How far from your stand?

[Sam McMichael]

The most I have normally walked in the past is between 1/2 and 1 mile. Now, on my own small tract it is only a few hundred yards.

[mwosborn]

Originally posted by TIM B:

I kinda think I'm less alarming to the deer by riding through a area than walking through.....just wondered others thoughts
Tim B

I agree Tim.  I have driven very close to deer on a 4 wheeler and they will usually just step into the trees or cover as you drive by.  I have also been sitting in my stands and watch deer as the farmer drives by on his 4-wheeler - they hardly seem to mind.  Same thing with turkey.  Lots of farmers and ranchers using 4 wheelers on a daily basis for various chores around here.  Deer just seem to get used to them.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Depends on which stand I sit. some are only 40 yards some are a mile.  I like having the option of close ones for last minute hunts.

[CRM_95]

I like to slip in as quiet as possible. On my lease I never park closer than 300 yards away. On the public land I sometimes hunt ATV's aren't allowed so it's a hike. Probably close to a mile. Not through the woods, but close to a mile in on an access road then 100 to 150 yards off the access road depending on the spot.

[YosemiteSam]

For pre-dawn walk-ins, I top out at 3 trail miles, which takes about 90 min at a good pace.  I've gone as far as 8 miles in one morning but won't do that again.  Most are 1-2 miles, though.

For off-trail, I stay within a quarter mile of the nearest trail or road.  Much more than that and I'm a blundering fool making all sorts of racket & sometimes get myself hurt.

For evenings, I'll stay out so long as I can be at some major landmark near a road or trail before darkness hits.  At that point, I feel that I have all the time in the world to get to where I'm going for the night.

[TooManyHobbies]

I have one or two spots where I will use the quad. I will park 2-300 yards away from my stand. One day I used the quad to bring in a hang-on, then parked the quad 75 yards away and hunted the stand. I should've stayed on the quad, two does walked within feet of it.

[BlacktailBowhunter]

I hunt thick rain forest and it varies from 100 yards to 3/4 of a mile. The deciding factor is access. The stand where I killed my 2016 is 3/4 mile walk in, because there is no vehicle access.

[Captain*Kirk]

I generally hunt on public land and walk in to my stand. Last year's walk was around a mile in following hiking trails from nearest parking.

Last night I kind of messed up.  Taking the the almost mile hike in, I decided i was tired and stopped about 150 yards short. I justified the wind direction, that going any further would just make the walk back to the car longer.  Justifications are great things.  I have not seen the 12 pointer the last few days, it is a monster, but I have heard that anyone got it either.  About twenty minutes before sundown a buck was chasing two does around at wooded ditch where I was heading.  It was the same boxy heavy racked eight pointer that I let pass at another location a couple of weeks ago, but the big 12 was right down the hill at the time.  Last night I would have shot him.   Those dang deer ran back and forth and all around that 20 by 50 yard ditch the entire evening and never got close to me, other than a yearling doe that was avoiding the hassle, which laid down in the grass about ten yards from me, on the other side of the cedars that I was using for cover.  I got the the end of shooting hours and that buck was still going at it as I was walking away.  I know if I would have tried to move in on him either him or for certain one of the does would have messed the stalk up on the open switch grass slope.  The hike back to the car was not as bad as i expected, so I was a bit upset with my laziness.  However, today the front door is about as long a walk as I got in me.  It is that SI joint thing again.  Time to call the chiro.