How far do you go?

[Seeadler]

How far do all you guys regularily go to hunt? About the farthest I have travelled to hunt has been about 6 hours driving. Typically I travel less than an hour by vehicle to my hunting grounds. Now I realize that people who live in Region 1 or 2 might have to travel farther to hunt many species. When you travel long distances is it like an expedition? Multiple vehicles, generator, freezers, etc? Or is it pretty casual? I have driven into new areas, reclined my seat, slept til morning, got out wherever I was and started scouting around.

[locdog_99]

i usally travel from vancover to princeten 3 hours or hunt region 2 not to much driving

[tuchodi]

Each year we travel aprox 22 hours north by road and then another 4 hours by river, we stay for a month in tents and come out once to take our meat into the butchar to process and frezze. No generators just camp fire and little LED headlamps.

[BlacktailStalker]

Will be 2.5 from Courtenay to Vancouver and another 12-13 to my elk hole. It's an adventure. I live far away enough from my favoured hunting grounds, that I decided I needed a trailer that will last as long as I do to get me to these places, so this year I had one custom built for the sour price of $7k.
If I could hunt and fish, and do nothing else, that's fine by me :)

[Seeadler]

Each year we travel aprox 22 hours north by road and then another 4 hours by river, we stay for a month in tents and come out once to take our meat into the butchar to process and frezze. No generators just camp fire and little LED headlamps.

Now that's living!!! I dream of the day when I can start in 6 and 7 in August, then Region 4 in Sept and Nov, with a break in Oct to do some deep sea fishing.

[Poguebilt]

I drive 10 to 15 mins to my area and then go from there truck, quad, walk....

its rough I tell ya.

[hunter1947]

2 ,1/2hr ,it's to far to drive for a day ,so i try and go there and camp for the weekend.http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon9.gif

[joelp37]

once a year ill go to quesnal and get my muley or a moose if i get a draw. but usually just do day or weekend trips on the island.

[wlbc]

About an hour to pretty good hunting.

[Maverick]

3 hours for day trips and 5+ hours for longer trips. just trying to avoid the crowds.

[416]

l have walked from my place and been successful , but usually an hours drive gets me in country that offers everything except the northern critters. Will travel when l get draws, and have often used them as an excuse to tour different parts of our beautiful province...those hunts are usually well planned and don't lack for any amenities. :)

[Wild Will]

Six hours from Kamloops puts you just about anywhere in the province that has good hunting, and I do that regularly. A big trip involves horses and an overnight to go into the north part of region 6 or 7

[Buckman]

15 minutes to a 1/2 hour max.

[Sitkaspruce]

20 min for deer, elk and moose, 2 hours for goats and 3 hours for caribou. 10 hours to Dease or Fort Nelley for some awsome hunting.

[hutch]

2-2/12 hours for close trips then victoria to fort st. james for moose

[quadrakid]

one yearly safari from quadra to the north country or the koots,rest of the time archery deer out the back door.only six more weeks to safari!

[newhunterette]

5 1/2 hours to my cabin for me - hubby goes wherever the call of the critters are - and as many trips as he can squeeze in before his brother remembers how many holidays he takes lol - they are business partners lol

[bcfarmer]

mostly half hour to 1.5hrs away...take a long trip as many times as i can...as long as "she who waits at home" :mrgreen: will let me.

bcf

[browningboy]

We are about 18 - 20 hrs, damn you guys that are less than 1!LOL
Oh well, its paradise once you get there!:mrgreen:

[ribber]

Last fall I drove from Ladysmith to Dease Lake then boarded Bruce's Beaver for 45 minutes of airtime ,we were there for a week then drove home with 1 1/2 mooses. Pesky grizzlies. Had a great trip other than that.

[sparkes3]

anywhere from 3 to 6 hrs

[The Hermit]

Many day trips out of Victoria for deer, bear, and geese. Usually once a year drive to Princeton, North Okanagan, PG, Cranbrook. Last year flew to Edmonton drove to points south west for a mulie hunt.

[Vossie]

13 hrs from Langley to Chetwynd. 5 hrs to Rock creek. 2 minutes to that bloody mole that is digging up my lawn and driveway.

[moosinaround]

I hunt 10 mins or so from my door step. I am usually sitting in the bush watching all the southerners drive by in their suzukis or atvs and then shoot the critters they spook up when they pass by. Moosin

[Jelvis]

I go deer hunting an hour to some spots and 3 hours to another then elk from kamloops to cranbrook, seven. moose two hours and less.on average, centre point is kamloops. Good luck Jel

[Gateholio]

Longest I have traveled is 9452 kms

I have also shot animals less than 10 paces from my front door.

[peterrum3]

10 minutes to be into the muleys
30 minutes for moose
40 minutes to my all time favourite whitetail spot.

[mrdoog]

How far do I go?
Are we talking 1st, 2nd or 3rd hunting trip?

[Walksalot]

As close as ten minutes, one hour to get into the high country and 2 hours to get to our cabin.

[Tanya]

Hunt right here on the farm lots for deer, bear, waterfowl and quail. Other trips are a an hour or more into the logging divs, or as far as just north of Revlestoke, Albeta, Saskatchewan, Yellowknife, Ft. Nelson, and Sunday I'm leaving on a 30+ hour trek to parts in the Yukon. The long treks to northern BC or out of province are usually only once a year, we do other short ones within the southern half of BC though when we can. Got a moose draw north of Sicamous this yr so that is for later on sometime after the corn is harvested.

[Phreddy]

Alas, much like Moosingaround, I too have to waste a good 10 minutes or so to start my hunt. Could have taken a nice little 2x3 off my deck last week when he was working on cleaning out my bird feeder in the yard.
Life is tough. Had to wait for 3 cars to pass before I could pull out onto main street in town last week during rush hour.:cool:

[30-06]

i live in tulameen.and usually drive to burns lake,chetwynd ,FSJ areas so about 16 or so hours. stay there for 2-3 weeks just hunting and fishing.its the good life..
we take are big trailer,quads,are little generator like 2000 watt's i think.then we rarely use are 5000watt in are trailer..nothing special..trailer,quads loaded inside it,generator,guns and were off..the shortest i travel around tulameen is like a 5 min drive to paradise

[Mckinney Creek Adventures]

Out the door, front or back door, for whitetail, muleys, bear, grouse, and turkey. The moose only overwinter this low, so I have to drive 10 - 20 minutes to the moose holes. The elk holes are 20 - 30 minutes away at the closest. I usually go away from the house to hunt cause the wife likes her pets, except when they eat the flowers and raspberries. Listening to the coyotes yapping right now. To bad they are closed!

[Gun Dog]

Living in Langley it's 6 hours to the Okanagan or 8 hours to the Willams Lake region.

[wsm]

rule of thumb for me is minimum 3hrs from main land. sardis where i fill up

[todbartell]

from my house to loading my gun for deer in 25 minutes, half that for goose hunting