ORIGINAL: wineguy
He y MilDotMaster,
I have friends in Lewiston, and hope to do some hunting up there in B2 this year. Thanks for the advice, I hadn't realized the wind currents up them steep mountains.
Do you hikein all day, camp, and hunt for a couple of days, then hike out? Or do you hike in for a day, hunt, and hike out the same day? I hiked Granite Peak once and thought that there would be some good hunting ground around the lakes behind the mountain (I forget what they are called).
The minimum is a weekend trip with driving 3.5 hours after work just to get there, and walking in past midnight on a Friday night and setting up base camp. Wake up Saturday morning and hunt 1-3 miles from base camp. Hunt Saturday night, Sunday morning and walk back out Sunday before dark and drive 3.5 hours back to Sacramento, CA.
During season opening day my trip will be more like 5 days. Anymore than that the weight of food really wears on you. The MRE’s get pretty heavy when you have to bring enough for 7 days, plus I don’t have the room in my pack. The Alps is really a great place to hunt if you have the right gear. Getting the gear is the hard part. I spent over 3K (not including bow/rifle) just getting all the lightweight gear needed. I didn’t have to spend this much, but I’m glad I did.
Get ready for turkey season!!!