How close do you park your ATV to your stand?

[Bubba_1122]

I think it much depends on how early you're going in.

If you're sliding in sideways with the throttle wide open at first light riding that ATV it's probably an issue. If you're getting there and in the stand an hour or more before daylight probably not (they'll think that whatever was making that noise is long gone).

I typically park my truck at the back end of the property. My favorite 2 stands are probably 400 yards away. One is down in the swamp and the other on the edge of the swamp on a ridge. Totally different topography from where I park on the edge of a field (FWIW, a mile is 1760 yards, so 400 yards is almost a quarter of a mile away). I try to be on my stand an hour before first light for the most part.

BTW, I do have an UTV. It's purpose isn't to get me TO the deer, it's to get the deer out of the woods given my age and some physical issues I've had - particularly with spinal surgery.

 

[Wayne D Davis]

I’m not slamming anyone but for those who say you walk “a mile” have you actually measured it?

I use onx hunting app. It measures to the foot then yards then miles.... one of my favorite areas is 1.7 miles one way.... 1.5 as a bird flies

 

[Milkman]

I use onx hunting app. It measures to the foot then yards then miles.... one of my favorite areas is 1.7 miles one way.... 1.5 as a bird flies

How many acres?

 

[BeerThirty]

I try to be as stealthy as possible when it comes to hunting, so I refuse to drive an ATV up to my stand unless it is to haul out a downed animal.

 

[Wayne D Davis]

How many acres?

That's on paulding forest wma... there's over 30,000 acres

 

[Mexican Squealer]

Another question that depends on how much fun I had at camp the night before.

 

[Milkman]

driving an atv to your stand isn’t even an option on a wma right?

 

[Wayne D Davis]

driving an atv to your stand isn’t even an option on a wma right?

Not even.....If I feel the need I ride a bike to get way out. I usually only use the bike for scouting tho because most the gates are locked (like Sheffield wma) Id have to walk over 5 miles to my spot from the front gate

 

[bubbafowler]

I’m not slamming anyone but for those who say you walk “a mile” have you actually measured it?

I second this. On private land that's hard to swallow people walking that far. Average pace for a person is a 20 minute mile. I cut my normal pace in half so that's a 40 minute walk in every morning at least. Don't know anyone who does that if their are other options. I know public you have to but that's ridiculous. Spook more deer sneaking through the woods with a light than i do riding an ATV.

 

[mguthrie]

I'll turn my wheeler sideways on our logging roads,sit in a chair beside it with my rifle on the seat and watch deer cross the road. I see a lot of deer hunting this way

 

[Wayne D Davis]

I second this. On private land that's hard to swallow people walking that far. Average pace for a person is a 20 minute mile. I cut my normal pace in half so that's a 40 minute walk in every morning at least. Don't know anyone who does that if their are other options. I know public you have to but that's ridiculous. Spook more deer sneaking through the woods with a light than i do riding an ATV.

Wma's have wide open walking trails everywhere behind gates.... DNR can access the gates and drive in but no hunter access with motorized vehicle. I jump a few deer from time to time but usually off the plots along the closed road. Not where I hunt. If you know anything about public land you know the farther you get from the crowd the better off you are

 

[uturn]

I don’t care for them other than for work or retrieving...not for hunting.

The 1st thing I usually ask any quest is are you afraid to walk...cause I like to walk in down wind a long way from most of my sets!

Just me

 

[bubbafowler]

Wma's have wide open walking trails everywhere behind gates.... DNR can access the gates and drive in but no hunter access with motorized vehicle. I jump a few deer from time to time but usually off the plots along the closed road. Not where I hunt. If you know anything about public land you know the farther you get from the crowd the better off you are

Exactly why I said with the exception of public land.......

 

[antharper]

I put a corn spreader on the front of mine , and park a few feet away from most of my stands , sometimes have deer eating watching me climb !

 

[Milkman]

One thing to remember is there are those among us that wouldn’t be able to hunt without some method of transportation to the stand.
“Old hunting lives matter”.

 

[sowgabuckstalker]

Yes, I keep my spreader on mine all YEAR long and full of corn. Whether is going to stand or just riding my baby girl around the property, best believe the cone is a slingin! The dee come a runnin! So the closest I can get to my stand w/ it, the better. Happy Hunting to all, not much longer now!

 

[Nicodemus]

One thing to remember is there are those among us that wouldn’t be able to hunt without some method of transportation to the stand.
“Old hunting lives matter”.

Yep.

Why should it matter to anyone how someone else hunts anyway?

 

[nrh0011]

I don't use one often, but prefer to stay a good ways from my stand. That being said I know plenty of folks who kill more deer than I and drive up to the stand.

 

[bubbafowler]

I just rode my two girls, 7 and 4, to the neighbor's house through the woods to get fresh eggs. Coming back we rode within 10 yards, 30 ft, of a doe. We slowed so the girls could see but kept riding and she never spooked

 

[Wayne D Davis]

Let's say someone purchased a track of land that's been untouched for say 10 yrs in prime area of Georgia. Then started a club, would he introduce ATV's? I don't think so