Agreed on the distance thing. Our family hunting camp is about 2.5 hours from home. It's a perfecy distance for a weekend trip. And if needs be isn't too bad for just a day trip if we need to for something. Far enough away that it feels like we're going away, but close enough to get there regularly. In good weather we're there 2 weekends a month typically at least. Unless you have money to buy acreage, find land close to public land that you can hunt on. We have a little over 20 acres that our camp sits on, but have access to lots of land all around the area.
-Jake