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Travel to Hunt
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11/23/15 12:00 PM
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Joined: Aug 2012
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General Guts
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What is the farthest you would drive to deer hunt?... "Drive"...
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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#6044582
11/23/15 12:33 PM
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billybob
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No more than 80 miles which also is the distance of my ranch to the house
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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#6044587
11/23/15 12:39 PM
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jhenderson
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I make the trip from Tyler to Paducah and Childress occasionally. It's a hard trip to do for a weekend hunt though. Roughly 6 hours each way
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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11/23/15 01:21 PM
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stinkbelly
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Unless it is for something like mule deer or huge white tail, I wouldn't drive more than 1.5 hours.
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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#6044647
11/23/15 01:29 PM
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bill oxner
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I traveled to Montana for a field trial.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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11/23/15 02:30 PM
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EddieWalker
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I just drove 8 hours each way to hunt for a Sika deer last month. I think the longest drive one way was 18 hours, from CA to Colorado. I've done quite a few 12 hour drives one way. But if it's farther, I've flown.
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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#6045101
11/23/15 04:46 PM
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Joined: Jan 2009
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Longhunter
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Would depend on the hunt, but I have driven 35 miles to the nearest airport and hopped a airplane, But I guess Utah is the furthest I have driven...
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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#6045236
11/23/15 05:42 PM
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Joined: May 2014
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StretchR
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I drive about 3.5 hours routinely. That's close enough that I don't "have" to stay overnight to go check feeders & cameras.
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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11/23/15 05:57 PM
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GLC
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3.5 hours almost every week.
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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#6045364
11/23/15 06:51 PM
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BenBob
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Probably no more than 5 hours unless it was a great place, then just double it to 10 hours.
Tired, Wired, and Uninspired
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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11/23/15 07:27 PM
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gary roberson
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Driving to hunt is no big deal, I drive the 13 hours back and fourth to AZ to hunt predators more than a half dozen times a year. Gas is cheap and highways are good. Just schedule not to hit Albuquerque at rush hour. Adios, Gary
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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#6046622
11/24/15 04:36 AM
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Whiptail
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I drove 1250 miles each way to hunt in Wyoming.
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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#6046645
11/24/15 04:50 AM
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dogcatcher
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75 miles from our drive to the gate of our place in Runnels county.
Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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#6046830
11/24/15 01:14 PM
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Joined: Mar 2009
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poisonivie
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I drove 650 miles to hunt pheasant in Kansas this year. Friday I'm leaving for Palo Duro, 4 hr drive.
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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#6046841
11/24/15 01:26 PM
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Joined: Nov 2004
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Choctaw
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It's three hours to our place.
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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#6047236
11/24/15 04:26 PM
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Joined: Aug 2011
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bp3
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45 minutes to our place in Callahan county
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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#6047243
11/24/15 04:31 PM
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tlk
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3.5 hours each way to our south texas lease which I do almost every week during season. Have driven to Idaho with a trailer and Polaris to elk hunt. Pretty much will drive anywhere if its a good hunt
You can't fix stupid
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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#6047250
11/24/15 04:36 PM
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Blank
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Idaho to Arizona for Coues deer is about 1000 miles. Going down to South texas for Whitetail and turkey is about 1800 miles. We are serious about our hunting trips.
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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#6047364
11/24/15 05:24 PM
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Joined: Nov 2012
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QuitShootinYoungBucks
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IMO, the length of the drive is proportional to the length of the hunt. Weekend at the place, not more than 6 hours. 6-8 days chasing elk or mule deer, may be 15-18 hours?
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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11/24/15 05:32 PM
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Joined: Aug 2010
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stxranchman
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I have been driving to West Texas to hunt for 8 yrs now. It is 425 miles now from my house to ranch HQ. I also have been going to Western Kansas for 4 yrs now. That is 925 miles. I also have made the trip from Ft. Stockton twice in Dec back to Kansas just to hunt for 2 days then back. That is 660 miles. Was on a lease in Jayton that was 325 miles door to gate and I hunted it every weekend for 3 yrs.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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#6047442
11/24/15 05:50 PM
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Joined: Sep 2014
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Deep Sea
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Traveled 2 1/2 hours to my lease for 5 years untill we lost it. Now I go where ever I can hunt, including 17 hours to Colorado for elk this year.
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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#6048351
11/25/15 01:31 AM
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Joined: Nov 2014
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DH3
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6 hours from Katy to my ranch in Del Rio. No problemo.
Old age and treachery beats youth and stupid every time!
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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#6048873
11/25/15 06:41 AM
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Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 2,337
copperhead
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I drive 3 hours to hunt the family ranch in Cotulla.
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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#6049934
11/25/15 10:08 PM
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Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 7,947
Curtis
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18 hours on the road for a hunt is better than one hour in the office. The farthest I have driven is Flagstaff, AZ.
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