Years ago one of the better known outdoor mags ran an article on an older man in Idaho who lived out in a wilderness area most of the year in a cabin by a river. Tourists floating the river would stop to chat with him. I think the article said he used a Hawken type of rifle also; and made a lot of his stuff for living. This was years ago though; like 35 yrs. ago or more.
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Sylvan Hart, Backeddy Books published a book on him, called "Last of the Mountain Men", good read.