I’d also recommend a set of wiggy waders. Not going to be your main set, but I love them for jumpshooting ducks and crossing rivers. They can fit in your pocket
Capitalize on hunts closer to home, and become extremely efficient with time. Incorporate the kids on some scouting trips and you will lose your guilt. Success will come back
Not the route I was intending, but I am actually interested in this for a predator rifle I have. I frequent Spokane and North Idaho quite a bit too. Let me do some research this evening, my setup is currently an ADL, I’ll see what all I’d need and get back to you.
One time in November on a late muzzleoader elk hunt, I ended up several miles from the nearest trailhead attempting a stalk on a bull. Ran out of daylight. I was cruising back down the mountainside, trying to find the way I had taken up. It was pretty thick timber, I was fighting my way through...