knee pain

[jigkingg]

Im 23 6’1 170lbs and in pretty good shape, messed up my knee bad in high school but kept playing football and hunting through it never got it checked as it was a minor ache on my right knee under the right side of the kneecap. After this last WY muley hunt hard hiking for 4 days didnt feel any pain the entire trip until the second I got up from my seat on the plane. Pain was pretty bad for 2 or 3 days I got a good brace which made it a little better. Im planning a elk hunt with my dad for this year if he draws his bull tag and i’ll have a cow tag and want to find some workouts that can help strengthen up my knee for a couple heavy pack outs. Dont want to risk my knee acting up after 5-6 days of hunting then having to pack out 2 elk. Could be stupid but I dont know if it had anything to do with the plane making it worse usually I drive but this year it was not an option.