Vacation for archery season
 

Our season runs oct 4th to nov 15th. I just filled out my vacation for half days of 29,30,31 of oct. 1st week of nov off completely and another week of half days the 2nd week of november.

What are you guys plans this season?

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i was planning to take off about the same week as you wimp however , the company i worked for decided to close the plant down , so now i' m looking for a job , but on the bright side if i don' t find one i can hunt everyday !:D:D:D

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I have scheduled 11/3 to 11/7 OFF work. I love that rut action! Over the years I have found the first week of November to be very productive up here in the " Big Woods"

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3 full weeks, last week of Oct and 2 weeks of Nov. Plus 4 floating days.I applied for multiple tags, and bought a couple extra packs of spitfires. Somethings going down.

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I don' t really need to take time off for Whitetails. I can hunt them just about anytime out my back door. :D I am heading North to Ontario on Sept. 25th for 2 weeks of Moose hunting tho. [:-] Less than a month away, think I' m loosing any sleep yet? Hell yes![&o]

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Ugh - I just started a new job in johnstown and all of my saved vacation days and personal days are gone. I' m just now starting to accumulate some time. I' ll have every saturday and probably 1-2 evenings per week but I won' t reach my stand until 4:30-5ish.

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Wimp I am so glad you mentioned vacation in this thread, I just sent my boss an email to get the 18th-24th of October off, I am going to go to the Marinsville race on the 19th with Swampdog and Capt Brad and Swampdog has been kind enough to set us up with some deer hunting after that.

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I drew an archery tag for Kansas this year finally and plan on hunting there for 10 -12 days unless I get lucky early in the hunt. I work on an offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico and I work 14 days and then I' m off for 14 days. Got to love it, I get a two week vacation every month. Normally, my days off are in perfect timing with the January rut here in Alabama.

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Ryan, sounds like your in for another good season. We' ll have to get together some time this season. I have some nice evening stands and nobody to hunt with. My brother inlaw and I hunt as much as we can in the morning, but he can' t hunt in the evening. You' re welcome to come with us in the morning, we' re always looking for a 3rd person to hunt with.

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I hunt every day of the season :D Part time in the Air Gaurd has its benefits.

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I have worked 7 days a week almost all summer .Since the end of April.......the only time I take a break is to stop by here.....shoot my bow at 6:30 am just when it' s breaking light......I eat.......sleep.....and back at work.

I' m taking next week off to go to Canada bear/mule deer hunting:D......then it' s back at it. I' ll probably take a week off in January to hunt the rut down in Alabama!!

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CBM SC
What part of Alabama do you hunt?
Down in southern part the last two week of January the rut is going strong.

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I do not really get any vacation time during that part of the year since I have summers off. :)

But, I do usually end up taking a personal day or two along with a sick day before the end of October. Most of those days though fall before the orange army enters the woods. :D

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Bob,
Hey I' d be glad to join you guys for a hunt, we' ll definitely have to hook up sometime this fall. Also to answer your other reply, I haven' t been out spotting too much yet to see those biggun' s. We' ll have to meet up for that as well.

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I only work 3 12hr shifts per week so time isn' t a real problem. DANG THE LUCK!!!!!

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I' m going to be using a lot of vacation too. I have 79 hours saved up. Can' t wait until season starts.

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Have a few half days scattered in the first three weeks of Oct. Also, taking off Oct. 24th through the 29th. Will be in Siloam Spring State Park in West Central IL. Then will be taking off a couple of days for some rut action in Nov. This is the first year that I' ve been able to save some time for bowhunting...seems like something has always come up. It can' t get here soon enough though!

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I' ve got 6 days from November 15 - 22 for a bow hunt in Illinois, then I' m taking off the last 2 weeks of December for the rut hunt here in Mississippi. I' m sure there will be some miscellaneous days in there as well.

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October 1 in Okieland starts the season. It is also my birthday! What a great present. Plan on spending the weekend in the woods with all of deer friends![:-]

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Im off work from 11/7 to 11/21 which is prime time in Illinois and Missouri to bowhunt. I get 4 vacations a year and next year I may take all of November.

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:DI' m retired and while our Archery Deer Season opens September 1 and runs through September 30. Elk opens September 8 and closes the 21. So I will hunt elk from the 8th to the 21st and deer from the 21st to the 30th.[8D]

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Our season up here runs from Oct. 1-Nov 14 then Dec. 1-Jan 1 so I like to save a little for each season. I usually take a week from Nov 7-14 then I can take a couple of days to try the rifle out. In December I use up my days here and there (usually around Christmas and New Years to get a couple of days off in a row) I like my winter bow hunting but we really haven' t had the cold or snow in the past few years to get things moving. Hope to tag a good one and a couple does this year. Good luck to you all!!!

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Here in West Virginia the bow season runs from Oct. 18 to Dec. 31.
I plan to use a few vacation days by taking off November 14-22 this week always seems to be a good one for me, its the week before gun season.

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I have a week planned in early to mid December. Isn' t supposed to be for hunting, the wife should have our second child around then. But I told her she was crazy if I was taking time off during hunting season and not go out!! She just gives me one of those crazy wife looks!!

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I work 3-12' s one week and 4-12' s the next, lots of days off to hunt, even plenty of nice midweek days

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I am taking off from Oct. 31-Nov. 10. I will be in Illinois for 7 of those days. The other three will be spent bowhunting in Arkansas. Other than that I will take half days here and there whenever the mood strikes me.

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I' ve got some vacation saved up as well. I' ve also got flex hrs. so i can work around my hunting schedule :)

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I have scheduled my leave for 0ct 24th thru Nov 17th--that should get me some action! ;)

With my schedule, I' m usually off during the week, so I get 3 evenings and 2 mornings every week without using any leave. I get out a lot.

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in connecticut you can bowhunt on state or private sept 15-nov-19 and then dec 24-dec-31 but on state land bowhunting only sites you can bowhunt sept-15 through 12-31

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Off from 10/29 to 11/9 along with other days mixed in over the season. You can' t beat that first week in November here!

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My son was born Nov. 13th last year...or that' s what they tell me;)LOL.
J/K!I was there for all of it and for her, but daddy go bye-bye right after his Bday this year!

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I`ll be on vacation from 10/22 through 11/08 in pike co. Illinois. Probably take 4 or 5 days off before that to hunt PA.

Hey Deer902, make sure you send me some pictures of the successful hunt!:D

And let me know when you want to stop out at the club to fling some broadheads.

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my boss is cool about me taking off some in the winter because every one else at my work takes off weeks in the summer

i got 13 14 15 16 17 off in sep. smal game opens on the 15 and gives me time to scout two of the days are paid

and i got 17 days in oct. off oct 1 is opening day bow

not going gun hunting so working all nov.

then i got 1 week in dec. off for late bow paid

:):D