Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire How far do you walk

About 1/2 mile. Most of that is across a field. If I kill something, I drive the truck across the field and no more than a 200 to 300 yard drag. Ive shot deer and had them run into that field so I could drive right to them. It seems like most of the time they'll run the opposite direction. That sucks.

For the whitetails at home, have shot a couple of bucks from the deck. Those weren't planned though. Have several stands on the property from 75 yards to 400 yards from the house.

Not hunting as I prefer to hunt. More just killing meat. But it is what I do. It's part of me, I guess. Real fun hunts are where there is room to roam. Caribou, moose, elk and mule deer hunts have been great for that. Not enough wide open property here for that.

The walking distance depends on what is being sought, the chosen location and how hard it is to find the game. Could be through the back gate and into the forest for elk/deer/turkey/javelina or could be many hunting miles walked from camp for those or other game if the choice is to drive to another locale. The older one gets, the less one tends to wander due to the challenege of getting bagged game to a road or camp.

Forgot we have so much hunting close in here. Corbette, in the story I'm reading now, said he left the place he was at, to walk home, 25 miles. Would average 5-10 miles a day when hunting. Of course was hunting man eating tigers and leopards and not deer or anything. One of the stories I just finished, he'd walked for 10 days to get to the hunting area. and a lot of the walking when actually hunting was through the brush, woods, whatever, once a track was found or a drag, or whatever. He had his servant and workers who carried his gear with him. Also, this in the mountains, so some serious up and down hill stuff too. AND he was in his 50s or older during a lot of it. Killed his final tiger when 63.

When he got to an area, his men and servant/cook, would stay at a camp site while he was hunting.

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Usually 350-450 yards on my local hunting lease.

Wonder how many of the folks on here would even consider walking 20 miles a day. Friend of mine in Aust. says there are some places in New Zealand where you walk for 2 days to get to the hunting area, but can take copter I and hunt those extra two days. Today, I'm sure a lot of folks flown into these out back areas in India. But still, hunting a man-eater not a one day or maybe even a one week hunt, as a number of his lasted months.

Since I gave up deer hunting, I walk as far as the bathroom - at least three times a day.
Sometimes I make it - sometimes I don't.

From the recliner, I have a huge pile of corn I hunt. I like to hunt at night also.