Originally Posted by
Grouse45
1- Do you try and hunt every week say October threw January? Deer, small game, varmints, etc?
2- Do you take multiple weeks of vacation for hunting if you work?
3- How much time do you spend scouting and putting up tree stands, putting out cameras etc prior to hunting season?
4- Do you hunt public or private land mostly?
1. I used to hunt every available day I could Oct thru Jan, then Turkey in spring, etc. Now with a son playing HS football (they lost states last weekend
) and baseball, and a daughter in MS sports... I don't have nearly the time that I used to. I still hunt a good amount, but not like I used to. I'll get back to my old ways eventually, just right now this is the situation I'm in...and I'm good with it. Wouldn't trade it for a second.
2. I take 1 week specifically for hunting every year, opening week of WV rifle. We go to our cabin. Since I work for myself, I have the ability to go whenever I like..just have to schedule it in.
3. See #1, used to be a ton...now, not as much. I have alot of stands already set up that stay out all season. I just started game cameras this year...love it. Got 2 nice bucks showed up in the past couple weeks right behind my house
4. I hunt private only. I own land where I live in VA, and we have a big farm where our cabin is in WV.