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Overnight + trips

I also hunt George Washington national forest I've seen a 10 point shot off GW the guy had walked 20 minutes inn. You don't have to go deep to find deer
 
elevatorman said:
I prefer to go home either with a deer in my truck by lunch time or go home empty handed and fill a doe tag at home...

Either way I don't get wanting to leave your family for days to hunt whitetail? I hunt mornings or sometimes evenings. It takes me 20-30 minutes to drive to my spot, 30 to be walked in and up in my tree.

But to each their own. Everyone likes to do stuff differently
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Some of us just like camping as well? Can't speak for everyone but I'm also solo 50% of the year, so have thought about combining my interests on a weekend where my kids are at my ex's place.
 
elevatorman said:
I prefer to go home either with a deer in my truck by lunch time or go home empty handed and fill a doe tag at home...

Either way I don't get wanting to leave your family for days to hunt whitetail? I hunt mornings or sometimes evenings. It takes me 20-30 minutes to drive to my spot, 30 to be walked in and up in my tree.

But to each their own. Everyone likes to do stuff differently
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I get it and now that my kids are getting slightly older 12 and 3 - 10 year olds this past season it gets a little easier. My wife and I have been married 14 years this year and have only been away from the kids once in that time as a couple. She’s a stay at home mom doing cyber school with the kids so I encourage her to take “girls” weekend throughout the year to recharge herself. My hunting trips are my chance to recharge and I only get that once a year. I come home a better husband and father as I was able to do something for myself.

Now when I approached the subject of heading west for 2 weeks to chase Elk I got laughed at and immediately shot down. I’ll make that happen at some point but our youngest will be a minimum of 16 by the time I’m able to pull that off.
 
thedutchtouch said:
All the places I hunt are day access only, and dnr visits the parking areas occasionally, so it's not worth it to me to break the rules. Have been thinking about heading to a different part of the state that allows it, but haven't yet
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Greenridge State Forest is a lot of fun. Turkey after opening day and archery deer is not too busy and you can camp.
 
PEEJAY said:
Greenridge State Forest is a lot of fun. Turkey after opening day and archery deer is not too busy and you can camp.
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That's where I was thinking. Likely going to do some non-hunting camping there this spring/summer to get a bit of the lay of the land. Helps that there's not really any ranges (without paying more $$ than I want to) out in my part of the state so I drive all the way out there to shoot anyway, might as well bring my tent and stay overnight.
 
thedutchtouch said:
That's where I was thinking. Likely going to do some non-hunting camping there this spring/summer to get a bit of the lay of the land. Helps that there's not really any ranges (without paying more $$ than I want to) out in my part of the state so I drive all the way out there to shoot anyway, might as well bring my tent and stay overnight.
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You could always do some deer scouting... with a shotgun and a mouth call during the spring. Theres plenty of birds in there. I found some decent antlers and morels while turkey hunting too. Havent been back in a few years but before kids we would camp every weekend and hunt/scout.

Have you ever shot at hap-baker firearms range? its in westminster. 200yds and a pistol range for $20/day i think
 
PEEJAY said:
You could always do some deer scouting... with a shotgun and a mouth call during the spring. Theres plenty of birds in there. I found some decent antlers and morels while turkey hunting too. Havent been back in a few years but before kids we would camp every weekend and hunt/scout.

Have you ever shot at hap-baker firearms range? its in westminster. 200yds and a pistol range for $20/day i think
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I haven't but thanks for the suggestion, I've heard of it before... I live down inside the DC beltway so... If I'm driving to Westminster for 20 dollars a day, I might as well drive to Green ridge for 20 dollars a year, what's another hour lol.
 
thedutchtouch said:
I haven't but thanks for the suggestion, I've heard of it before... I live down inside the DC beltway so... If I'm driving to Westminster for 20 dollars a day, I might as well drive to Green ridge for 20 dollars a year, what's another hour lol.
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ah gotcha. Yea i support greenridge. Savage River State Forest has a pretty fun range too. No RSO's which depending on the rest of shooters is not always a good thing but its usually a blast (tannerite) and honors system for payment. Ranger Rick will def come by and check the drop box though.
 
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