Whats the roughest terrain you have ever hunted?
#11
RE: Whats the roughest terrain you have ever hunted?
I hunt a lot of steep mountainous terrain.
Route finding is not too much of a problem.
The electronics I carry are:
1/. GPS Garmin Etrex.
2/. UHF Radio. Uniden
3/. Satilite Beacon. GME
Each of these units weighs less than a half pound, so no big deal to carry.
I have most situations covered.
Route finding is not too much of a problem.
The electronics I carry are:
1/. GPS Garmin Etrex.
2/. UHF Radio. Uniden
3/. Satilite Beacon. GME
Each of these units weighs less than a half pound, so no big deal to carry.
I have most situations covered.
#12
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: USA
Posts: 494
RE: Whats the roughest terrain you have ever hunted?
Kodiak Island - carrying a pack frame - but internal would have worked much better - up steep hills, choked with horizontal growing alders, steep tundra up and up. Shoot deer, fend off bears [], carry excessively heavy load down same hill in the dark, slippin' and slidin' trying not to kill myself and be attacked by a bear. But FUN? Oooweee that' s livin' -zeke
#13
Join Date: Apr 2003
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Posts: 46
RE: Whats the roughest terrain you have ever hunted?
One tough place I hunted is Adams Peak if you go over the top and down to the bottom coming back up is tough as it is a lot of loose white sand or something like that.You have to angle your way back up on the deer trails. When I was young I tried going straight back up and my dad was just laughing. I learned my lesson.
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Harford Co Maryland USA
Posts: 4,966
RE: Whats the roughest terrain you have ever hunted?
It may pale in comparison to some of these places, but spring turkey hunting in Garrett county, MD can be pretty rough. The mountains there seem to be nearly vertical and you' re either climbing up a steep slope or sliding down one with each step. Add to the risk factors, the rocky, leaf-covered areas choked with briars, vines, unseen cliffs, snakes and predators like bears and mountain lions and you get the picture. I go out there a week or two every spring--often alone--and no one would know if I didn' t come back from hunting one day.
#15
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Williamsport PA. USA
Posts: 293
RE: Whats the roughest terrain you have ever hunted?
Rough terrain and PA normally don' t go hand in hand compared to some of the western and northern states, but I can say that I' ve been through some hellish hiking here! I can remember when I hunted at the one camp and we were putting on a deer drive across the face of a mountain that was cut down through with two very steep valleys. It was normally a real bugger to drive because of the laural and rhododendron choked benches that covered the entire face of the mountain, but a freak tornado had come in since the previous deer season and knocked down about 75% of the timber on that side and made the going next to impassable. But man, we were kicking the deer outta that mess, so we continued on and ended up driving it off for a second time that same week with good results! All the drivers needed some extra " bed" time in the evenings after tackling that mountain! I ached in places I didn' t even know I had, and I was only 28 at the time![X(]
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Oakland OR USA
Posts: 2,929
RE: Whats the roughest terrain you have ever hunted?
The roughest place I can remember was getting caught out in the woods during what they called the Columbus day storm here in Oregon . The winds got up to over 125 mph and in the deep forest no place is safe .
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