This is a vacation for me too. I'm putting everything into this hunt. It might be my only hunt for next year. I've always got up at 3am, and drove to my hunting areas. I could do it in this hunt too. It's only 40min away, but I don't want that. I plan on staying there for the whole hunt.

I don't need to get there early. I'll have it scouted out by the time ML season starts. I'll get there the afternoon before the first day of the season.

This is another thing I didn't mention. I don't plan on setting up camp in one area, and staying there for the whole hunt. It's a huge area, and has lots of good areas to hunt. If one area doesn't work out, or if too many hunters are in the area. I'll move right away. So, I need to stay pretty mobile with an easy to setup camp.

Sort of like backpacking in a Jeep.