Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting How far do you drive to hunt?

I bow hunt 4 mi from my house . That is my closest spot and seems like a good one too. Then , about 10-20 mi. of more public land. Then 243 mi. to my cabin in NW WIs. The best spot is the closest. I see more deer there than anywhere else. It is a spot I never bothered with till I got so disgusted with my other places. Turns out the closest was the best all these years. All my hunting is public land.

I have shot one out the window of my house. Don't tell my wife.

Usually I just walk across the road in front of my house.

On rare occasions I might drive 3-4 miles


Mike

White tail 0 - 120 miles

Mule deer 675 miles or 1125 miles

For deer...I can hunt a 1/2 mile from the house, but usually I hunt about 25miles from home...

And my yearly pilgrimage to Missouri

And looks like I am going to hunt in Tx this year, as well..

Mostly 100 miles (2 hrs) which is a lot better than the 235 miles it used to be. I've been hunting a local gamelands for the late muzzleloader season, that's 5-10 depending on which parking lot I use.

Dale

Drive 5 miles to the airport.



Then fly 25700 to Kodiak!

Doh! 2,750. It just seemed farther.

hunting right now In CA zone X12 390 miles one way. If I do not score this week I will be back October 1st so two trips or around 1600 miles...old Dakota 4x4 will hit 300k by the time I get home next Friday.

I did not draw a tag but am invited to tag along with my hunting buds to Colorado elk then on to Kansas for whitetail then return to California. Years I do not get a tag I go for free as long as I take turns driving.

Whitetail-15 miles one way.
Antelope-870 miles one way.

4 hours

I live in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. If you can get permission around here, the huntings good, but permission is tough to come by. I did snag a spot near here for crossbow hunting and turkey hunting. 15 minute ride.

My gun hunting in Mn. is done north of the cities, north of Brainerd and it's about a 3 hour ride in a straight shot. I can leave here at 3 a.m. and be on stand by first light. Most times I do an overnight stay.

I own a deer camp in Pa., and we literally hunt right out the door. We have a gun port cut in the back wall of the cabin, because the deer cross between the cabin and the outhouse. There's probably been over 25 deer shot within sight of the cabin.

Trying a new area near Alexandria this fall too, and that is 2 1/2 hours from here.

I basically have four different hunting areas here in western Pa for hunting whitetails.

A neighbor's farm about 2 minutes from home. (200 acres)

Another is my step daughter's property. 100 acres 15 minutes from me.

My favorite, a 120 acre farm about 45 minutes from here and some really nice whitetail bucks.

Lastly, is 1.5 hours northeast of me near the Allegheny National Forest. We have ten of thousands of public land hunting up there, but the PA Game Commission has decimated the deer population by overselling doe licenses, but it has been getting better the past couple of years.

donsm70

20 minutes

Our deer camp is 6 1/2 miles from my house. For some reason I feel compelled to take enough gear for 6 1/2 weeks!

650 miles to my favorite area in Alabama. Don't hunt much in Missouri.

You envy me.

Out the door, get on my 4 wheeler and in 5 mins I'm on my stand. :>)

My two regular local places for whitetail are 18 miles and 43 miles (one way). My two regular places for Spring turkey are 12 miles and 18 miles (one way). Of course when I hunt waterfowl I go to Arkansas or Maryland - much further distance!

I was going 355 miles one way - part of the reason I opted out and am spending 10 days in ND & MT this year instead!

I can hunt out MY back door. My wife and I travel, by choice, to Quebec Canada each year to hunt deer on Anticosti Island. 635 miles, one way.