Good points. I have no problem hiking in in the dark in the morning, but do percieve it differently in the dark of night. Terrain and exhaustion comes into play a lot with this in my thought process. Plus if a mtn lion wants to eat me, theyre gonna do so daylight or not lol. In more familiar...
I think i'd pick coming off the mountain rather than put myself in that situation. Some of you have more cojones than I if you'd hike 5 miles after dark, by yourself. When i mean solo, i mean no one around at all.
So light is drawing to a close and you have sights on a bear.
I've heard this discussed to death with deer. However, a bear being a potentially wounded predator, how late are you willing to go look for the bear if youre solo? I'd imagine spoilage is more of an issue with them due to being...
I know im way late to the party, but sometimes its a matter of perspective. I'm from North Canton area. So i know what youre saying about Columbus (and you didnt say it, but Cinci as well). However... having moved to metros of Texas, Cinci/Columbus look like conservative bastions by comparison...
Ive tried putting off my hyper analysis of escouting spots, double checking, going over what i packed.... but its about that time. Getting pretty amped. Looks like a warm spring after a wet winter/fall.
PM replied to. In texas. The life insurance gets me hunting usually, but I apparently have to up the ante for bear haha. More likely I'm gonna die being run off the road in texas than eaten by a bear anyways lol.
Wife doesnt want me hunting alone for bears anymore now that I've got 2 kids. She suggested I go guided. I prefer hunting alone as it's usually my only time I dont take my oldest son along. Soon that'll change as we before I know it when hes old enough.
So if anyone wants to pm to either A.)...
I like them, pretty breathable which is important for me. For reference, in 0 degrees I wore these with some wool boot socks and was comfortable. YMMV. However I wanted a high ankle boot that I could feel the terrain... kind of like driving a car that doesnt have as much feedback in drive feel...