Solo Pack Out Question

[dtrkyman]

I just scouted a tough to get to spot, thought it was going to be less than 3 miles in there, wound up 4.1 miles, it will be warm on that Mesa, even with the whole pack out being downhill I wrote off that spot for now!

 

[Hoot]

I have always had the good fortune of packout buddies, even though we tend to harvest solo.

I cherish the times I get to drop what I’m doing and go help a buddy with his harvest.

This year is the only time I did not have access to help.

I used the leap frog approach, 1/4 mile to the creek, 5 trips, called horses for the additional 5 miles

 

[kroppr77]

First camp at 6.5? So that really means you’re hunting 5-9 miles in. Personally I think that’s a poor idea solo. You’re gonna hike past plenty of elk country in 6.5 miles. I’d focus on being more mobile and hunting the herds, not being in a specific camp.
Say you shoot a bull 8 miles in, that’s 16 miles a load, X4, 64 miles in a couple of days.
Being solo I’d hunt a drainage every day or two. That’s a lot better than claiming a spot 6.5 miles in and riding on that.

 

[mad_angler]

It seems to me that time is the only factor. If the weather is good and you have multiple days, it is doable. Just break it into as many loads as you need and keep plugging away. If you have 2-4 days and the weather allows, it seems possible.

If it is warm or you are time crunched, it seems much harder and perhaps impossible...