Only a thought, but if you won't have a dog, see if you can hunt near work. You will almost certainly see an occasional pheasant that you can follow up at lunch time maybe? Like most places, by legal bird season, the days will be too short with those long hours you mention. There is a lot of elbow room up there, it may look relatively barren of game, but you may walk right past more than you might imagine. If you get one, maybe just breast it out in a minute or two and throw it in a frying pan?
Only a thought, but if your coworkers are not overly offended, you will probably see gophers around and near the site. Unless there is some restriction, none of the locals will think it is unusual for someone to have at it during a lunch break with a 22. If you happen to have something like you've showed in the past, there's bound to be a coyote pop up now and then. Neither need any license or have season restrictions. Don't mind me Lloyd, I just don't want you thinking to self isolate the whole time up there.
You should do some scouting for a handful or two of birdy looking cover, and drag your MN grouse buddy out west to beat some brush for a few days with his setter?
