Keep at it! My best d zone hunting spots are places I saw bucks in velvet during July while backpacking. They continue to produce year after year. There is a lot of good looking country that does not hold deer. Do a little scouting this summer and you will be miles ahead for the fallWent up to D6 a few times this season and saw a few does, but no bucks. I went on my first solo backcountry trip and it dipped into the 20’s overnight. Great experience and I plan to continue getting comfortable with longer solo trips. I know I need to spend a lot of time in an area to nail down the bucks’ habits. Still putting the work in View attachment 787242View attachment 787243
Roughly 6.5 lbs for the tent and stove together. I was about 4 miles from the truck on this one.That’s a pretty big tent for yourself. How much is that and the stove weighing? When it’s that cold and I’m by myself I keep to about a miles range to the truck, which I had to do last weekend.