[mainecoon]

Just interested to see what the typical distance is, and maybe some epic journeys.

[jdh]

Does the forced march in Basic training count?

[henschman]

I just did a 2+ mile run and gun this summer, and in October I am doing the Pecos Run n' Gun, which is 6-7 miles (both with my M1A). It is some fun stuff, and gives you a good excuse to stay in shape throughout the year!

[rcmodel]

Counting Army Basic & Advanced Infantry training?

I'd guess about 2 days tops.

rc

[MachIVshooter]

There's virtually no way to calculate the distance you've actually walked while hunting, but I'm quite positive I've put in some 20+ mile days.

Also, 5 miles walked may only be 2 or 3 miles traveled in rough country; Having to go around a boulder or dense group of trees, or having to navigate rock outcroppings may require the same amount of motion as travelling two or three times that distance on flat ground without obstructions.

[ApacheCoTodd]

Months on end with one in hand or at hand but for a single timed and measured instance there have been a couple-three 20 milers in the Army. I don't think I've ever been afoot for one movement tactically for a distance longer than that in a single days movement. At least two of those 20 milers were with a M-203 in an unnecessary gesture of "principal" that was silly. A bunch of 12 milers too but they faded away in memory when SF went to the 20s.

[oldguy870]

I carry a GPS and it can easily measure distance walked. I carry my AR15 about 5 miles each time I go coyote hunting. 8 miles is my longest.

[MachIVshooter]

I carry a GPS and it can easily measure distance walked covered. I carry my AR15 about 5 miles each time I go coyote hunting. 8 miles is my longest.

Fixed that for ya ;)

[loose noose]

The last deer hunt I went on in Arizona, I had a pedometer which was pretty accurate, and showed I traveled, on foot, a little over 11 miles. BTW I did get the deer but I had to trail it for at least 3 miles.:)

[Wishoot]

I've lugged a heavy shotgun for miles while pheasant hunting. Does that count?

[Warp]

< 1/2 mile.

No military experience, never gone hunting, never lived somewhere I could go walking around with a rifle and not probably cause a disturbance of some kind.

[guntech59]

How far is it from NY to Saudi Arabia....that is how far.

[meanmrmustard]

< 1/2 mile.

No military experience, never gone hunting, never lived somewhere I could go walking around with a rifle and not probably cause a disturbance of some kind.
That is a shame.

[exbrit49]

11 miles from the base to the nearest town and back for a total of 22 miles. Carrying full pack as well as the Enfield 4 mk 1.
THe worst of it was, it was to punish us for something the officers had done in town. It wasnt us! We just got the blame. The march started at midnight so it was a longggggggggg night. lots of sore feet. But we all made it, with no dropouts!
I guess they call it character training LOL
:confused:

[crazyjennyblack]

Probably close to 1,000 miles. Of course, I was in a car! :evil:

On foot, I've lugged rifles into the woods and around about... so maybe 1-5 miles?

[Saakee]

I carried a rifle from a rifle shop home walking about four miles with the rifle barrel sticking up out of my backpack (ar-15 broken down) wearing all black: probably wasn't the best idea since I had to walk past two universities AND a grade school.

[bhhacker]

Just lugged my Browning BAR 7 miles. 3.5 miles each way to a cabin up in Juneau, Ak.

That was the longest ive done it. That situation really made me think more about physical fitness and a whole lot less about bug out gear and the like.


Doesnt do you a whole lot of good to not be used to carrying a bunch of crap and expect to be able to if you need. Not to mention i was carrying enough gear for all 8 of us staying for the weekend. I was told that it was a "short 45 minute" hike. HAH. If that was only true.

[LoonWulf]

I used to do a "hunt" from my house up a gultch finger around and back down that was about 5-6 miles one way, never shot at anything till i was on my way home lol.

[mnhntr]

25 mile road march courtesy of uncle sam.

[Grunt]

From the Atlantic to the Pacific...in 2 days!!! No, seriously, in Panama along the cannal zone. They were using 5-tons for all the hump drops but I can hold my head high and say that I made it on my own. Some may say that FMF means "Fleet Marine Force" but we always knew it at "F**k My Feet!":evil:

[Vern Humphrey]

I've crossed the Isthmus of Panama and the Panhandle of Viet Nam.

[Ehtereon11B]

In military experience 12 and 25 milers are the norm but are not "counted" because the rifle was unloaded. With a loaded weapon I think my longest was close to 35 miles while overseas.

Outside cammies with my own weapons my longest was probably 5 or 6 miles.

[goalie]

A long, long way in the Marines

[Double_J]

I remember packing a browning a5 about 5 miles while hunting dove. my feet and arms were killing me afterward. AND we only saw 2 birds, both too far away to shoot. (that was a long time ago, now i appreciate a good sling)

[beatledog7]

Military, about 7.5 miles as I recall.

[bushmaster1313]

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[jaysouth]

About 11 1/2 months with a basic load of 400 rounds, 4 frags, a claymore, two trip flares, two smoke grenades, an entrenching tool and a machete.

On really fun days, we got to also hump a mortar round or a belt of machine gun ammo. Some days we got so carried away that we found a couple of 81mm mortars to break down and distribute to the troops to add to our tropical experience.

[Art Eatman]

At the deer lease not far north of Uvalde, a typical hunting loop was commonly two to three miles.

At Terlingua, I've made many and many a hunting loop of a dozen miles. The longest single jaunt was, from the topo map, eight miles airline, each way. Probably twenty and maybe a little more, considering the hills and canyons.

My usual quail hunt in the Lefthand Shutup creek bottom was three miles down to the Blackrock Waterfall and then back.

[HOWARD J]

Deer hunting---about 14 miles-- we got lost---I MEAN TURNED AROUND

[Clayton86]

Coyote hunting with hounds 5+ easy without thinking about it.

being military and infantry I'v walked pretty far with a rifle. Just went for EIB last month there's a 12mi ruck involved and you carry your rifle.......

[Tim the student]

Hunting - not much, especially rifles. Shotguns, maybe 5 or 6 miles.

On the other hand, Uncle Sugar likes to put some miles on you, and the 82D ABN likes it more than he does!

Just went for EIB last month there's a 12mi ruck involved and you carry your rifle.......

So, didja earn it?

[Flatbush Harry]

Two weekends marching punishment tours to work off some excess gigs as a ROTC cadet during summer camp. Eight hours a day for six days. Quite a bit for an Air Force puke.

FH

[holdencm9]

I dunno, USMC OCS....12 miles I think was the longest we ever did. Does that count? Or does it have to be loaded :)

[Clayton86]

Hunting - not much, especially rifles. Shotguns, maybe 5 or 6 miles.

On the other hand, Uncle Sugar likes to put some miles on you, and the 82D ABN likes it more than he does!



So, didja earn it?
No the whole company "tried" out for it I would have passed everything as we gave our own here to prepare the whole course over and over but when it came down to sending guys the numbers went from the whole company to 50 guys then cut even more down to 21 only guys who are staying in and can use the promotion points. I ETS Feb next year and have no plans of going any farther I'm more then content as a E4 SPC/CPL.....I'm a Cpl for the deployment then get bumped back to Spc after we get back as there is "no need" for Cpl when state side what ever that means us in E4 team leader spots got our Cpl with our demotion date on our promotion orders lol. So yeah no EIB for me which is fine we let the younger newer guys who could use the experience and points go for it out of 21 we sent only 2 got it 1 of them being my squad leader who got it "True Blue" no no goes got all 4 points on the land nav and had I think 13 minutes to spare on his ruck time he's going to pathfinder day after tomorrow. One of the bonus's to getting this crap deployment as infantry there throwing schools at us like crazy I was up in Germany a few months ago for Small Arms Expert Marksmen and I got Squad Designated Marksmen school just before shipping out when the plan WAS to go to Afghanistan.

[siglite]

A long, long way in the Marines
This. A really long way. A really.... really long way.

Ugh.

[Esoxchaser]

Our typical small game/ grouse hunt in federal forests in MI can easily include 6-10 miles a day. Usually I lug a shotgun or a trusty old Savage Model 24 in 22LR over 20ga. Never used to phase me at all, but at the far side of 50 I end up tired at the end of the day.

[RevGeo]

Does humpin' the boonies count? Seems like it was a long ways, but it was a long time ago.

[kymarkh]

25 miles. Straight leg infantry for 3 years in the 80's.

[Trung Si]

Over 20 Miles, Army Basic Tng. M1, also Army Ranger School, M 14, 0ver 5 Miles, Viet Nam, M 16, M 60!:cuss:

[kBob]

Many. I did get my EIB. Also took part in a couple of "International Danau Waffen Lauf" competing against Germans, Brits, French, Belgies, Canadians,and Swiss and maybe a few others (had Czech observer and Russian observer(Soviet Military Laison Mission SMLM "Smell'em") many moons before the fall of the evil empire) My four man team won best "auslander" forigner cup one year. Part of that was 20 Km on the clock carrying a set weight and a G3 rifle. The other year(1974) team consisted of two GIs one German Jager and one old man reservist German WWII vet (SS) "team International" got a meantion at the awards supper. One year I was on one of the German TV channels staggering through the little obstical course.

As light weapons Infantryman in a true light unit we typically used LPCs for transport.....that's LEATHER PERSONEL CARRIERS aka boots aka Desiels as Des'll get you there.

These days I am happy to restrict my marches to out to the mail box AND back with or with out knee brace or cane.

-kBob

[ORHunter79]

About 45 miles in 54 hours. They call it the "crucible" in Marine Corps recruit training. In addition to that we had packs that weighed about 50-60 lbs, plus ammo, got about 3 hours of sleep, had to overcome multiple obstacle course and to top it all off we only got to eat 3 MRE's. And incase your wandering, yes, it sucked. LOL

[Infidel4life11]

Besides the Army, I went on an ELK hunt and covered 10miles in the mountains with a 12lbs rifle. Worst part was I shot the ELK 5miles into the hunt and had to carry him the other 5miles back. Ain't been Elk hunting since lol.

[CraigC]

We covered 7-8miles one day in the GA mountains. Got lost in a wildlife management area in Florida once and I swear it seemed a lot further than that, even though it was all flat.

[C-grunt]

Right around 30 miles for the Bayonet March in Basic.

Then during the invasion of Iraq we covered a lot of miles on foot clearing the outskirts of Baghdad. I did that with a SAW and 900 rounds. Long days.

[dondavis3]

In the Military - multiple 10 to 20 mile marches.

Hunting - my gosh - a million miles Elk hunting for over 30 years.

And a million and a half miles Quail & Pheasant hunting.

It was fun tho.

:cool:

[meanmrmustard]

?.. Elf hunting for over 30 years.

It was fun tho.

:cool:

:eek: did you come across any Orcs?!?!

[rugerdude]

I have done ruck runs up to 10 miles with a rubber rifle and 50lb pack, and patrols in Afghanistan that were normally under 5 miles each way. Training patrols....jeez..... I'm not sure numbers go that high. Also, Camp Pendleton isn't the flattest of places.

The problem for me on my second deployment to Afghanistan was not the distance, it was the rifle. The M60 and M240 have got nothing on the 35lbs of M107 .50 cal. That rifle caused me more pain than anyone who was on the other end of it. A little on the loud side too. Come to think of it, why in the hell did I ever carry that big dumb gun?.......Oh yeah, explodie-bullets. :D

[dondavis3]

@ meanmrmustard

Good catch - :what:

I changed it :D

:cool:

[ChefJeff1]

My last successful elk hunt was about 15 hours including packing out the meat. I did leave the rifle in my truck after the first load but it was a long day regardless.

I hunt with an external frame hauler where I can hang my rifle on the frame and don't feel the weight. It's good for the hike out.

[Still Shooting]

When I started deer hunting with my Dad and Granddad at the club in the Adirondacks, it was all Drives and Watchers. I discovered there was a "price" for acceptance into that group! -It meant you were a Driver all day, and when anyone shot a buck, you were the "Dragger" either off of the ridge, or up out of the swamp! If it was an uphill walk for the drive, I was always the last guy dropped off by the Guide/Caretaker. I remember one day in that first week when we ran 7 drives, and there were 4 bucks shot...

I have also walked 8-10 miles/day hunting grouse, pheasant, and woodcock on a couple thousand acres of central Conn. farms and woods that a Club I belonged to had signed up on the State permit program (of course, now most of those acres are subdivisions, darnit!)

[R.W.Dale]

Probably while walking the entire Tulsa gunshow




posted via that mobile app with the sig lines everyone complaints about

[Art Eatman]

"Probably while walking the entire Tulsa gunshow."

I do believe we have a winner!

:D:D:D

[taliv]

heh, too funny

the tulsa gun show should have their own bumper stickers like "13.1" "26.2" and the ironman ones...