RE: My shortest hunt was...
Had 2 pretty short ones, both several years ago.
Absolute shortest was the first day of our winter muzzleloader season. We got to our property later in the morning, maybe around 10am. I loaded my Hawkin, got my gear, put on the snowshoes and started for the back of our lot. I was maybe 50 yards from the cabin when a doe walked out infront of me. (maybe 3 minutes from leaving the porch)
Next best was opening day of rifle season. Sitting in my stand since about1/2 hour before first light and an hour before the legal start at 7:30am (approximately). Had a few deer moving thru just after it started to lighten. Saw a decent buck in the brush near me. While I was tracking him with the binocs, I was keeping an eye on my time since there were some Game Wardens in the area. (God knows if they heard any shots before the "official" start they would be around) As soon as the clock hit "time" I had my shot off and he was down. (set the alarm on my watch to make 1 beep at opening time, when it went beepI picked up andshot)