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Old 01-11-2007 | 01:14 PM
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Default RE: Could they find you??

Yeah me too.. Wind....I'm really never worried about my whitetail set ups because they are pretty much stands or ground blinds that are fixed.

But like Kodiak eluded too, with drainages and ground hunting, I find myself in that same boat while archery elk hunting or shed hunting. Walking miles of country is never out of the ordinary day. Crossing one drainage into another. Trying to get to just one more southern face to look for sheds on...I have done this for years going alone on long treks, coming out of the woods well after dark using a head lamp following theridges and elk/deer trials back to find my way out. Getting home in the early morning hours.. Its a wonder I haven't had anything too bad ever happen now that I think of it. I've had some interesting run-ins with mountain lions, wolves and 3 different unhappy sow black bears with cubswhile shed hunting too... the 44 maghad to bark 2 of those 3 times witht the sows tospook them off...

I always carry a well equipped pack on all-dayers or overnighters. Often staying overnight following/glassing bulls that were ready to drop their antlers. First aid, food, water, small blue tarp for shelter, extra layers of clothingand plenty of fire starter options. Just in case I end up spending a night or two out there.
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