For backcountry hunters, adherence to recovery principles is essential for maintaining optimal physical and mental well-being and ensuring peak performance during challenging expeditions. Carrying heavy loads, engaging in strenuous activities, and navigating diverse terrains can take its toll on our bodies. Principles such as compression, active recovery, massage, CWI, adequate hydration, sleep, and nutrition are all key variables to keep our bodies healthy for the backcountry. Prioritizing recovery aids in the reduction of fatigue and muscle soreness, enabling hunters to maintain agility and strength throughout prolonged hunts. Not only will adequate recovery help us physically, but it will also help us mentally to keep our minds sharp and our focus strong to make good decisions, improve your success, and ensure safety. Recovery principles aren't just principles to live by in the MTNS, but they are lifestyle changes that will improve your performance and well being.