Y’all must be tougher than me

[TheGDog]

Well, I can do a whole MuleDeer 6 miles. Gotta stop a lot though if it's during daylight hours, 'cause of the heat buildup. And I'm tapped out for like 3 days afterward. But if you're hike-out is crazy steep and there's no trail line to help. It's gonna be a while before you get back to the truck. You just might have to heat up a meal at the truck, eat, and maybe even nap a few before you can safely drive your butt back home though, due to exhaustion/tiredness levels by then.

 

[Nr8l]

Gotta start somewhere. Congrats on the buck.

 

[Buncheong]

Where we are there are more and more city people (Phoenix, mainly) coming up here and tearing this place up. Most of these folks are not native to AZ and break all sorts of BLM rules, local ordinances, and so on with hazardous behavior.

 

[TheGDog]

I wholeheartedly agree with you.

If I recall correctly there was a gentleman that posted on here this season (or maybe a different forum..?) who said him and his buddy both shot bulls and were able to get them out in one trip. Photos showed whole unskinned heads and all back at the truck. Cant say I buy that one, but maybe I misread the story.

Either way, realistically I'm good with one 60lb boned out elk quarter and a few bottles of water at a time if I'm going to by doing any kind of distance.

I can realistically do about 100. But I haven't worked out in a long time, so that's pushing it with the 6 miles. And just so we're clear, that's where the return trip is pretty much all downhill. And not caring about WHEN you arrive back at the truck. You become intimately familiar with every rock where you could possibly sit upon it and lean the bottom of the pack upon it to relieve your shoulders and temporarily undo the packbelt for a bit to gain your breath back for a spell. But you have GOT to have enough water to support such a trip back out. And you've pretty much GOT to stop for an occasional SMALL snack. And a stop to take some more Advil about midway. I say small snack because with the packbelt squeezing the crap outta ya, if you consume something much more than a MET-Rx Big 100 before you begin the trip back... you're gonna have reflux issues from all that squeezing of the pack belt. You especially need the water if returning in the daylight since the heat can be mega. LIke if the forecast, for example, were to say 90F.... then on the trail... because of the brush? I'd say it easily holds in the heat close to the ground so I'd guesstimate it's safe to say the actual temps you'll experience are likely something like 10 degrees hotter than if you were walking upon flat dirt that didn't have all that brush overgrowing the trail and slowing down the wind flow. You learn to become friends with old gnarled oaks that were nice enough to grow long branches that overhang the trail at spots. Plop down, drop the pack, and thank them for the much needed shade they're so graciously providing. Was really getting down on myself this one time on a pre-season scouting trip. Was really feeling out of it and chastising myself for being out of shape. Wasn't until I got back to the truck and turned the key that I learned it was 116F that day. So suddenly I didn't feel so down on myself anymore!

 

[Jburr]

Welcome to another Mo hunter. Where about’s in Mo are located?

 

[VAHighlander]

Welcome to Rokslide!

 

[Pascoutsniper]

Welcome!