I have never been lost because in the areas I hunt, if you walk 30 minutes in one direction, you will hit a road. I have been turned around several times. Opening day this year was one of them. My buddy and I had put up several ladder stands on his property. The one that I went to was surrounded by small saplings about 5-7 feet high. Well, at 5:30am with a overcast sky, those saplings looked like something out of Blair Witch Project. I walked around for 15 minutes all within 40 yards of that damn ladder stand. Finally came out 30 yards from it and found it. [:@]
It's funny looking back on it though. I do have a GPS which I would carry with me if I ever went to larger areas.