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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...
Longhunter >>>-------> Make It Count!!!<><
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Re: Travel to Hunt
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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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#6045272
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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Joined: Jul 2013
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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.
Beer and whiskey, 'cause you can't drink bacon!!
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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
Posts: 60,296
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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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: 2,342
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
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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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