Living in Alabama our season opens October 15 Thru Jan. 31. The county i hunt in we can kill 5 bucks a year and a doe everyday of the season. I will take off the first week of bow season and a week during our rut. I normally hunt 3 days a week and i am going on 2 out of state hunts. I should get to be in the field between 55-60 days. Its going to be a good year.
I will hunt as often as I can. I don't get out much with my current kid schedule though. Two years ago I got about 87 days. In a couple years I'll be doing that again.
I am setting a goal of at least 70 days in the woods this year.. I will make the time and maybe it will have to be only a morning or evening hunt, but I will get in the woods.. Its just like Tred says, showing up is 90%...
JDS III
I would say at least 100 days in the field.
every chance I get, probably 30 or 40 days
Not enough! :saywhat:
Not enough...all depends on work...but over time you learn how to maximize what little bit of time you have...hopefully this year I'll get the time necessary to kill a couple nice bucks here in NY, and maybe Conn. and Ohio!!
Here in MD the season opens Sept 15th and runs through end of January. Last year almost 100 days!! Unusual in that right now I am a stay at home Dad. Hunted most days in the AM and was there when the kids got off the bus. Hope it stays that way!
QuoteOriginally posted by joevan125:
Living in Alabama our season opens October 15 Thru Jan. 31. The county i hunt in we can kill 5 bucks a year and a doe everyday of the season. I will take off the first week of bow season and a week during our rut. I normally hunt 3 days a week and i am going on 2 out of state hunts. I should get to be in the field between 55-60 days. Its going to be a good year.
I would kill to be able to harvest 5 bucks a year :scared: We are only allowed 1
2 yrs ago we could kill a buck and a doe everyday of the season.
I usually hunt at least three days a week in Sept and October. The rest of the year other than June-Aug probably 2 1/2 days a week.
A couple of years ago before a promotion when more time was "mine" I primitive camped with my Wife while Hunting and fishing 29 days.Not counting probably a dozen or so nights in the tent on islands boathunting. 5 deer and 12 hogs along with a spring Gobbler with the stickbow that year. A good year.
This year I`m looking at about 25 days total in the tent...Thats not including doghouse time for buying new bows....lol.RC
We can kill 3 bucks and 3 does and the season runs from October 1 till January 31. I usually hunt Saturday and Sunday mornings, along with 3 or 4 evening hunts during the work week. If I don't kill a deer it's certainly not for lack of opportunity.
Here in Va, we get 3 buck tags and unlimited doe tags on private land (2 deer per day).
I'm self employeed, but manage to get out at least 3 afternoons per week from early Oct. through early Jan.
In Ohio, squirrel season starts 01-Sep and rabbit season ends 28-Feb. I think that's about 27 weeks of which I'll be oncall 2-3 weeks so call it 24 for me. Hopefully, I'll average 2 days a week so 48ish days plus a few here and there for groundhog and maybe turkey.
That's my plan anyway.
All of my hunting lands are 1 to 1.5 hours away and that is the only limiting factor for me. When the gas prices got really crazy I had to limit my trips.
I average two days a week from mid September to the first on January and usually get a week or two in Southern Ohio also.
With a bow it would depended on what tags I draw any where for 14 to 25 days and waterfowl season starts the first weekend and close the first or second weekend in January. Blake
I'm retired so time is not really an issue, I know I would hunt more than I do if I saw more game when I went. Not complaining, but to go out and hunt 15 or 20 times and only see 2-3 deer for the season....well you see what I mean. Maybe this year will be better, I have a trip to Ill. planned so wish me luck.
I can bowhunt year round on Kill Permits. I belong to an organization that does deer control in urban areas. I go until I get tired of it or the wife get tired of me going.
a minimum of 200 days a year.
I hunt 75-80 days every year.
Not Enough :)
i save up and try at least one good trip every year, this year its off to Australia again. hopefully back to South Africa in 2011 not sure what happening 2010 might try kill me a big elk here in colorado
I spend more time scouting than hunting.
i get in 60 to 65 for deer and 20 to 25 turkey days in.i to in alabama but i only allowed 3 bucks a year :(
I probably average 70 days a year.
every chance I get
about 40 times a year not as much as I use to go
I generally get in 80 to 100 bowhunts for whitetails each fall. This past year about 10 for turkey (I'd rather look for antlers), and six days in black bear camp. Also hoping to get in some antelope hunting this fall.
One of the reasons I went into education years ago was knowing that if I didn't coach in the fall, I would have time after school to hunt. It has proven so...
Frassetor hunt in the CWD zone and you can shoot as many as you want to. I don't believe there is a limit.
ChuckC
I've never kept track of it on an annual basis. I do know for the last several years I've logged an average of over 300 hours in a treestand in just the two months of October and November. That only averages about five hours a day. But you have to realize if you don't hunt one day you need to hunt ten hours the next day just to keep your average up. :^) bw
In terms of actual hunting with intent to kill, 25 days for elk, another 12-15 for Blacktails, and 12-15 for turkeys in the spring.
Now if you take in all the trailcamming, shed hunting, wildlife photography, etc. Then it would be in excess of 250 days afield I suspect.
My hunts are a lot of morning or evening I have a friend who puts it well "I have to earn hunting miles around the house before I can go" so it really depends how many days I get chores done first ;)
Allan
The way my days off fall and the way I can take my vacation time I get to hunt a lot. From March 29 to May 2 I only had to work 3 days and turkey hunted most of the rest except for a few driving days. This fall from Sept.19 till Nov.20 I only have to work 3 days then I get 14 days off in Dec. and 14 days off in Jan. so I am ready to get after it. I work lots of hours during the summer so i will have the funds to travel and hunt in other states and I also have the most wonderful wife in the world who lets me go and hunt for weeks at a time as long as I call and check in from time to time.
I try to at least spend 30 days a year hunting. I usually go back home and hunt squirrels with my Dad 5 times. The rest of the time is spent chasing deer and turkeys. I work weekends only, so I have a good bit of time to hunt.
I would like to do it more. However; I feel guilty because I'm taking time away from my wife.
Bryan Horner