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Re: How far do you drive for a one day hunt?

Unread postby Bigb » Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:03 am

I hunt three hours away and do the drive often for just one day. I'll get there around 2 hunt the even then hunt the following morning and head back. I do about 5 hunting trips like that a year on top of 5 scouting trips. I actually just got back from a one night scouting trip about an hour ago. My urban spot is about 45 minutes to an hour and fifteen depending on traffic.


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Re: How far do you drive for a one day hunt?

Unread postby kurt » Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:16 pm

I try to keep under 45 mins I have plenty of public in that radius. Otherwise I stay overnight even if in a tent I like my cot better than a vehicle.
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Re: How far do you drive for a one day hunt?

Unread postby phade » Tue Apr 01, 2014 5:46 am

90 minutes one way is my cap.

I usually do an hour one way for one of my leases on a morning or afternoon hunt, but it's getting old and expensive quick.
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Re: How far do you drive for a one day hunt?

Unread postby mibowhunter » Tue Apr 01, 2014 10:59 am

I've driven 10 hours round trip for a day long hunt. :D
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Re: How far do you drive for a one day hunt?

Unread postby Ghost Hunter » Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:34 am

mibowhunter wrote:I've driven 10 hours round trip for a day long hunt. :D


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Re: How far do you drive for a one day hunt?

Unread postby Bucky » Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:36 am

Avg 1hr, longest for a single day hunt is 2hrs each direction
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Re: How far do you drive for a one day hunt?

Unread postby Rutnstrut » Wed Apr 02, 2014 11:58 am

I drive an hour and a half one way, and although it's family land that I control/manage. It's getting old, it adds up in money and time away from home/family. I have quite a bit of public land from anywhere from 10 to 40 minutes from home that I want to start hunting more.
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Re: How far do you drive for a one day hunt?

Unread postby Brad » Wed Apr 02, 2014 12:04 pm

10 minutes to 30 on average, might start doing some further away hunts now that I have a nicer truck.

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Re: How far do you drive for a one day hunt?

Unread postby Milk Weed Seed » Wed Apr 02, 2014 12:26 pm

I have spots out of state in Ny, Conn, Vt, & Pa available for me to hunt the furthest is 5-6 hours away. To far for me to bother with any more. Lately 1-1.5 hours is to long of a ride, got a lot of spots within 45 minutes of me now, thanks to scouting and moving from private to public, and public with private access 8-) Networking with people and asking for permission has helped me stay closer to home.
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Re: How far do you drive for a one day hunt?

Unread postby vtbuck » Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:43 pm

A little over an hour. I try not to pound the area until prerut. And that keeps the wife happy till rut gets going. Plus it keeps my wallet from being empty before my vacation starts the first 3 weeks of November. Being in the woods is way better than being at work so its worth the drive and the cost of gas.
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