I'll hunt the first 3-4 hours on opening day and part-time until mid October. Then from mid October until late November I will pick and choose those special weekends where I will hunt an entire day from dawn to dusk.

I like to hunt part-time early in the season so that in the event I get a deer on a warm day, it won't get too hot outside before I can completely butcher the deer. I don't want to hunt the afternoon hours early in the season as those days tend to be warmer and it's tough getting a deer to a check station and hope quickly before meat spoils.