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I'm glad I had a plan "B" in mind! I set off today with the intention to scout the length of the Silver-Skagit/Ross Lake Forest Service road complex, where our group has followed up on several sightings over the last few years. This logging road system extends about 60 km S from Hwy 1, following the Silver Creek drainage for around half its length, then cresting a pass and following the Skagit River flowing in the opposite direction to Ross Lake, which straddles the Canada/US border. The gravel main logging road is in typical spring shape, some nice smooth sections connected by stretches of shock eating potholes, often hidden in shaded areas where they're difficult to see before you shake your fillings out. At the first branch road, I managed to get 6km up the feeder creek before I met another 4x4 who had stopped because the wet spring snow at that higher elevation had halted his progress, even with chains on, so it was turn-around time for both of us. Back on the FSR main, I continued south, until reaching a security roadblock at km 26, less than half way to my goal. The young woman at the gate explained that a recent wind storm had blown many dozens of trees down onto the road from that point on, and logging crews were clearing them, so access was closed till they finish up on Tuesday. So now I needed plan "B" That entailed back tracking to Hwy 1, and turning south on the next watershed road system, which is a much steeper creek valley, but less well known, and less busy than my plan A trip. I only got 8 km in on this road, hitting heavy wet snow pack on the road at the 1,000M elevation (3300 ft), which stopped my H3 on a steep climb, so I hiked a little further up, till my old legs got achy, then returned to the truck, and headed home for supper. I scanned a lot of km of snow along the roads, without seeing any tracks at all, and no wildlife other than birds, but it was satisfying to get on the back roads again to try for that lucky break.

Welcome to the BFF xdivision and JohnA!! Enjoy the forum and let us know if you need any assistance.

Ive still got snow on the ranch.

Nice to see you getting out! I've been chomping at the bit for weeks to get back into the mountains. But, we just had a freak snowstorm Saturday which surely coated my favorite area with more snow. Then it got down to 21 degrees overnight in town, so I'm sure the mountains are still impassable. Normally, I'm ready to start looking for morel mushrooms about now, but the mountains are still covered in snow.

Many claim that this is a snipe, but I say it's a sasquatch.

Huh....that seems ironic.

I'd suggest one should just go to a fairly active trail, step off to the side and don't move and you to will "disappear", no camo needed. I have had a few encounters with trespassers while turkey hunting, and I highly do not recommend this, but it has been hilarious being "invisible" while they hunt me. I've even whistled at them, that's when they leave and go report a Bigfoot encounter LOL. The whistling I've done many times as a youth out of a tree stand as well, its a very interesting reaction, to watch people that realize, they are being watched.

I carry one of these tarps - https://coalcrackerbushcraft.com/collections/shelter/products/t6zero-emergency-shelter-deep-forest-edition I carry an extra layer (puffy jacket) and a bivy - https://www.campmor.com/products/sol-survive-outdoors-longer-thermal-bivvy?utm_source=bing&utm_campaign=bing-shopping&utm_medium=cpc&msclkid=8fc6f6e5002313122b2996886a24579f I also carry a Ferro rod, BIC lighter, char cloth and a tinder kit. I also have a sil-poly rain poncho as a backup/additional shelter - https://seatosummitusa.com/products/ultra-sil-nano-tarp-poncho?variant=7896136548380&currency=USD&msclkid=7382348be17918a8c44d54e68ba5363d&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Shopping SPAGS%3A Dry Sacks&utm_term=4582420879980529&utm_content=shopify_US_344709529628_7896111841308-Stopper Dry Bag 8 liter %2F Yellow by Sea to Summit In my truck, I have these wool blankets - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FBD7XYG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I'm not planning on being cold 😁

These are some of my favorite topics, I can't identify something therefore Bigfeets! Record it send it to these guys and they will identify the bird for you .

LOL, I'll leave that up to you, I'd rather not waste their time.