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Do you hunt from home?

The areas my hunting club has right to hunt is around the town where I live. It takes maybe 15 minutes for me to drive to my blind from home. So a typical hunting "trip" for me is to pick the kids from the daycare, have dinner with family, then gather my stuff and rifle, drive to blind, sit there until dark and then drive back home to sleep.

There's a certain adventurous feeling when actually going far away to hunt and I sometimes miss that too, but it's a huge luxury to be able to hunt after work and get back home to sleep.
 
The view from my back porch this morning. Feeder at about 150yds with 6 or 7 whitetails under it. Steel out past that to 425. My wife frowns on actually shooting from back porch though. Blinds are within 5-minute walk from house. Truly blessed.
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JiggyIi said:
73 acres @ home, shooting range @ home, 360 acre family farm 45 minutes north of me, 640acres of state land adjoining the farm
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That sounds familiar. Home is 38 acres with deer in the field by the house every day, bear, bobcat, and cougar that we see sometimes, and on our walk the day before yesterday my wife and I counted at least 23 elk 200 feet from the property on timber company land.( I think we probably see these more when we don't shoot at them) We also have a 100 yd. shooting range with a concrete bench that's popular with family and friends. Beyond that lies 93,000 acres of state forest. (We hunted bear there today.) We still prefer hunting/camping trips when we can. Just 2 weeks ago we camped and hunted elk about 50 miles away with family and friends. Came home empty handed and wet, but happy. The home herds can be in reserve for hard times.
 
Brushcutter said:
That sounds familiar. Home is 38 acres with deer in the field by the house every day, bear, bobcat, and cougar that we see sometimes, and on our walk the day before yesterday my wife and I counted at least 23 elk 200 feet from the property on timber company land.( I think we probably see these more when we don't shoot at them) We also have a 100 yd. shooting range with a concrete bench that's popular with family and friends. Beyond that lies 93,000 acres of state forest. (We hunted bear there today.) We still prefer hunting/camping trips when we can. Just 2 weeks ago we camped and hunted elk about 50 miles away with family and friends. Came home empty handed and wet, but happy. The home herds can be in reserve for hard times.
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lol ill trade you! No elk here in northern Mn
 
I've shot many coyotes and some whitetail for the deck. Fortunate that I can see one neighbor about 1/4-1/3 mile down the road from me.
I'm happy people live in the city so I can enjoy the peacefulness of county life. 😁
 
Wilderness boundary 3 miles from my front door (as the crow flys) so yep but nowadays there's no guarantee I can draw that tag without having 5 preference points in the bank.

There are a lot of LRH folks from the west side of the state hunting units near me and I'm not talking about the range of shots they take.:p
 

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