I fish and grouse and duck hunt solo. The grouse hunting gets me a little worried sometimes. I worry about getting lost and about bears and cougar. This year I think I'll carry a few slug shells to be safe. I also just bought a GPS unit as another preventative measure with the getting lost issue.

When hunting or fishing solo all I do is think of the family and that stops me in my tracks from taking a chance that in my younger years would not have thought twice about like crossing a deep section of river or pushing on into new territory.