbingham92]

Awesome pic Patch. That is definitely what it is all about. Every year I see things that take my breath away. It is always nice to take just a moment once in a while and enjoy the scenery.

 

[RockyMountainHi]

I wished we would not have had the smoke this year as pics like Patch's were not possible. That is amazing!

 

[rose-n-arrows]

I wished we would not have had the smoke this year as pics like Patch's were not possible. That is amazing!

The smoke was something else! We had one clear day-the wind must have been just right. 

 

[Bullhunter]

I have been thinking about it long and hard this year and i figured i should give it a try.  Should be a great opportunity to get away from others and get into some prime hunting areas.

 

[MT_mulies]

I love doing it. On day three I'm usually pretty tired and sore, but after that for the rest of the week my body gets pretty adjusted and I'm just fine and I feel like I can run up the mountains.

 

[EatElk]

We backpack 14 miles into the Colorado high country to chase deer. Tons of great memories and killer hunting. The pack out is a killer though. So, we have been raising pack goats over the last two years and they should be ready for work finally. We have had to pass on several elk due to logistically having no sound way of getting the meat out ethically. Game on now.

 

[Mark Z]

60 miles on my feet. 32 of it packing meat. In this picure: 1/2 an elk, spike camp and one pooped out elk hunter all for a 4X5 raghorn. Worth every step.

 

[indianw]

All my elk hunts all 3 of them have been DIY wilderness backpack solo hunts I haul the meat to the closest trail then hire an outfiter to get it to my truck only cost me $150 last year and $100 the year before I like being in the back country lots of animals.

 

[rose-n-arrows]

60 miles on my feet. 32 of it packing meat. In this picure: 1/2 an elk, spike camp and one pooped out elk hunter all for a 4X5 raghorn. Worth every step.

And you're still smiling!  I notice you have trekking poles-they certainly come in handy.

 

[Jeff Melville]

This is a challenge I have been working on for a couple of years now.  From getting in shape to backcountry medical knowledge, to understanding survival.  It has been a very rewarding experience.

 

[Chad44]

I do.  I used to hunt into areas accessable by 4 wheelers and saw minimal elk.  Now its wilderness hunting only and even at that I find places with very little trails

 

[Fullabull]

I'm 53 now and have to wait four more hunting seasons before my son is out of school and we can try back country hunting. I'm really going to have to try and keep in shape to  do that! Anyone else out there doing this at an older age?