I've been doing a bit of off-road riding on my 2022 KLR 650. I hated this bike when I first bought it and thought it's only purpose was to kill older men like me who thought it would be fun to buy an adventure bike to feel young again.
I have since added a ton of accessories, more aggressive tires, and 700 miles on it mostly in the woods. I am now comfortable on it and have taken it a couple of places that I shouldn't have, lol.
I added a Go-Pro camera and mount and have it running on a 3-minute recording loop in case a BF happens to show itself during a ride. Nothing so far.
Last ride was up to Moscow Mountain where there was a sighting featured on Finding Bigfoot a few years ago. Wildfires in the area produced too much smoke for there to be any long-distance sightings.