Hiawatha, you are right. If you can get a job teaching in an area with big game hunting then that wouldn't be a bad deal. It wouldn't quite be the same experience as taking a week off at a time to hunt, but if you hunt on the weekends and after work you could definately get a good number of days in, more than if you actually made a trip out of it. sick days wouldn't be a bad way to go, either.

When I made my statement about teaching, I was referring more to someone in youngguns' situation. If you live in Tennessee, then your only option for big game hunting would be to make a big trip out of it - something that would be nearly impossible for a teacher to do.