2rocky
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The thread about hunting caribou as a Premium hunt made me think back to a thought I had this fall. I think we all have our "Sweet Spots" in the level of adventure we seek in our hunting experiences. Some people have a higher threshold than others. Within a hunting group it is important that every one be compatible on the level of adventure they are going to experience or "you're not gonna have a good time"
Siting in my tent waiting out some weather I jotted down a 0-5 scale for aspects of what I consider elements of an "Adventure quotient". I haven't broken out what average score levels are but i was thinking,
An average of
0 - Family vacation
1 - Austere Vacation
2 - Rugged Experience
3 - Extreme Lite
4- Extreme and Challenging
5- Epic Extreme
0-5 for each
A) Access /travel time
0 Less than one days drive
1 Air travel required or multi day drive
2 foreign country
3 multi stage travel involving bush plane or boat
4 multi stage travels involving stock to access base camp
5 multi stage travel involving backpacking
B) Connectivity
0 phone text and email available
1 PTE available with effort to get to a good spot
2 PT only requires sat com provided by host
3 text or phone only by own device via sat
4 sat com unavailable in area
C) Large Apex Predators
0 no apex predators
1 apex predators present in area
2 sightings of apex predator
3 incidents with apex predators
4 injuries from apex predators have occurred in area in recent history
5 goals is pursuit of apex predator
D) Accommodations
0 hotel or lodge with electricity and running water
1 cabin or home of host with electricity and running water
2 remote cabin or tent cabins outhouses
3 remote wall tent
4 remote spike tent
5 remote backpack tent
E) Transport while hunting
0 car truck or ATV
1 boat or aircraft
2 specialized boat buggy or aircraft
3 horse
4 on foot
F) Game retrieval
0 car truck or ATV
1 boat or aircraft
2 specialized boat buggy or aircraft
3 horse
4 on foot
G) Support staff
0 full service cook guides all inclusive game care
1 semi guided town
2 semi guided remote
3 drop camp with transport
4 DIY with game transport
5 DIY 100%
H) Weather
0 weather not a factor
1 weather affected 1 or more days of hunting
2 weather prevented hunting 1 or more days
3 weather affected ability to access hunting area
4 weather affected ability to leave hunting area
5 Was possibly a rescue situation
I) Emergency
0 emergency personnel available immediately through standard system
1 rescue team response ground based
2 air rescue required
3 motorized rescue inhibited by wilderness or roadless rules
4 rescue is a multi day process
5 Rescue unavailable because of political or other situation
J) Water quality and source
0 running and hot water from tap
1 modified system to have running and hot water
2 water has to be hauled from natural source nearby
3 water requires treatment before drinking
4 sparse water availability but is available with effort
5 water must be brought from outside area due to poor quality or availability
What would you add or change?
Siting in my tent waiting out some weather I jotted down a 0-5 scale for aspects of what I consider elements of an "Adventure quotient". I haven't broken out what average score levels are but i was thinking,
An average of
0 - Family vacation
1 - Austere Vacation
2 - Rugged Experience
3 - Extreme Lite
4- Extreme and Challenging
5- Epic Extreme
0-5 for each
A) Access /travel time
0 Less than one days drive
1 Air travel required or multi day drive
2 foreign country
3 multi stage travel involving bush plane or boat
4 multi stage travels involving stock to access base camp
5 multi stage travel involving backpacking
B) Connectivity
0 phone text and email available
1 PTE available with effort to get to a good spot
2 PT only requires sat com provided by host
3 text or phone only by own device via sat
4 sat com unavailable in area
C) Large Apex Predators
0 no apex predators
1 apex predators present in area
2 sightings of apex predator
3 incidents with apex predators
4 injuries from apex predators have occurred in area in recent history
5 goals is pursuit of apex predator
D) Accommodations
0 hotel or lodge with electricity and running water
1 cabin or home of host with electricity and running water
2 remote cabin or tent cabins outhouses
3 remote wall tent
4 remote spike tent
5 remote backpack tent
E) Transport while hunting
0 car truck or ATV
1 boat or aircraft
2 specialized boat buggy or aircraft
3 horse
4 on foot
F) Game retrieval
0 car truck or ATV
1 boat or aircraft
2 specialized boat buggy or aircraft
3 horse
4 on foot
G) Support staff
0 full service cook guides all inclusive game care
1 semi guided town
2 semi guided remote
3 drop camp with transport
4 DIY with game transport
5 DIY 100%
H) Weather
0 weather not a factor
1 weather affected 1 or more days of hunting
2 weather prevented hunting 1 or more days
3 weather affected ability to access hunting area
4 weather affected ability to leave hunting area
5 Was possibly a rescue situation
I) Emergency
0 emergency personnel available immediately through standard system
1 rescue team response ground based
2 air rescue required
3 motorized rescue inhibited by wilderness or roadless rules
4 rescue is a multi day process
5 Rescue unavailable because of political or other situation
J) Water quality and source
0 running and hot water from tap
1 modified system to have running and hot water
2 water has to be hauled from natural source nearby
3 water requires treatment before drinking
4 sparse water availability but is available with effort
5 water must be brought from outside area due to poor quality or availability
What would you add or change?
