Oh I've been there too MD. we Hunt there are some nasty Ravines at one of My Buddies Properties. It's up one ravine and down another to another creek and up and down, it's real easy to get lost and turned around and not only that it's dangerous. When there's snow and your going up or down a Big Steep Ravine it easy to slip and fall and the rocks will cut you bad, I know I slipped once and fell and slid down one a ways , well a piece of Shale cut my Butt right through my New Cabelas MT050 $200 Pants I just got. I was bleeding pretty bad and had to get stitches when I got out, plus I ruined My Pants, that Hurt Worse.
Just to be safe along with a Compass I bring My Cell Phone, a extra Fully Cahrged Cell Phone Battery, a Walkie Talkie with 2 sets of extra AA Batteries, 2 Bic Lighters, some Protine Bars, a long Rope wich I also use for Dragging Deer and some good Bandaids so if I get stranded I can survive untill I find my my out or get help.
One other place I hunt there a Big Swamp on the property and you can get turned around in there and get lost easy too. One of My Treestands is about 2 miles from the Truck so if I get a Deer it takes about 3-4 hours to Drag one out, so I always only shoot one if it;s worthy out of that spot because of the drag out. And No you cant get a 4 Wheeler to it, to much deep water and Beaver Dams to cross, also the Swamp Grass and water that's over your Boots to get to it, I have to wear My Waders, and if you ever walked 2 miles in waders through water and snow with a Deer, your ML and gear than you know what I mean.
Yea the Cell Phone I have with me is so they can find My Body after I drop Dead one of these days dragging out a Deer from there, but what a way to go! And a Little Rust on My ML never crossed my mind anytime I was going in or out of one of these Hunting Spots, I was just Happy to come out and see My Truck.
(BP)