rahtreelimbs, I have been hunting by myself since I turned 16 back in my younger days in PA. It would be hard to get lost in PA because I would wager to say at most places you couldn't walk 5 miles in a straight line in PA and not hit a road, house etc. I know that was the case when I lived in the Lehighton area. Maybe a bit more of a challenge in the upper middle of the state. Colorado on the other hand is a bit different. If I were you I wouldn't be too concerned with getting lost.
Getting lost is not the concern.....getting hurt by myself is.
I guess that means you can always drive in the carpool lane...
Just the way I hunt. When others have firearms not to mention rough terrain....I will take the safe route.....no need to worry my family either.
One year I flew 3500 miles one way, drove another 8 or so one way by myself. Went out in the woods for days and shot a moose all by myself. You take it a bit slower and easier, especially with the knife and gun use. And I carry a SPOT to send notes home that so far I"m still alive.
Dying or hurt, there is a way. Hurt I can hit SOS and get out. Dying, no better place than the woods IMHO.
It can be done.
