Ive had over 80 days in a stand this season with a bow and probably 6 days with a firearm.I would guess averaging 3 hours per sit. Ive had probably18 encounters with maybe5 realistic shots with a bow, and 1 with a gun. I got lucky and took 2 mature bucks with a bow and 1 with a shotgun.So, thats about 51 hours or 17 sits per close encounter with a mature buck. Im still hunting for 2 more weeks so those figues will change some, probably for the worse.