How do you balance deer hunting time with your career?
06-21-2009, 06:44 PM
#21
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Posts: 2,186
RE: How do you balance deer hunting time with your career?
One week a year !?!
I work to live, not live to work. The way I look at my "job" ... all was well before I got here. I give 110% to keep it that way while I am on the job. And I give 0% to the job when I am "off". The job will be well done long after I am worm-food. Long live the job!!
I hunt when I can go. I pay zero attention to any of the hoopla such as moon phase, weather conditions, hunter pressure, odd numbered leap years, sun spots, etc. All that may count, well maybe I exaggerated a couple, but I do no "planning" around any of that sort of stuff, other than watch carefully the development of and then try be in the woods 4-5 days around the peak of the doe's estrus cycle.
I probably average 45+ days /season hunting deer alone. After I retire, health permitting, that will probably double.
I work to live, not live to work. The way I look at my "job" ... all was well before I got here. I give 110% to keep it that way while I am on the job. And I give 0% to the job when I am "off". The job will be well done long after I am worm-food. Long live the job!!
I hunt when I can go. I pay zero attention to any of the hoopla such as moon phase, weather conditions, hunter pressure, odd numbered leap years, sun spots, etc. All that may count, well maybe I exaggerated a couple, but I do no "planning" around any of that sort of stuff, other than watch carefully the development of and then try be in the woods 4-5 days around the peak of the doe's estrus cycle.
I probably average 45+ days /season hunting deer alone. After I retire, health permitting, that will probably double.
06-22-2009, 06:14 AM
#23
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: elmira ny
Posts: 1,676
RE: How do you balance deer hunting time with your career?
I plan all my days in the woods around the peak estrous time. After, or in fact before that also, I am in the woods as much as possible, because in the long run, regardless of how great a hunter people think they are, it comes down to being in the right place at the right time. The more time you spend in the woods, the better the chance of that happening. All the things, well, most of 'em
, that Mojotex mentions, help in those determinations. At least for me, and in the long run, that's what counts, when hunting mature buck. Speaking solely of what works and has worked for me.
Without a doubt, the best factor, in fact the MOST important factor in being successful in that endeavor is hunting where they're at. Kinda tuff taking one if it's not there.
, that Mojotex mentions, help in those determinations. At least for me, and in the long run, that's what counts, when hunting mature buck. Speaking solely of what works and has worked for me.Without a doubt, the best factor, in fact the MOST important factor in being successful in that endeavor is hunting where they're at. Kinda tuff taking one if it's not there.
06-23-2009, 04:34 PM
#25
Spike
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Dutchess County, NY
Posts: 69
RE: How do you balance deer hunting time with your career?
ORIGINAL: halfrack VIII
isnt high school great, i get home at 2:45 and then walk out the door drive ten minutes and hunt whenever i want.
isnt high school great, i get home at 2:45 and then walk out the door drive ten minutes and hunt whenever i want.
06-23-2009, 05:56 PM
#26
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Platteville, Wisconsin
Posts: 3,203
RE: How do you balance deer hunting time with your career?
im a full time student so i hunt on the weekends and sometime i take off school during the rut and when gun season comes. I sometimes hunt in the morning before school and after school when i get all my work done
06-24-2009, 05:40 PM
#28
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: hunterdon NJ
Posts: 539
RE: How do you balance deer hunting time with your career?
ORIGINAL: birdhunter75
The same goes for us High School teachers!!! I get out many afternoons during the bird hunting and bow seasons here in NY.
ORIGINAL: halfrack VIII
isnt high school great, i get home at 2:45 and then walk out the door drive ten minutes and hunt whenever i want.
isnt high school great, i get home at 2:45 and then walk out the door drive ten minutes and hunt whenever i want.
06-28-2009, 01:03 AM
#30
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Saskatchewan Canada
Posts: 6,921
RE: How do you balance deer hunting time with your career?
60+ hours a week on average makes up for my playtime. As the owner of the company knowbody can say a thing about where or what i do. I will admit though the past few years with expansion needed to meet the demands I had to cut back a fair bit on my hunting days. This year I'm hoping to get back closer to normal for days in the field, typically 30+days spent hunting.Have a week end of august for archery elk inked, penciled in 5 days for moose in oct, penciled in antelope - weekend trips - depends on drawing a tag sept thru oct, penciled in Mule deer depends on drawing a tag -7-10 days hunting (oct thru mid november) & chasing whitetails inked sept thru dec at least 7 days total will be spent hunting.
. As the owner of the company knowbody can say a thing about where or what i do. I will admit though the past few years with expansion needed to meet the demands I had to cut back a fair bit on my hunting days. This year I'm hoping to get back closer to normal for days in the field, typically 30+days spent hunting.Have a week end of august for archery elk inked, penciled in 5 days for moose in oct, penciled in antelope - weekend trips - depends on drawing a tag sept thru oct, penciled in Mule deer depends on drawing a tag -7-10 days hunting (oct thru mid november) & chasing whitetails inked sept thru dec at least 7 days total will be spent hunting.