Unfortunately we got screwed by the weather on this one. I had gone up beforehand and checked snow conditions and things looked good but the forecast changed for the trip like it can sometimes. It pretty much snowed everyday and didn't stop which made it hard to find fresh tracks under the best of conditions. Regardless we did chase a big Tom on the last day, unfortunately it just didn't work out as we lost him in a huge canyon after an all day chase. The cat was taken the following week with another hunter and went in the 160 pound class. Didn't have any complaints during the trip about the food so unfortunately that part could of been an easy fix if I had known during the trip. Regrettable that we didn't get a cat this trip but it definitely wasn't due to lack of effort, everyone worked hard. In terms of preparation a lot had been done beforehand in getting equipment, fuel and supplies ready as well as checking snow conditions which respectably, I believe the hunter refuses to admit based on the fact that he unfortunately wasn't successful on this hunt.