Depends for me.

On a lease we had, it was 4hrs one way, didn't like it unless it was a 3+ day hunt.

If it is a one time hunt like Elk in Colorado, Bison in S. Dakota, or turkey/deer in MO, then the drive is tolerable.

I have been driving from the Phoenix area to Cross Plains, TX for the last 6 years, 943 miles door to gate.
It is worth it to me to hunt private land, very uncommon in Arizona, with friends.
I have a nice bed to sleep in and walk out the door and am hunting.

Mark

1650 miles from door to cabin in Montana I hunted elk out of on 5 trips. Priced out of my budget these days or would be glad to hunt that place again.

All the leases I have been on in Texas have been within 3 hours one way including the one I am on now. The one exception was West of Camp Wood and that one though closer than my place in East Mississippi, I could be hunting in Mississippi before I could get to that lease.

Help run a turkey hunt in the Spring for the last 5 years and plan to do it as long as they will let me just North of Bracketville. That hunt is well worth the drive helping kids hunt turkey is a lot of fun.

For 16 years I drove 6 hours one way, then for 5 years 4 hours, now 2 hours one way....Always hunted with a friend so the drive was as good a time as the hunt.

Last year 800 miles each way to hunt mule deer in northwest Nebraska.
I would drive further for a giant mule deer.
For a whitetail about10 miles is my max.

100 miles from Wife's house to ranch house. I've done it for so long I could do it in my sleep.

8 hours to mexico but it was worth it for a weekend hunt.

Drove 2,000 miles from SE TX to Regina, Saskatchewan 11 years ago to hunt ducks and geese for about 10 days. Great trip. Drove pretty much straight home, nonstop and it took 33 hours stopping in Fayetteville, Arkansas to drop off my rider. The dog and I made the last 9 hours without much conversation.

Drove about 1,000 miles scouting while we were up there so put over 5,000 miles on my PowerStroke for that trip. Good times.

T