Yes, yes it is. I have taken college athletes out to work and they decided woods work was just not for them. Amazing to see people that work out everyday not be able to hack it yet I've worked for decades with guys that have big ol beer bellies and power through the nastiest huck/salmon berry/vine maple hell holes known to man.
An uncle worked the woods in Northern CA, a number of friends worked them in OR. Hard work, about as dangerous as a job can get. I was never adept and sneaky enough to hunt that country, truthfully was afraid I'd walk in and disappear forever (have a friend whose son-in-law did just that, never found him).
