I don't know what spring brings. Likely not too much. My spots are above 6000 feet and have 5-7 feet of snow right now. In past years the bigfoots don't seem to appear 'til later August and I see no reason that will change this year. I would like to hike in as soon as the snow is off and put up cameras in a couple new "sub-spots" I have located within the 5-6 mile diameter area I've focused on. The camp visitor the 2nd night in 2011 came up a ridge which leads right to the swamp which seems to be the bullseye, center of mass for all activity. I want to put up a camera on that ridge and another in a small meadow just off of the ridge. Both are a couple miles off trail where people just don't go. If I can get that done early, then I want to spend later June and all of July near that area, but not in it, looking to see if I can figure out where the BFs come from before they arrive, then repeat that in late September and October to see if I can figure out where they are going to when they leave. I would like to be able to pattern their annual travel so I can focus in the right places at each point in the year.
Yep, you do just have to put yourself out there. What a great place to be, though, even without bigfoots.
MIB