What self-respecting sasquatcher would not want to be combing the forest of the Pacific Northwest? I'd be thrilled to be there for a weekend much less regularly. It's Mecca and Medina rolled into one.
The rest of us squeeze every last drop of energy, and focus, into areas we have identified as being hopefully productive. Sometimes it works out but most of the time it doesn't. Short of the PNW, it's a numbers game. Get out, be active, work the area, and hope for the best.
Thomas Jefferson famously said, "I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." I agree wholeheartedly.