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.