Simple question....
I don't know about you but it is getting harder and harder to sit here everyday knowing that I could be out there hunting...somewhere...for something.
Take today...bear season opened...and I'm here reading posts and typing in threads...I mean working...I would much rather be out there stalking something.
Like the ole saying goes..."a bad day in the field is better than any day at work".

Okay...let me add that you would get paid the same...maybe more if you hit something. You will get bennies, to include dental plus three weeks vacation a year.

So what do you think....
Reid

Too many variables.

Can I still retire, early? I've got passions other than hunting.

What's my new income? Comparable?

Depends....am i still getting paid?

Realy depends if I got paid enough to support my future family.

no brainer for me, see ya later office, hello treestand.

I agree. I take 3 wks vacation during the peak(rut) of hunting season anyway. Salary would have to be comparable too!

Yes .... I already did , I'm retired and now thats all I do is hunt once the season starts.
I may not get paid for itbut hey I'm not complaining.

Funny thing is that I was just talking about this with my wife. Work is slow, and I got notice of a possible layoff in mid to late August. I was joking around with the wife that this happening right at hunting season would be a blessing if I could just get a job hunting.

As long as I have shelter and can put food on the table, HELL YES!

I actuallyhave already been down thatroad. i was hired to be teh manager of a plantation in SC. Itonly lasted about 11 weeks. My particular experience involved not being able to tolerate some very disreputable practices. It had nothing to do with hunting itself. Also, it is a bit overrated. Hunting loses some of its flair when it becomes the daily grind--and it cuts very deeply into your personaltime to actuallyhunt. The plantation I worked for overbooked, made promises of 'trophies' when these did not exist. The owner attempted to remedy this by having a pen where he brought in, illegally, bucsk from another state. He would release one occasionally so it could be shot to create the perception that these were 'natives' and a realistic sampling of the herd , and what could be takenif one would hunt' hard enough'.This is just one example and why I couldn't , in good conscience,stay on. I went back into the landscape business and have remained there with no regrets.