I met an older guy one year up in the Manatash. He came walking out carrying a small back pack and his traditional bow. We talked a bit and his approach was to pack a sleeping bag, some rations and head in for a few days. Once he found animals he would just try to stay on top of them. From what he stated, it was very effective. No hike in in the moring. If you find them in the evening, just curl up and be on them in the morning . Early season is usually nice enough you can get away without a tent, though I did get a white out one year in early september so some precaution is necessary. Good luck. No way the wife would let me get away with going in solo anymore, so you got that going.
Yep. I've put bulls to bed on single over night spike camps, but I've never just stayed in the general area for more than a night. In the area where I'll be, there's a couple of smaller tight areas where I can slip into for camp that the Elk simply don't use. There's water everywhere, so that's not a camp location constraint. I'm also getting off the ground and moving to a super engineered hammock system. There is almost no flat ground in this area for a ground tent and everything is soaking wet, so with the hammock system, I can sleep just about anywhere I want and stay high and dry.
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