40 Hour week is long past my friends, we will never go back to that. 20 years and more ago to punch a clock at 40 and get paid was fine. Today's work climate requires 60 + hours to kep up. In our furor for more info, we created a demand for more work to time to get it. I have few short hours so they are spent coaching VBall, being at BBall practices, Advisor in 4H, etc. I am fortunate in that I have a camp in PA but it ain't easy getting there w/ just regular life things happening. Look at the size of your yards at home....newer homes have postage stamp yards and there is a good chance that a gardener takes care of it because I'm working or some other "time" constraint. Fast food at all time highs , they have not experienced a big down turn in this economy. When I do get down time I am asleep......So let me ask you where i should take my daughter from, sports that she loves, 4H that she loves (mother and i are involved) or away from her mother (who is iffy at best about camp and hunting) to the mountains? I happen to do the latter, as my wife also works and uses the time we are gone to play catch up on house work.What I'm saying here guys is it isn't the want to get in the woods more, it's the time and need. As we are going to find out real quick in our Obama world and looking at our economy, we are going to havwe to start evaluating whether it is a want or a need in our lives before we do anything. Because at 53, I'm getting damn tired of working more and more , being on the road and seeing posts like these blaming me for not carrying on the tradition. How many schools still get 1st day of buck of, very few....Times change, clocks don't go back and hunting is evolving right wrong or indifferent. We indeed might be the last generation of 'HARD' & 'Dedicated' hunters. Dad's just can't get up and go to camp (most both spouses work, no excuse like it's my vacation) , take a week, or the 1st day of buck and are lucky to get 5-6 days off in a season to hunt. So go ahead and beat on me, it won't change the world boys and the way life is now vs. what it used to be............