Will gas prices have a effect with your turkey season this year. Suppose to hit $5 by summer. I half to drive a hour one way to both my farms starting to plan for it now should have planned months ago
Lot of miles to put on,but want effect us.
It shouldn't affect me as I drive a company truck that I get to use for personal use. Hopefully gas prices don't get so high that I have to start paying for my personal gas or else it might affect my hunting!
Won't affect me.
Heard a rumor we might see $6 a gallon by June.
Probably not.
It only comes once per year and we can't be certain how many springs we are given.
It will only hurt me in that I will drive my car and walk from the gate in to where I am hunting. Oh well I need the exercise anyway!
I drive anywhere from 25 to 100 miles one way to hunt so the Silverado will stay in the drive way most mornings even at $3.50 a gallon like it is now.
Nope I'm not letting the idiots who control the gas price control one of the things I enjoy most in life!
No
I hope not.
It will affect me. I will spend a lot more money than I normally would, but I will still go on my trips!
I will let it affect other things, but it won't change my hunting plans this spring.
I like a hunting truck as much as the next guy but gas prices dont make me love em as much as I used to, the truck will stay at home unless we're hauling the trailer from now on. Have a good friend that owns a car lot and he hooked my dad up with a Toyota Highlander Hybrid for about 7k under bluebook value. We will use that for all our out of state trips, holds as much gear as the truck did with the rear seats removed and cranks out double the milage the truck got us.
Wont stop hunting, just need to adapt strategies
Ever notice how gas prices always rise in spring and summer? Come fall and winter they fall,got anything to do vacations or spring break? I personally think they are just greedy and have gotten used to record profits every quarter. But don't listen to me, my wife tells me crazy all the time leaving at 4
;30 just to chase big chickens. :OGani:
They will effect me to some extent. I have public land spots ranging from a 10 mile to a 35 mile drive. I'll be hunting closer more often than not with gas this high.
On our out of state trips, I imagine we will spending more time in the woods in a certain area and less time driving around exploring the public land from the road.
I hope to hunt with a friend in south central OK. The drive will be about 5 hours probably. That may be my only trip for the season. Where I hunt in KS is about a 6 hour drive. I'd love to get my dad out to Western OK, but that is about a 6 hour drive as well.
One of my spots on public land is right at a 100 mile drive one way. I have a couple more spots between 35-75 miles. Think I will be hunting the closer ones more this year. I wont be making a 900 mile trip up to Kansas this year. But I will still hunt and hunt hard at that ! :turkey2:
I'll pay for it later. :happy0064:
Yep, I will cuss all the way there and all the way back. :funnyturkey:
Absolutely NOT, i'll go broke if I have to ;D
Nope aint gonna slow me down.
My turkey season is only one moth long and once a year.......so no, I WILL NOT let the price of gas stop me from hunting!!
in a way it is but i had planned on doing what i a anyhow, before prices started up.
it is hour an half drive to the forest where i hunt. i am going to camp a bunch in the forest, .spend 3 to 4 days there then come home for a few and then do it again. where i am planning on camping is not far from where i hunt.
in olk we might stay in a tent for a week.
scott
I hope not
Yeah turkey season is gonna cost more. I will just have to cut back some where else. ;D
Quote from: flintlock on February 23, 2012, 04:35:12 PM
Yep, I will cuss all the way there and all the way back. :funnyturkey:
I'll be doing the same I'm sure... except I'll be grinning on the way home if I got a tom in the bed of my truck. :happy0064:
I will have to travel 65 miles one way to go to my spot, but no way will it stop me from getting out there :smiley-char092:
Yes it will definately effect :OGturkeyhead: me. Trying to figure out what i will have to cut back on. Guess my wife will have cook more and eat at home.lol
I'm still going to hunt. I will cut back on other things if necessary.
I guess I'm because I hunt 10 minutes from my house.
I think I'll be OK, I guess. The 5 farms I hunt are less than 20 minutes from my house. If it gets too bad, I'll ride the quad.
Not at all. I walk either across the road or behind the house and am on Shawnee National Forest in about 5 minutes. That's where I do all my spring gobbler hunting and deer hunting.
Gas prices won't bother me much as far as hunting goes. I can walk right from my house and be turkey hunting in 5 minutes! Most other places I hunt are within 20 to 30 min. drive.
Let me think.......6,500 miles or better (based on the past 5-6 years), spending time in the woods with family and friends, being a part of at least two Alabama limits, and getting them on film.........Priceless!
I say NO, gas prices will not not make a difference, turkey season only comes round one time a year, I'm going all out! ;)
HC
Quote from: Hardcore on February 23, 2012, 10:21:18 PM
Let me think.......6,500 miles or better (based on the past 5-6 years), spending time in the woods with family and friends, being a part of at least two Alabama limits, and getting them on film.........Priceless!
I say NO, gas prices will not not make a difference, turkey season only comes round one time a year, I'm going all out! ;)
HC
Heck no............ I'm riding with him. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: Flydown on February 23, 2012, 10:30:20 PM
Quote from: Hardcore on February 23, 2012, 10:21:18 PM
Let me think.......6,500 miles or better (based on the past 5-6 years), spending time in the woods with family and friends, being a part of at least two Alabama limits, and getting them on film.........Priceless!
I say NO, gas prices will not not make a difference, turkey season only comes round one time a year, I'm going all out! ;)
HC
Heck no............ I'm riding with him. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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HC
Yes, and no. I'm still going to Alabama, but, like last year, I'll drive as little as possible once there. There is a WMA about 40 miles from where I do most of my hunting, and stay with friends, and I wanted to hunt up there a couple of days last year, but when I got to thinking about putting another 100 miles on my Jeep to do so each day, I ended up hunting close to where I stayed the whole 10 days. I also will probably not go to Kansas again this year. It is tough for me to get away, because of owning a mowing business, but if the costs were not so high, I'd probably make time to go, even if it were only for one day at a time.
My Jeep gets a little better mileage than most trucks, but there are better options out there now. Problem is, it is paid for, so there is no way you are going to save enough money on fuel to make payments on a newer vehicle, unless you drive a bunch, which I don't.
Dont think it will hit 5....it's the same story every year.
Yes. Doubt I will hunt much more than a few minutes from the house. My truck is paid off and I plan on keeping it, but it is not economical to drive every day. I'm looking at a 4cy as my next vehicle. I hate to say it but we will never see cheap gas again. The price will keep going up and our incomes won't. I don't think I'll see $5 here, but other parts of the country certainly will and some have this past week.
It wont affect me at home but the out of state trip I am planning, I'm just gonna fly. I'd love to make the 12 hour drive with my son but It is gonna be a lot cheaper for me to use some of my frequent flyer miles to get up there and then rent a car.
No, I might pay later with a big credit card bill but it will not affect me
No, I don't care what the gas prices are, I'm still going hunting. Life is too short and hunting spring gobblers is my favorite thing to do.
Not at all, I only have to travel 10 mins to where I hunt so it won't hurt me at all
Screw it! The youngster will just hafta go to community college. :D
It might, working in the RV industry we will see how hard the gas prices effect the business and go from there.
Quote from: Rio Fan on February 24, 2012, 02:25:12 PM
No, I don't care what the gas prices are, I'm still going hunting. Life is too short and hunting spring gobblers is my favorite thing to do.
:agreed:
I do alot of driving. It's gonna hurt for sure. I'll do more sleep overs.
I will be honest, it will hit hard for me but will find a way to hunt no matter what is going on; my trip to N Missouri is a 6 hr drive but will make it and be thankful...............rem
Not gonna bother me in the least. I'll ride a bicycle if I have to! :bike2:
Lord willing it won't...every year I get to step in the woods in the spring is a true blessing and I believe this yer won't be no different!!
God Bless
Most of my hunting is local within 25 miles. It'll cost more but won't change my hunting plans
Quote from: stinkpickle on February 24, 2012, 03:55:26 PM
Screw it! The youngster will just hafta go to community college. :D
Heck yea, Mike Honcho turned out alright! :you_rock: :you_rock: :you_rock:
Still gonna go, but the back seat of my truck is gonna get a lot of use.
NO!! I'm 64, and on the tail end of my hunting. I'll find the money somehow.
gas it supposed to hit $6+ a gallon up here in Canada. That being said it will mean the bass boat stays in the driveway but I will not cut back on my hunting.
Quote from: CASH on February 26, 2012, 05:14:38 AM
Still gonna go, but the back seat of my truck is gonna get a lot of use.
Brokeback turkey hunter???!!
Haha, I had to Cash!
Quote from: VaTuRkStOmPeR on February 26, 2012, 07:34:04 AM
Quote from: CASH on February 26, 2012, 05:14:38 AM
Still gonna go, but the back seat of my truck is gonna get a lot of use.
Brokeback turkey hunter???!!
Haha, I had to Cash!
Haha. (dripping with sarcasm)
Quote from: pseshooter300 on February 23, 2012, 03:17:39 PM
Will gas prices have a effect with your turkey season this year. Suppose to hit $5 by summer. I half to drive a hour one way to both my farms starting to plan for it now should have planned months ago
I drive 2 1/2 hrs. to Turkey hunt. I still plan on being there even if I have to drive my wife's Toyota Corolla.
I had to let go of a very nice lease i had that was holding alot of birds that was a 3 hour drive for me, got another one that is an hour from the house but it will be a gamble.
Its gonna be painful, but I'll tough it out. Not gonna let it ruin my season. :fud: :OGturkeyhead: