I do not know all your particulars, so my comments may not be on point. Let me tell you some of my reservations about backpack hunting. If it is cold, the cold begins to grind on you after several days doing a backpack hunt. It is cold in the morning when you get up to go to the bathroom. It is cold when you sit down on a log to eat your dinner. It is cold when you climb into your sleeping bag. It is cold when you get up out of your sleeping bag. For day after day after day it is cold. If your clothes get wet, you have no way to dry them in a backpacking tent. My experience is based on elk hunt backpacking and the temperatures were a high of 50 degrees during the day and lows around 25 degrees overnight. Also, I was on my own, in a wilderness area. At least you would have companionship, which does help. For me, however, I won't be doing any more backpacking elk hunts. I think the way to go is with a wood fire heated wall tent and definitely with one or more partners. This allows you to get warm and to dry your clothes. You know clothes can get wet from something as simple as blowing wet fresh snowfall.