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Weekends in camp
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02/20/20 06:41 PM
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Posts: 2,183 Central to South AL
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Spinoff to number of hunts thread. If you: -Live within an 1 or 2 hour of your camp ( call this easy driving distance for this survey) - have a house , trailer or camper to stay in -are married, but don't have children at home ( rarely stayed overnight until kids were HS age, so from 1995 until 2013)
How many nights did you stay away from home? Stay defined as one night.
This is my situation, and a weird year with weather, but I "stayed" at camp 9 times.
Just curious. Not sure if this is a lot or not compared to others.I would have liked to have stayed more.
WDE
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02/20/20 07:00 PM
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top cat
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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Married As the crow flies about 2 miles but bout 7 to actually drive. Have a cabin but no power but have a propain generator and lights. Spent about 10-12 nights a season. Don't come home for days sometimes. Quite. Only lights to be seen at night are stars.
LUCK:::; When presistence, dedication, perspiration and preparation meet up with opportunity!!! - - - - - - - -A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jeferson - - - - - - - -
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Re: Weekends in camp
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02/20/20 07:04 PM
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marshmud991
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405 miles to the camp. I’ve stayed as many as 21 days straight. That’s a long time away from home
It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chews your a$$ all day long.
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Re: Weekends in camp
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02/20/20 07:06 PM
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Married As the crow flies about 2 miles but bout 7 to actually drive. Have a cabin but no power but have a propain generator and lights. Spent about 10-12 nights a season. Don't coke home for days sometimes. Quite. Only lights to be seen at night are stars. Top Cat has got it whooped!
WDE
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02/20/20 08:19 PM
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Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 44,211 North Alabama
Wiley Coyote
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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Happily divorced since 1985 175 miles one way. Cabin with all amenities Grandkids when my son brings them(every other weekend) 2 or 3 nights to a week at a time Quite rural but 5 to 15 minutes from required supplies Had this lease for 21 years now and love it
I firmly believe that a double gallows should be constructed on the East Lawn of The White House. Politicians who willfully and shamelessly violate their oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America should be swiftly tried and, upon conviction, publicly hanged at sunup the day after conviction. If multiple convicts are to be hanged they can choose with whom to share the gallows or names shall be drawn from the hangman's hat to be hanged 2 at a time.
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02/20/20 09:01 PM
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Posts: 10,414 Scottsboro, Al
jbatey1
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I’m 25 minutes from our land. We have a 100’ metal building and have been in the slow process of building an apartment in it. We have a few campers and single wide on the property, but I ain’t sleeping in those things until I give them a little TLC. I’ve never stayed the night up there and may or may not after we finish the living quarters in the building.
The fool tells me his reasons; the wise man persuades me with my own.
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02/20/20 09:03 PM
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Posts: 10,414 Scottsboro, Al
jbatey1
Lucky Bastage
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I wish my wife would agree to build a house up there, 2 miles of bluff line. Gorgeous views. It’s to far out in the “boondocks” for her liking though. Maybe one day.
The fool tells me his reasons; the wise man persuades me with my own.
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Re: Weekends in camp
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02/20/20 10:20 PM
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jb20
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Yep when my boys get a bit older I'll probably join a club just to get away with them..or build a cabin on creek...i got more land than I can hunt now and young kids so it don't make sense to drive even tho deer pop sucks
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Ben Franklin
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02/21/20 04:46 AM
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jacannon
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105 miles door to door. I have an old construction trailer we remodeled. I spend 2 or 3 nights a week there during hunting season and maybe 1 day a week the rest of the year There is always something that needs doing.
Grandma said...Always keep a gun close at hand, you just never know when you might run across some varmint that needs killing...
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02/21/20 10:41 PM
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Posts: 16,495 Guntersville
AC870
Old Mossy Horns
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I either don’t have a camp or live at my camp. I dunno. It sounds awful cool, having a camp, but some of y’all doing a lot of driving.
“Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.”
On the distance I like to walk to my stands: “The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”
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02/22/20 02:43 PM
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Posts: 16,495 Guntersville
AC870
Old Mossy Horns
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Camping sounds fun too. I’ve never owned a camper.
“Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.”
On the distance I like to walk to my stands: “The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”
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02/22/20 04:14 PM
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Posts: 16,495 Guntersville
AC870
Old Mossy Horns
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We had a place in Virginia for years and years. My uncle liked to cook like that. We called him “the camp bitch.” Hell, he took to calling himself that.
“Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.”
On the distance I like to walk to my stands: “The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”
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02/22/20 04:21 PM
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Posts: 3,884 Montgomery, Alabama
bama1971
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We had a place in Virginia for years and years. My uncle liked to cook like that. We called him “the camp bitch.” Hell, he took to calling himself that.
Have several buddies who would prefer to cook than hunt. Hell, have several who prefer to work on tractor than hunt. Best to keep both around
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02/22/20 06:08 PM
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Seems like the evolution from hard core hunter to camp cook is a common theme. Happened in ours as well. We also have some guys that came to 3 or 4 workdays and never sat in a stand this year.
WDE
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02/22/20 11:04 PM
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Posts: 3,462 Central Alabama
MC21
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Seems like the evolution from hard core hunter to camp cook is a common theme. Happened in ours as well. We also have some guys that came to 3 or 4 workdays and never sat in a stand this year. Make no mistake though. Our camp cook is a big buck killer when he wants to be. He’s got an impressive trophy room. But kind of like what you are saying I think. He’s at the point where he just enjoys camp and would rather see someone else get a deer
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02/23/20 03:38 PM
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Seems like the evolution from hard core hunter to camp cook is a common theme. Happened in ours as well. We also have some guys that came to 3 or 4 workdays and never sat in a stand this year. Make no mistake though. Our camp cook is a big buck killer when he wants to be. He’s got an impressive trophy room. But kind of like what you are saying I think. He’s at the point where he just enjoys camp and would rather see someone else get a deer Well said. The camp cook is my dad now.... Killed more deer and better deer over the years than most members in our club(s). But now for him it is about relaxing, cooking and enjoying stories of the day as much as anything. That said, year in year out, he kills one of the nicest deer taken each year.
WDE
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02/24/20 01:43 PM
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dagwood
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I live 45 mintes away married no kids at home. Including turkey about 50-60 nights a year.
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02/24/20 02:04 PM
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Posts: 1,898 south of hills, north of plain...
RareBreed
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Married with 2 kids 8 and 10. One property is a mile up the road, the other is about 10 miles. I have a small cabin at the farthest location. Power, water, toilet and a roof over my head. Spent about 4 weekends at the cabin but only sat in a stand 5 times.
"I didnt mean to kill nobody, I just meant to shoot him once in the head and two times in the chest. Him dying was between he and the Lord." Legendary bluesman R.L. Burnside
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02/24/20 03:27 PM
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Posts: 1,967 Opelika, AL
AU_trout_bum
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Camp is 15 mi away with a barndo. Married with a 2 year old at home. I didn't stay a single night because I didn't need to. Will be a different story during turkey season.
Author, Fly Fishing for Redeye Bass: An Adventure Across Southern Waters JacksonKayak Fishing Team --------------------------------------------------- "I do not hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt them because I have to." - Tom Kelly
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02/24/20 09:47 PM
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Posts: 4,686 McCalla, Al
hopper35005
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Camp is 120 miles away I have a camper and a single wide trailer that are nice, Married with 2 children and we went 41 days total this season, however we go all year which increases that number All amenities of home including cable tv, 24 days hunting without my wife and kids, which brings the total to 65 days, 5 weeks vacation and 14 sick days
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02/25/20 11:18 AM
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my club is an 18 minute drive from my driveway to the club gate........needless to say, I sleep at home in my sleep number bed with a pretty gal next to me
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02/25/20 03:39 PM
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Spinoff to number of hunts thread. If you: -Live within an 1 or 2 hour of your camp ( call this easy driving distance for this survey) - have a house , trailer or camper to stay in -are married, but don't have children at home ( rarely stayed overnight until kids were HS age, so from 1995 until 2013)
How many nights did you stay away from home? Stay defined as one night.
This is my situation, and a weird year with weather, but I "stayed" at camp 9 times.
Just curious. Not sure if this is a lot or not compared to others.I would have liked to have stayed more. I have a 100mi drive. Wife and no kids at home. Wife occasionally goes to camp with me because I have a 3br/2ba singlewide with full kitchen including refrigerator/freezer, central heat and A/C and satellite TV. When I go, I'm staying 2 nights minimum barring something unforeseen. I'd guess I stayed 20 nights or more.
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02/29/20 02:53 PM
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Married with 2 grown kids. Went to the camp every weekend from September first until last weekend. Kids came in most weekends and the wife even came for a couple.
Camphose is a misnomer. It has full kitchen, laundry, hot water, central ac, dish network. There isnt much I have at home that I dont have at the camp.
Camp is about an hour away....
I love my country, but don't trust my government.
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03/05/20 01:41 PM
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Married with 2 grown kids. Went to the camp every weekend from September first until last weekend. Kids came in most weekends and the wife even came for a couple.
Camphose is a misnomer. It has full kitchen, laundry, hot water, central ac, dish network. There isnt much I have at home that I dont have at the camp.
Camp is about an hour away.... I didn't even county my preseason working weekends that started in August..
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03/07/20 03:58 PM
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Married with 2 grown kids. Went to the camp every weekend from September first until last weekend. Kids came in most weekends and the wife even came for a couple.
Camphose is a misnomer. It has full kitchen, laundry, hot water, central ac, dish network. There isnt much I have at home that I dont have at the camp.
Camp is about an hour away.... I didn't even county my preseason working weekends that started in August.. 280- I had about as many work weekends as I did hunting weekends- they start in Turkey season for me and run thru November.... I could add 6 to my total.
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03/07/20 06:01 PM
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Never stayed, come home to the wife.
“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.” Napoleon Hill The most difficult thing to understand during conversation is silence. Thoreau
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03/08/20 08:10 AM
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Married with 2 grown kids. Went to the camp every weekend from September first until last weekend. Kids came in most weekends and the wife even came for a couple.
Camphose is a misnomer. It has full kitchen, laundry, hot water, central ac, dish network. There isnt much I have at home that I dont have at the camp.
Camp is about an hour away.... I didn't even county my preseason working weekends that started in August.. 280- I had about as many work weekends as I did hunting weekends- they start in Turkey season for me and run thru November.... I could add 6 to my total. If I turkey hunted I’d probably be single again lol
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