Rem270man
Outdoorsman
Reged: 09/28/08
Posts: 99
Loc: East Texas
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How far do most of you park your ATV from your stand/blind, when hunting?
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kwrhuntinglab
THF Trophy Hunter
Reged: 12/05/04
Posts: 6441
Loc: Slowdeatha aka Odessa
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I pull mine right underneath......have a small parking garage....
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westtexaswatkins
Tracker
Reged: 05/31/07
Posts: 781
Loc: Anton, TX
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One place I park about 150yrds away and another feeder only about 50yrds. The closer one is close to a road, so the animals are used to the noise.
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jbhlsu2001
Pro Tracker
Reged: 05/02/06
Posts: 1479
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about 150 from my main bow spot just b/c I have a perfect parking spot hidden in some yaupon (sp?). Very thick!
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texas8point
Bird Dog
Reged: 09/01/05
Posts: 402
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i park 10 yards behind my box in a huge brush area. but my feeder and my crossing are 150 and 200 yards away
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huntnfishtx
Bird Dog
Reged: 06/09/08
Posts: 372
Loc: McKinney, Tx
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I park my truck over by the cattle guard about 300 yards from my stand and about 330 yards from the feeder.
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Leonardo
Woodsman
Reged: 01/03/08
Posts: 167
Loc: Wise County
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I don't really have a main parking spot but usually I walk from the gate which is at least 1/2 a mile or maybe a little more.
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TXBowhunter1
THF Trophy Hunter
Reged: 02/03/06
Posts: 7080
Loc: Carrollton,TX
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I park my truck over by the cattle guard about 300 yards from my stand and about 330 yards from the feeder.
r u rifle hunting 30yds from a feeder?
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huntnfishtx
Bird Dog
Reged: 06/09/08
Posts: 372
Loc: McKinney, Tx
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I park my truck over by the cattle guard about 300 yards from my stand and about 330 yards from the feeder.
r u rifle hunting 30yds from a feeder?
Nope... when rifle hutning I sit in some brush about 50yards out.
Tripod is 30 yards from the feeder though.
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scott123456789
Pro Tracker
Reged: 01/17/08
Posts: 1825
Loc: Waco/DFW/Weatherford
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I probably walk in about 3/4 a mile only becuase I would have to drive right down one of my shooting lanes.
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Curly
Tracker
Reged: 08/08/08
Posts: 681
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What ATV? I hot foot it from my camp......about 3/4 of a mile.
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kwrhuntinglab
THF Trophy Hunter
Reged: 12/05/04
Posts: 6441
Loc: Slowdeatha aka Odessa
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Ask Hwyman how far he parks........
His truck is his blind....
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JCB
THF Trophy Hunter
Reged: 02/06/07
Posts: 5084
Loc: BIG D
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From my primary stand I park about 3/4ths of a mile away, which puts me about 1/2 mile away from my other two spots!
I try to park in the same spot every time!
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jgiles
Veteran Tracker
Reged: 04/19/07
Posts: 2558
Loc: Grapevine
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long ways, guessing over 400 yards
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Curtis
Veteran Tracker
Reged: 02/26/05
Posts: 2427
Loc: Gonzales, Texas
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Last night I parked my truck about 400 yards away from my stand and walked in.
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bad_medic
Light Foot
Reged: 08/27/08
Posts: 48
Loc: Red Oak, TX
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roughly 3/4 mile from where I park at the gate to the blind.
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bayourat
Pro Tracker
Reged: 09/27/06
Posts: 1554
Loc: Coleman, TX
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Ask Hwyman how far he parks........
His truck is his blind....
Same here, lots of folks like to hunt out of blinds but I've killed lots of deer out of a truck.
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Eland Slayer
Outdoorsman
Reged: 06/03/08
Posts: 72
Loc: Montgomery, TX
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I usually always park at least 1/4 mile away from the stand, unless it's in a unique place and I can get away with parking a little closer. But one place we used to hunt out in Menard, the deer were extremely sensitive to the sound of a 4-wheeler. They didn't care about the sound of the rancher's truck, but the minute you cranked up a 4-wheeler they would get really skittish if they were within ear distance of it........so we would walk to our spots all the way from camp, which was probably about 1.5 miles or so. Killed my biggest buck ever on that place......
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sig226fan (Rguns.com)
Extreme Tracker
Reged: 11/21/05
Posts: 4845
Loc: Hickory Creek, Fannin Co. Texa...
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bow hunting, little farther, gun hunting...as close as I can get and hide it, but I go into the woods early early, so it's had an hour or two to quite down after I kill the Honda...
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Hickory Creek Hunting Company
Wolfe City, TX 75496
903-496-7747
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AdgerC15
Pro Tracker
Reged: 10/22/07
Posts: 1394
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bowhunt on 189 acres, park at camp and walk to every stand on the place. no driving unless to work or pick up an animal!
My big ranch, drop you off 15 yds from your stand, pick ya up later. Much different hunting
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TGalyon1
Woodsman
Reged: 12/10/04
Posts: 200
Loc: Ozona to Texoma
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I park right under my tower stand in brush. The deer will walk right by it even the big boys do not pay it any mind. It needs to be coverd with brush where the deer dont see it.
just my .2
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SteveO
Woodsman
Reged: 08/28/07
Posts: 236
Loc: San Antonio, TX
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depends on where i hunt... for instance - if i can't drive to the spot i'm hunting, i obviously walk there... in Victoria, i'll walk about 3/4 mile to the stand... in Ozona, i'll drive and park right underneath the deer blind or right next to it, since i have to drive 5 miles from camp to get to almost any deer blind anyways... i don't think the smell of cars effect deer movement as much as human scent.
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Dan the Man
Bird Dog
Reged: 07/28/08
Posts: 398
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I'm a firm believer in the saying "the more you walk, the more you see." I always take my truck and park it in the pasture about 3/4 mile from one of the areas where I hunt. I also take it and park it at the camp at another place I hunt before walking that same distance or more to another stand site. Sure, you can see deer, even if you park your ATV under your stand. But I firmly believe the oldest bucks "get used" to the sound of ATV's by laying low when they hear them.
This approach started for me two seasons ago when I took the buck below in the Davey Crockett NF in a spot that I've hunted for years. Until then, I always rode my ATV from the road to a spot where I could park it closer to my stand. Just to see if it might make a difference, I decided to walk in that Opening Morning instead. Needless to say, I always walk in now and have seen more deer every season as a result.
I took this buck around 9:30am as he came slipping through the woods from the direction of a road in the NF that other hunters use their ATV's to reach their private lease.
Just my opinion, but ATV's should remain in camp until there is meat on the ground.
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Dan,
Spring, Texas
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