I think 22 days is probably pretty accurate for taking
a mature whitetail - I'm at 27 days this year and heading
back out tomorrow. I guess I would bring up the question
"what makes up a day hunting?". Is it 'daylight to dark'?
Is it just a morning hunt? ...or a evening hunt? I think
a better indicator would be actual hours of "tree time"
or hours spent on stand - something I've always kept
a journal of. Right now I'm at 122 hours for the year,
which if past years mean anything......a shot should
be presenting itself soon.

I've only hunted whitetails in a couple of states, but
22 days to kill a deer seems a bit extreme. I
have trouble believing the average hunter spends
that many days in the field before they harvest a deer.

TB