Gas prices and hunting

terry-1 · Post by **terry-1** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:50 pm

Is anyone here having to change your hunting do to high gas prices? It will not make me any difference hunting at my Farm since I live there, but I have a hunting lease that is about 50 miles round trip on rural one lane roads and I am finding I burn about 1/4 tank of gas by the time I get there drive to my hunting spot and back home again. Thats about 15 dollars in gas right now. I beleive I will end up camping overnight some or staying the whole day morning to dark to get as much hunting as I can in for the $$$ it takes to get there and back. I never really paid much mind to gas before I just filled the tank and did what I like to do but with 3 cars, tractors and farm machines to keep fuel inl cost is unreal when I check my fuel bills at the end of the month. Also I went to buy wheat seed and cattle feed and the prices are all highest in years if not ever. The feeder dealer said he is haveing to pay a extra "fuel" charge for his shipments which is adding to the high prices.

Stalker · Post by **Stalker** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:02 pm

the guy's that I hunt with have agreed to cancel the moose trip this year....

.... it's a 16 hour drive one way (750 miles).... with gas prices the way they are it's too expensive to run 2 trucks with trailers.......

.... the deer around home might just be the ones who get the worst of it though.....

Woody Williams · Post by **Woody Williams** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:11 pm

Tomorrow morning my wife, myself and another couple are heading out west for a 3,000+ round trip.

If it was not for sharing gas expenses with the other couple I doubt very seriously if we woldl be going.

The van gets 30 mpg so that will 100 gallons at about $3 a gallon (if we get by that cheap) so we will both be out of pocket $150 for gas alone..

I'll be sure and take pictures. The elk in Yellowstone should be rutting and bugleing their heads off..

LoneWolf · Post by **LoneWolf** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:55 pm

It's gonna be more expensive to travel this year, but what can we do? They've got us by the short & curlies!... BUT, It sure isn't gonna stop me from doing what I love.

GonHuntin · Post by **GonHuntin** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 6:02 pm

Fortunately, I have a good bowhunting spot about 10 miles from me.....even at that, I probably won't be making as many trips.....in the past, I might run up to hunt for an hour......I'll probably save the fuel to hunt during the best conditions and when I have time to hunt for several hours..........

chris4570 · Post by **chris4570** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:11 pm

I'll keep hunting the same as before. I can't and won't stop. I'll just have to pinch pennies elsewhere.

ComfyBear · Post by **ComfyBear** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:20 pm

Since my hunting spot is approx. 285km, than 177 miles, it will mean an increase in my costs, especially when this morning gas was going for as high as 1.20 / litre, than's $4.54 for a US gallon, or $5.46 for a Imperial gallon.

Even with the exchange rate of the Canadian dollar that's 3.78/4.54 US dollars respectively.

GREY OWL · Post by **GREY OWL** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:27 pm

I'm glad now that we purchased (revenue) land instead of a cabin at the lake. The income offsets the gas bill, somewhat. I travel about 75 miles from my back door to our property. I'll stop eating before I stop hunting, uhhhh!! I guess if I hunt I am eating.

Fuel is $1.12 a litre x 4.54 litres to the Can. gallon, total of $5.0848/gal., anyway, to fill my 4x4 full size gas guzzler, its about $110.00- $115.00 a tank full.

If it wasn't for my kids, my wife and I would sell our home here in the city, build a cabin on our property, solar and wind power, get off the utilities company, and just hunt and make love.!!!

Grey Owl

Golden Eagle · Post by **Golden Eagle** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:00 pm

No it wont effect my hunting at all since I hunt in a rural country setting within a mile radius of my home, but it is putting a real damper on my fishing. I was at my fishing camp all week last week and only trolled 1 day even though the fish were biting good. I anchored up the rest of the days and fished for Perch.

wabi · Post by **wabi** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 9:07 pm

I'm lucky enough to have good hunting close to home. Most hunts are less than 10 miles round-trip, but that's still about $1.50 per hunt with current gas prices!
Guess I'll have to convince the wife I need to stay longer when I go hunting to cut the hourly costs!

frisky · Post by **frisky** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 9:36 pm

I hunt two places. One is 60 miles one way the other is 5 miles one way
The place that is 60 miles will get the rut hunt only. Most of my hunting time will be spent at the 5 mile place. And the close one has been beter to me for hunting, more deer and mostle bucks....what can I say?

A.W · Post by **A.W** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:47 am

If all goes well this weekend I'll be puting a trailer on my property and be able to stay up there for a weekend at a time. About 160 km (100 miles)round trip.

Woodsman · Post by **Woodsman** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:35 am

My deer hunting spot(and cottage) is 320 km round trip. I guess I'll be driving up in our Honda Civic in stead of our Grand Caravan!

I'll have cut my cost of gas in half by doing that.

ecoaster · Post by **ecoaster** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:03 pm

Hey Chris4570,

We'll just have to organize more carpooling trips this year. I'm very lucky to have a company truck as part of my employment. No gas, no payment, no isurance. It have been a lifesaver to not have to pay for these things since my wife lost her job. I don't abuse the privilage any more than anyone else at the company

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Woodsman · Post by **Woodsman** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 5:32 pm

ecoaster, where's that perch from!!!!!!!

That's friggin huge!