Man you all have had some rough times, it's been fun to read through all the posts. As for myself I've spent a lot of cold wet nights out in the field but nothing like all of the stories I've read on this thread.
I took a good friend of mine on his first backpack hunt 10 or so years ago. We were looking for elk as he had never taken a good bull. It was cold, about 18 below without the wind and the first night we were there we got on a group of bulls with a pretty nice 6 point in the bunch. He couldn't get a shot that night but I figured if we toughed it out for a day or two he'd get a crack. He woke up the next morning and said the hell with this and he was heading home...lol he hasn't went on a backpack hunt since.
Gotta say this has been one of the better threads I've read through lately, hope the stories keep coming in.
