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Handloader Super Member
Joined: Aug 22, 2005 Posts: 1032 Location: Phoenix, Arizona
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Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:28 pm Post subject: Re: How will fuel prices affect your hunting? |
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No effect here. My sole concern is availability. The price of gas is relative and if I were to vent my concern it would be toward government regulations that have kept new refineries off line and limited drilling in areas of proven reserves.
I'll travel from Arizona to Idaho twice for hunts there as well as a few instate hunts that equate to 600+ miles roundtrip each. I travel about 300 to 400 miles a week on varmint hunts this time of year, too.
This past year I've done some reworking on the F150 (inline 6, 5 sp stick) that has upped mileage from 15.5mpg highway to 19mpg. Usually I travel with one other hunter and, when the expenses are shared, it equates to 38mpg or, by today's prices, seven cents per mile. I have one motorcycle that gets 62mpg. Its only 3 miles to work; usually, I take a bicycle to work most days of the work week.
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delboy Member
Joined: Apr 21, 2005 Posts: 240 Location: London England
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Bushmaster Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 11390 Location: Ava, Missouri
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kbis Super Member
Joined: Apr 05, 2005 Posts: 312 Location: East, Texas
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:31 pm Post subject: Re: How will fuel prices affect your hunting? |
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Some of us are stuck with those big gas guzzelers, if you want to get around. The small cars and trucks just don't stand up on our dirt roads and if you need to pull a neighbor out of a ditch, you need all the grunt you can muster. My wifes 03 GMC 4X4 PU got 18 MPG on our last trip, which is not to bad for a 5.3 L engine. Of course gas went from $2.519 to 2.999 today . I guess we won't be making as many trips.
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Handloader Super Member
Joined: Aug 22, 2005 Posts: 1032 Location: Phoenix, Arizona
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Bushmaster Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 11390 Location: Ava, Missouri
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:16 am Post subject: Re: How will fuel prices affect your hunting? |
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Aah...Come on now handloader (half of my E-mail address). Let's keep it on the funny side. I hope this is all in fun....
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15704 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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515034s10ring Super Member
Joined: Sep 08, 2005 Posts: 1153 Location: Working my way back up and around
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:14 pm Post subject: Re: How will fuel prices affect your hunting? |
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Won't change anything here as well.
ALTHOUGH......I think the recent diesel bash as t a few places in my area really sucks! What's going on is gas stations feel the need to charge 50 cents MORE for diesel than regular unleaded?
However, i am very thankful that i get over 20 MPG in all of my trucks but i still wonder why the need to charge soo much more for diesel, when it used to be on average 10-30 cents cheaper 10 years ago?
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kbis Super Member
Joined: Apr 05, 2005 Posts: 312 Location: East, Texas
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 4:12 pm Post subject: Re: How will fuel prices affect your hunting? |
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515034s10ring- cheer up, at least you can get diesel or gas. Since Rita hit we are having a hard time getting any fuel and when you can , you can only buy $25 or $30 worth at a time depending on the station.
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515034s10ring Super Member
Joined: Sep 08, 2005 Posts: 1153 Location: Working my way back up and around
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jarhead7481 Rookie Member
Joined: Aug 26, 2005 Posts: 20 Location: Tennessee
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 4:36 pm Post subject: Re: How will fuel prices affect your hunting? |
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515034s10ring wrote: |
However, i am very thankful that i get over 20 MPG in all of my trucks but i still wonder why the need to charge soo much more for diesel, when it used to be on average 10-30 cents cheaper 10 years ago? |
I think it might have something to do with the discount given for three axle permit holders!
As far as putting the skids on my hunting trip. Well I have been waiting too long for this trip. I've been working overtime just to get a little extra to offset the price of gas.
Hopefully three weeks will have an effect on the prices (lower) then I can stop at Cabelas the extra. If they do not go down then I will have to wait to go shopping for more toys.
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515034s10ring Super Member
Joined: Sep 08, 2005 Posts: 1153 Location: Working my way back up and around
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 4:42 pm Post subject: Re: How will fuel prices affect your hunting? |
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jarhead7481 wrote: |
I think it might have something to do with the discount given for three axle permit holders! |
I drive a F250 and F350 though?
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kbis Super Member
Joined: Apr 05, 2005 Posts: 312 Location: East, Texas
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 4:51 pm Post subject: Re: How will fuel prices affect your hunting? |
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10ring- It looks exactly like the gas lines of the 70's. With short tempers everywhere. Now people don't ask hows its going, they ask which station has gas. At least most of us have electricty now and the stores are getting stocked so we can get food. We are a lot better off than the people to the south of us.
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Bushmaster Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 11390 Location: Ava, Missouri
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 5:43 pm Post subject: Re: How will fuel prices affect your hunting? |
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No four cylinder engine is going to pull a horse trailer...I'm going to keep my 350cid GMC. No choice or sell the horses and that won't happen...
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515034s10ring Super Member
Joined: Sep 08, 2005 Posts: 1153 Location: Working my way back up and around
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