Originally Posted by Fireball2
Originally Posted by TheBigSky
I will give some kudos though. I'm one to hike back in and work my ass off. Even that doesn't guarantee one to be away from the crowds as I am blown away by my ability to stumble across someone else 3, 4 or 5 miles from the nearest road.

This reminded me of a time I packed several miles in on a solo backpack elk hunt in Oregon. I had been back there several days and was creeping along a ridgeline inside the timber when I find a guy laying on the ground sleeping. I lit him up with a full blown bugle! LOL He came straight up and found me lmao. He was a real sport about it and we struck up a friendship. Both of us were surprised to see anyone else out there.
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