One time several years ago I shot a rag bull in the Bitterroot Valley. Got it broken down and went back for the horses, which were 3-4 miles away down a gated logging road. No big deal but a decent jaunt. When I got back to the elk, I had it all loaded up on the pack mule/riding horse and I was about to start leading them out when I heard a vehicle…
There was a damn road open to traffic that I had no clue even existed within a couple hundred yards. This was in the early GPS/mapping app days and I have never been one to have the latest technology anyhow.
Could have saved me quite a bit of hiking.
