#2170664 - 11/17/10 06:55 PM
Distance to stand Survey
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shoningram
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How far are you willing to walk from your truck to your stand? I read somewhere that most hunters will not walk more than 400 yards from a road or their vehicle.
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#2170669 - 11/17/10 06:56 PM
Re: Distance to stand Survey
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DUCK37101
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2 miles is a good estimate.
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#2170690 - 11/17/10 07:04 PM
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2 miles is a good estimate.
You have my utmost respect. I would quit hunting before I walked 2 miles to a stand.
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#2170695 - 11/17/10 07:06 PM
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BH2424
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2 miles wow!! im not even blessed to hunt land that is two miles deep.
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#2170702 - 11/17/10 07:09 PM
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2 miles is a good estimate. You have my utmost respect. I would quit hunting before I walked 2 miles to a stand.
I have walked further a couple times but I feel that 2 miles is as far as I'm "willing" to do it at this point. My typical hunt has me walking about 1.5 miles.
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#2170705 - 11/17/10 07:09 PM
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ruger7mag
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On average I would say I walk about 300 yards.
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#2170711 - 11/17/10 07:12 PM
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shoningram
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I am just trying to decide if I want to walk about 2 miles back into a WMA. There is a spot surrounded by fields that looks promising. They say the farther you go back into a WMA the better.
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#2170716 - 11/17/10 07:13 PM
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I am just trying to decide if I want to walk about 2 miles back into a WMA. There is a spot surrounded by fields that looks promising. They say the farther you go back into a WMA the better.
Do it. It will also give you a better idea of what the area looks like back there and you may have a Honey Hole spot on your hands. You can't find out unless you DO IT.
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#2170717 - 11/17/10 07:13 PM
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BH2424
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i hunt wma and i have only hunted for two years now and last weekend i walked just over 400 yards in and killed my first 8pt. i think it is all in the scouting
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#2170718 - 11/17/10 07:14 PM
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Thats a tough one to answer..Some stands are real close and can drive my truck to them pretty close while others are on the other side of the property and if i could walk a straight line,it would be probably 500yds,but I can't,I have to walk around the edge of the property on a road,which is about a half a mile.So I say half a mile is all im willing to walk..Because remember,you have to drag what ever you kill back out..I find it hard to believe that people walk over 1 mile to their hunting spot..Think about it,when you walk,you probably average 3 miles per hour..But factor walking in the woods,in the dark,while trying to be quite its probably more like 1.5 MPH..So people who say they walk 2 miles to their stand,thats gonna take atleast an hour to do so.Unless your a speed walker.. LOL Im not calling anyone out,Im just saying...
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