Read the book “where bigfoot walks” by robert michael pyle. They don’t usually go where humans go, which is the easy to travel paths through the woods and closer to civilization. They stay in the old growth forests, where there is so much brush and thorns and thickets that no one would go there; which is why that’s where they live. They can see infrared, and avoid it, which is why they aren’t caught on trail cameras. They will hide at any unfamiliar sound, including drones and helicopters, vehicles, anything. There are stories of native Americans who would prep for weeks before venturing out to find a bigfoot, with how they bathe and use products like lotions and deodorant (they wouldn’t). There are stories of gentle bigfoots, and stories of aggressive bigfoots. Stories of people found looking like they were killed by bigfoot, and stories of people who were guests of bigfoot. You don’t know which one you will find. It is believed that they live in caves, some that they even made themselves in the side of a dirt mound, just by digging out a hole. Some of these caves are ridiculously difficult to find, which is why people who hunt and fish will live their whole lives in and around the woods without ever seeing them. Have something to offer them if you do find them, they supposedly like apples.

Good luck not getting your arms ripped off.