Most of my stands are from 1/4 of a mile to over a mile of a walk. The farmer loves to plant his corn all the way to the edge of the field, not even leaving any room to walk at all. I've just gotten used to that almost everywhere i hunt. Public land i usually like to get back as far away from the crowd as i can. The only stand i have on public land is at least a mile walk. I don't mind walking, i hunted alot of public land when i first started, so i'm used to it. Although here recently, i have wanted to get a converted golf cart. Heck, i would love to build it myself. I would rather have a golf cart than an ATV because of the gas fumes. I'm a little bit of a "scent free freak". If i had my choice i would be driving up to within a couple hundred yards of my stand, but as it stands i have to hoof it quite a ways. I don't mind as long as it gets me to the bigger bucks.
On our farm this year when the crops were in, I was walking a total of about a mile to a few stands. Most of the time, I will driver the 4 wheeler and walk 400-500 yards. On public land, a mile is usually about the shortest I go. Some spots I have picked out for winter scouting are well over a mile, and should make for an interesting hike for a morning hunt if I find the sign I expect to be there.
I have never been a believer in driving up to the trees. I usually walk around a half mile to get to the trees. The distance to stands varies from there but I don't have access to any chunks of timber over 60 acres so its not to far once I get to them. I f I hunt by home it can be as close as 40 yds out the back door.
I usually hunt 1/2 to 1 mile to my stands. Tomorrow morning it will be a little over a mile in to my stand and 1 mile out. I could walk in 1/3 mile but my wind would be blowing to the deer I am hunting so I am taking the long way in. Public land so I tend to go as far as the public land allows. This is a mixture of farmland and rolling hills.
Aywhere from 400-1200 yards to my stands from where I enter the woods. Distance doesnt matter to me much its just that they first 300 yards are straight uphill. I take it skow and try not to break a sweat. I am gonna try and do something to access my furthest stands easier. It would make the walk about 500 yards instead of 1200.
