RE: How many hours....
Which year, man I'd have to really think...thinking.......thinking......thinking..... ....,
In 2001 I only had 2 mature bucks in range which happened in Nov, hunting all but every single day, mostly 3 hours in the evening. Probably roughly 125 hours and they both came by the same day.
2004 was the next "mature" buck that I had a shot at and I shot him in Nov, same amount of hours,
2005, nothing better than a 2.5 year old.
2006, dropped a 2.5 year old but missed a 4.5 year old the 3 week of Oct so I had fewer hours for him and sat after with a friend and WOULD have had shots at 2 more mature animals, both being 4.5 and one perhaps older.
2007, 3.5 year old down Oct 29th.
ya'll do the math...LOL [8D]