I just had a baby girl this week and I have been thinking about doing this exact thing. Just trying to figure out the best way to go about it. Thank you for the pictures!
I take my tripod most everywhere. Can glass with binos and spotter, then swap out the bino adapter to a shooting V and get extremely steady in a sitting or kneeling position. I just purchased the swaro STC and am very excited to use that this year. Pretty sweet spotter for the weight for sure.
I don’t have any first hand information but I heard that the Mescalero reservation sells cow hunts through the Inn of the Mountain Gods in Ruiddoso NM for less than 2k