At my old job I pretty much had everything scheduled out and could adjust my start/stop times to hunt more. I don't really think I called off to hunt many times if at all. Now fishing on the other hand.....I'd call of in a heartbeat cause you couldn't really know in advance what the water levels and conditions were going to be like. Our policy was such that your time off was your time, didn't need to be sick or really have a reason.

Now the job I am currently working is different. It's weird shifts and I have no vacation/sick days. If i need to I won't hesitate to call off, I just don't get paid that day. It's certainly not a job worth stressing over.

YEP !!! I'm a firm believer that honesty is the best policy, even if I do have buck fever ! ! ! ! !

Just read my signature....that about sums it up!!


All work and no play....you all know the rest. I won't call in on busy weeks or in the middle of big jobs but if I need a day off I take one and mostof the supervisors are the same way andprettyflexible.

I work my butt off the other 11 months out of the year: very few sick days, lots of overtime, and no serious vacation time otherwise, so they let me slide for the 30 days around the rut. Been here 5 years now so everyone expects it and enjoys my stories.

Location location location. When I want to go hunting (usually I'll get the itch about 4 oclock), I go to the gunsafe in my office and get my gun, then to the closet in the bathroom to get my gear, walk out the door and into the woods.Last year I did this once and it was 45 minutes from walking out the door to a completelyfield dressed doe.

Yes, my boss knows this is my time of the year. I work out of the house and when I disappear for while, when I get back online, he just asks, "How big was he"? He know I see some nice bucks and chase them from mid october to mid November.

In fact, he called me Tuesday and said, I see the weathers getting cold on Friday, I assume you'll be starting late?

I put in a ton of extra time with after hours customer support so he doesn't mind me taking some time here and there.

Well, I work for myself and get paid by the hour, so I can take anytime I want off.

Of course, I don't get paid if I don't work, but that's OK!

i can get off of work whenever i need to. my boss is very understanding.
school on the other had is a bit more problematic.

I work my butt off all year and when the deer hunting season rolls around, my boss is very understanding to giving me days off at short notice. I schedule some days on the calendar and let her know I will have to change them based on the success of my hunts. Now if I did this all year rather than a month or two every year, she might feel differently.

My bosses don't mind if I leave early they are both hunters. I do not call off though. After work and Saturdays are enough for me.