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I REALLY envy those who hunt out the back door. I drive 100 miles door to door to hunt. I usually make a 1 or 2 night trip (or more) weekly since we have a season that starts in mid Sept. and goes until Jan 1. Sometimes I will even do an afternoon hunt if it's during the rut.
How far do you have to travel?
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Sometimes 2 miles, sometimes 2000 miles
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Deer 45min. Could be less if I wanted. Until the area built up, I could walk out and hunt. Still lots of good bow hunting close.
Grouse these days is hours.
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137 miles. Been doing it since I was a kid, could do it in my sleep.
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From walking out my door to 2 miles max at home. About 30 miles or so to our lease.
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Walk out the door for shotgun, bow or muzzleloader. Minimum of 10 miles for centerfire rifle.
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Yesterday morning out the back door with youngest son bow hunting ,in the evening couple miles bow hunt .this morning 3 miles teal .This evening have not decided yet.I am lucky.
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When I hunt near home, 14 miles each way. When I go to our Oct and November deer hunts, it is 250 miles each way.
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192 miles one way. Making a day trip tomorrow for some scouting. I've hunted the same chunk of the Huron National Forest for the last 27 years, and have often made the 384 mile round trip in the same day for scouting and setting stands.
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Depends on where I go. But not too many places I hunt are closer than 100 miles.
If I go way north it's 350 miles one way or so. I don't mind driving... I have a 2014 truck with 73,000 miles on it.
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190 miles (one way) to "base camp".
For deer I travel another 5-10 miles up canyon roads and back each day.
For elk I travel another 10-40 miles and back each day.
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Step out the back door or maybe 2,400 miles to Alaska.
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18 miles one way, takes me about 25 minutes.
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Hunting out of your back door does have some disadvantages. I had been walking/stalking for about 30 mins out my backyard, when I hear what sounds like a herd heading my way. I know exactly what it was, my wife had let the labs out of the house without their wireless collars and they tracked me down. It was too damn hot anyway, so we stopped by the little pond on the way back and we worked on their retrieve.
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The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
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59 miles one way for Mule Deer, Whitetail, Turkeys,and Sharptails. Sometimes there are Elk.
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50 miles one way and 125 one way depending on what part of Virginia I decide to hunt on a giving day
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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