Swamphunter Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 What is the furthest you have DRIVEN to hunt. I mean like on a big game trip with an outfitter or a do it yourself hunt. Do you like the distance and the road trip with all your gear handy, or would you prefer to fly? I have a chance to hunt this fall and the drive is about 12hrs... have mixed feelings about that far in a truck, but it beats having the dang airline smash and lose my crap. So whats your driving experience?? How do you pass the miles?? I've driven 8 hrs to hunt, but never 12 hrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBow Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 For the past 30 years I have been heading to northern Ontario to bowhunt for moose. It's typically a 10 hour drive and then a couple more hours to get supplies and get to camp. And that only get you about 1/3 of the way across Ontario heading towards Manitoba. Hunters who drive from southern Ontario to Thunderbay area have a 20 to 28 hour drive ahead of them. Back in the 80s, my partner and I drove from Southeastern Ontario to Colorado to bowhunt for elk and mulies. I believe it took about 36 to 40 hours just to drive to Denver, then another 4 or 5 hours to get to our hunting area near Rifle, CO. All of my hunts have been DIYers. I've never flown to go hunting so I can't comment as to a comparison of the two types of transportation. TBow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUNTINGMAN Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 I went on a hunting trip and we drove from central KY to western CO. We drove an RV and a couple of guys switched out driveing,that took a long time,I think it was like 20 something hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamphunter Posted February 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Flights suck... my flight to Saskatchewan for bear, they smashed my bow case and lost all my luggage for a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 From Northern WI. I have driven to Tennessee for a boar/ ram hunt. Glendive/ Circle Montana for mule deer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Drive to hunt? Heck not very far, maybe an hour. I'm lucky to be able to hunt so many species so close to home. Farthest I've ever driven was 850 miles which took me 13 hours to northern Wisconsin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 8 hours...Steve Beilgard's house...twice... Dakota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kat Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Well I was driving there to work, but I came back to hunt on my own time....so I guess Eastern Ohio. 1100 miles-17 hrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdhunter39 Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 i did a tree rat hunt and it was around a 6 or 7 hr drive , never seen a tree rat that weekend but it was beautiful country , i wish i had a camera back then , but it was a trip very well worth the drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 6-8 hours is the farthest I've driven to hunt.....turkeys, of course. However, I've driven 23 hours to fish a whole bunch of times and I'll be doing it again in June. Our family has been going out Rte 17 between Thunder Bay, Ontario and the Manitoba border since 1974. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 (edited) The farthest I drove on a DIY to Kansas was 1400 miles. It was 22 hours driving time which I made in a day and 1/2. I actually stayed in Red Cloud, Nebraska. I wasn't there an hour when a monster of a Kansas buck showed up. Needless to say, never pass on the first day what you wouldn't pass on the last. It was a long ride home. The only advantage to flying is time and rest. If I had a destination where everything was in place, I would definitely fly and take my chances. On the DIY I drive to make sure I have everything I might need. It would be a fortune to fly or pre-ship with today's shipping costs. Just drive and get there is the best advice. Stop and rest at a rest stop,. sleep a cycle and move on. Motels along the way slow you down. Unless you have all the time in the world.... Edited February 22, 2010 by ruttinbuc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Farthest is about an hour to the neighbor's cabin....Otherwise drive about 30 seconds down the road, up a tractor path, and I'm smack in the middle of the property I mainly hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Farthest is about an hour to the neighbor's cabin....Otherwise drive about 30 seconds down the road, up a tractor path, and I'm smack in the middle of the property I mainly hunt. Don't over do it, Ruth.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texastrophies Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Last year's hunting season went like this: Oct. - Wyoming - 22 hours one way Nov. - NM - 14 hours one way Nov. - West Tx. 9 hours one way Dec. - NM 16 hours one way. Driving is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m gardner Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Thirtythree hours with a 3 hour stop to sleep. Vermont to Colorado. I just drove, listened to the radio. Between the hours of 1:00 AM and 4:00 AM my body just shuts down so armed with that knowledge I went to sleep then. I'm older now and need rest more often and will only drive 10 to 12 hours tops. The things I mangled when I was younger don't like sitting that long anymore. I actually stay at motels now on the road. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unioncountyslayer Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 I absolutely hate to drive, even to hunt. Proof of this is that the land I lease is 15 minutes from my front door. But when I went out to Montana to hunt the Milk River, I think we had to drive 5 hours or so from Billings to camp. If there was an airport in Hinsdale I would have flown there. That's what airplanes are for! My dad drove from New Mexico to Charlotte, NC from an Elk Hunt. Not sure the mileage, but too dang far for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierbuck Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 (edited) I drove from New Carlisle, Indiana to North Yellowstone, Montana in a little over 24 hours once. I love that. I really love driving on an adventure. I stopped once in Illinois to whiz. I stopped once in Wisconsin for gas, to make a pb&j on the tailgate and to whiz. I stopped once in Minnesota for gas and to whiz. I stopped at the Cabela's in Eastern South Dakota around sundown, just because. I ate a sandwich and browsed around. Then I drove to Rapid City and slept for a couple hours in the truck. I woke up cold and turned on the heater and drove into Montana. I almost hit a big muley buck in a whiteout on a mountain pass at about 03:30 or so. I rolled into Bozeman and then South into North Yellowstone before lunchtime. I like to drive. HB Edited February 22, 2010 by Hoosierbuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unioncountyslayer Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Ok, talked to Dad. He said the drive from NM was over 1700 miles and total drive time was around 30 hours. Him and his buddy did it in 2 days. I would rather pull my fingernails out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 took about 19-20 hours if we would have drove straight through to get out to Wyoming for the bucks for buckee hunt... that was driving 80-90 mph through South Dakota. however, my buddy and I made a few stops along the way to do some site seeing. Drove to Gainesville, Florida a couple years in a row to go turkey hunting... think it took around 13 hours or so. Takes me around 6.5-7 hours to get to the cabin in the Upper Peninsula. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 (edited) Around 1,000 miles, moose hunting just below the Yukon Border, around Pink Mountain. There and back was around 2,000 miles Then there was the Wyoming trip. I flew to Calgary, and drove down to Gillette WY and back. flew from Comox to Calgary and back = 1,474 miles Drove from Calgary to Gillette and back = 1,500 miles Edited February 22, 2010 by buckee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyrod64 Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Me and a couple of buddies got the idea to put in for a mule deer draw in Wyoming and got it. We left N.C. about 8:00 pm friday night and arrived in Dubois Wy. around 6:00 Sunday morning (about 34 hrs) We took turns driving some but I did the biggest majority of it because I get car sick. We didn't kill anything but it was the trip of a lifetime! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFbowhunter Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 For the last 3 years I drive from my place here in FL to my parents house in Illinois which is 700 miles one way and takes me 11 and a half hours. I use to fly when I lived in Cali but then you are limited on what you can take and bring back. Now when I drive I don't have to worry about how much I take or bring back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ildrhntr Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 24 hr drive to Judith Gap, Montana - Elk 18 hour drive to just south of Gillette, Wyoming - Antelope 15 hour drive to Havloc Ontario - Black Bear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganHunter Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 12hrs or so...central michigan to western dakotas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Was fortunate to have some forum members get together and send me and Ohiobucks to Illinois courtesy of LLBUX a few years ago. I guess that was around 400 miles? Tom will come in here and correct me if I'm wrong on the mileage. He loves to correct me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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