I go on my own but mostly in goat country which is rough farmland/steep scrub, remote and off grid. i take a PLB. I go slow there and back and tend to either stay on some form of track whether farm or cattle. I pass up shots where recovery requires a death-wish. I know how much I can carry and don't compromise. I take as light a rifle as poss, Ruger Ranch II in 223 or Rossi Puma 92 in various calibers. I carry water and modest amount of food and dress in layers that will allow for a night out or bad weather. Have had 3 ops over two knees over 4 decades, am fat and old and cantankerous. Still manage to put meat on the table.
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