Know your nutritional requirements and pack accordingly. Too little and too much food both put you off your game. Spend the money on boots, pack, shelter, optics, and a water purification systems. You can have itchy pants, a shirt that fits not-so-well, a bulky pillow, a heavy sleeping bag, a clunky stove, etc BUT a broken ankle, a water born parasite, or a cold, wet tent will kill you. Going in with bad optics is a recipe for failure. When it is 5 miles and 10,000 feet away, you want to know if that is a shoot or a pass animal before you start the hike.
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You can always tell the kids that grew up country.
People in SUVs, driving through their sprawling suburbs, will end the lives of more animals than a man with a bow ever could.
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