Tughill Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 My passion is to track whitetail deer. Can't say I'm proficient at it, but I've had some good years. I own a camp on Tughill , roughly 8 miles back in for anything with power. Enjoy the camp atmosphere and the hunting and friends but I always yearn for the Big Woods. The Adirondacks. So now with a beautiful camp , warm and dry , I spend my season in a tent tucked away on some state land, that some have said I was 'nuts' to be back there. 23 days last season , most by myself spent in the tent. Had a few nights towards the end of the season last year at -15 degrees. But the tent stayed just as warm as the camp ! Getting back to the ways our fathers and grandfathers enjoyed the woods has been the best thing. I can't get many to go, it's ' Forever Wild' so you walk (seems people don't do that anymore !) but I'm grooming a few that have had their eyes opened , and really seem to love it as much as I do. Old school-yes , but thank god for my GPS !!!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 welcome to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasteddie Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 As long as you enjoy it , that's fine . I would make sure I had a charged up cell phone in case something happened . Do you walk 8 miles to where you camp ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyantler Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 I'm with ya... as I have gotten older I travel a shorter distance into the woods than I use to and try to get myself out before dark... I have a camp in the Tughill and in the ADK... the big woods is definitely not for everyone, but that's where it is for me! Welcome to the forum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcore Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Welcome, shoot if I had the time and didn't have to worry about money I would probably be doing similar things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tughill Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 Thanks everyone. The 8 miles on Tughill you can drive, it takes just about an hour. Pretty rough but good hard road. I canoe into the area in the Adirondacks. The cell phone unfortunately works at the tent site and I carry a SPOT messenger . It works off the satellites and can send a distress signal with GPS locations. Talked to the ranger up there and he was familiar with the SPOT and said they work. Time in the woods is all vacation days ! I go to work when I'm sick ! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JALA RUT Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Tug, sounds like a great time...definitely the way to do it. Looking forward to reading some of your stories next season! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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