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You will need to climb, hike, and move on high, cold terrain then, the best your physical and psychological condition, the better.

One important thing to keep in mind is to avoid altitude sickness. This is a condition appearing when you move from low altitudes or sea level to the mountains highs. The level of oxygen on the blood drops leading to headache, dizziness, and nausea.

If this occurs, there's no other way out than moving to a lower altitude, so it's best to be prepared and try to avoid mountain sickness. To do so there are several strategies. The best one, but the longer is to have a long acclimatization period.

Instead of going straight to high altitudes, scale your trip moving from one quote to the other every 4 to 5 days, this way your body has the opportunity to adapt to the new environment. Perhaps it's the longer but is also the best way to allow a physiologic adaptation.

Another strategy is to train on your homeland using a fighter's mouthpiece all the time. This way you simulate exercise in a low oxygen environment, leading to some adaptations of your body to deal with hypoxemia.

 1. Railroads, highways, and rights of way
It's not allowed to hunt near any public roadway, railroads, or rights of way. These are public lands where hunting is prohibited due to many reasons, being the most important risk for people near there.

2. Hunting from vehicles
Hunting from a motor land vehicle is prohibited unless specif regulations allow it. A general exception is hunting waterfowl birds from boats as well some crocodile hunting from hovercrafts in certain southern states.

3. Dogs
Regulations regarding hunting with dogs vary widely from state to state and depending on the game. In this regard dogs usually are allowed to retrieve waterfowls or track predators such as pumas. On the other hand, deer hunting with dogs usually is not allowed.

Be sure to be informed about local regulations about when hunt with hounds is permitted or not.

4. Bait
In most cases, baiting is an illegal practice and it's not allowed. This practice is negative because of many reasons including, but not limited to: it attracts animals towards humans and later some wildlife species might move towards nearby cities looking for "human food". Remember, many animals might smell food miles away!

On the other hand, it is the type of hunting. Everything will depend on the game size and its habitats.

Some animals like wild boars are relatively easy to find and it's not necessary to walk for hours crossing difficult terrain but at the same time, wild boars are big animals to fight against and later, carry on the meat.

So, there's a considerable physical effort demanding a better shape than waterfowl hunters or rabbits hunters, where animals are considerably smaller and there's not an important energy expenditure skinning and field dressing the game.

In the case of wild goat hunting, elk, moose, and even deer, things change dramatically, not only because it's necessary to stalk the animal for hours and even days, but also because it will be necessary to cover considerable distances, many times on abrupt terrain, especially when you are behind a wild goat.

Under such circumstances, energy expenditure is considerably higher and a good physical shape remains paramount not only to complete the hunt but also to deal with all the weight from the meat.

1. First aid training
It's important to know what to do and how to do it in case of an injury, and nothing is better than a certified first aid training where you will learn the basics about medical procedures that may be performed during an excursion or hunting raid.

However, even when many people take lessons about first aids, they don't practice regularly and may forget many details during the adrenaline rush of an accident, so keep your mind clear and try to remember as detailed as possible all your training.

But if you don't have training or have forgotten most of those lessons, keep reading to go over some basic principles.

2. Don't panic!
Most people panic in front of an injury, especially when there's too much blood, but the real thing is that blood does not ever imply a bad injury, so keep calm, wash the blood and carefully evaluate the injury.

If it's impossible to see because of the blood flow, excerpt some pressure over the wound or use a tourniquet to facilitate evaluation.

Many times, pressing the wound a couple of minutes will be enough for the blood to clot and allow a proper evaluation. Once the clot is formed, don't remove it or you will be starting from zero again.

Most of the care is about common sense, but it's always useful to remember some basic tips:

1. Keep your feet warm
Frostbite is your enemy, it's not only painful but risky with the worst cases leading to toes and even foot amputation. When you are hunting during the winter season or very cold days, avoiding frostbite is critical, otherwise what begun as a funny hunting raid might end in disaster.

The best way to prevent frostbite is proper insulation. Besides well-insulated boots, it's important to wear hot socks, moreover, two or three layers of light material insulation socks are better than just one heavy, thick one.

2. Don't let your feet get wet
Wet and cold are your feet' worst enemies, so it's important not only to keep them warm but also dry.

To achieve this goal there's not a single strategy but a mix of them. The first thing to do is find a good pair of insulated, waterproof boots since they are the first line of defense against external physical factors, but not the only one.