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Lil-Rokslider
Dad and I killed numerous bulls with our muzzleloaders 5-6 miles deep, between 10-12k ft. Our worst was right at 8 miles in and 13k feet. That was a gnarly pack out - which took two full days…
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last September i hiked a total of 112 miles over 13 days total. 2 distant elk sightings in addition to 1 really cool interaction. The lesson I learned out of all this is if I don't hear see or smell animals after about 4 hours. puck up and go elsewhere. My expedition was broken up over the month with my longest stint out being about 6 days.What’s the furthest you’ve backpacked in on mountainous terrain? Do you often plan to break your hike into multiple days, and if so, how many miles per day typically? Assuming you kill, how long did it take you to get out?
Fng here looking for experience and advice.
Really like that idea of point to point. Especially at the area I’m looking at this year.last September i hiked a total of 112 miles over 13 days total. 2 distant elk sightings in addition to 1 really cool interaction. The lesson I learned out of all this is if I don't hear see or smell animals after about 4 hours. puck up and go elsewhere. My expedition was broken up over the month with my longest stint out being about 6 days.
If youre hunting with a buddy. try to do a point to point hike. one truck at one trailhead and the other at point B.
We do quite a few P2Ps, it really is a great option. Unfortunately most critters get killed right in betweenReally like that idea of point to point. Especially at the area I’m looking at this year.
My favorite point to point was 2 thousand feet up. Then a sweet decline down to truck #2We do quite a few P2Ps, it really is a great option. Unfortunately most critters get killed right in between![]()
Good advice!26 miles, but only once. (I was scouting new territory.) I've just found it's really not necessary most of the time. If I'm spiking out I typically try to push back about 5 miles and circle back to base camp the next day. If I'm walking in, I'll typically hike into an area I want to hunt from about 4am-6am for about 4 miles if there's a decent trail, hunt a few miles through that area, then after legal light ends, hike back.
n.b. I hunt Colorado, which has plenty of wilderness areas but even when in those it's hard to get more than 10-15 miles from "any" road or private property. So I've just found super-long hikes aren't really needed. The "hunt from base camp" crowd usually hangs out a few miles in, at most. And the horseback crowd is usually 10-15 miles back. I hunt the "donut hole" between them.