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when you have to work the next day? The issues of shooting a deer in the evening and getting to a commercial locker sometimes keeps me out of the woods. I also don't want to overuse my limited hunting areas by going out on a weekday and then the weekend.
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when i worked shift work at night i used to have moving days off and liked to hunt the week days alot better but on weekends i never worried bout getting to the locker cause they have a night drop locker there just leave your deer and tag fill out a paper on what you want and they called you when its done no biggy
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i have the same issue
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Do you have a beer fridge in the garage or shop? I process my own and if it is warm out I just skin and quarter them, then put them in the beer fridge. I'll even age them there for a few days. I'm sure your processer would take them quartered, if not cut it and wrap it yourself it's not hard.
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I hunt quite a bit of public land, and prefer the week days when I can have the hole place to myself!
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I hunt every day the winds will let me.You can always use a sick day :bigsmyl:
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most of my hunting is done on the weekdays.but i also work up my own deer.if i kill one i take it home,skin and quarter it,and put it in the frig.then the next day i cut it up and package it.dont think i could afford to kill to many if i didnt do them myself.Ross
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Prefer to hunt on the Weekdays and do other hobbies on the weekends (what time I have off then)
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Hunt weekdays as often as I can. Got a deal on a spare fridge a few years back. I process my own as well, but I do a fair amount of Jerky as well.
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When I get a chance to do so, I do.
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I'm self employed so YEHHH!!!! I go when I get the time, it don't matter if it's a weekday or weekend.....
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retired guys hunt every day they want ... unless my young wife wants me to sleep in :bigsmyl:
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I work 12.5 hour night shifts wed- fri so I hunt sat evening then sun through tues. So both I guess. Good luck to all.
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I'm in. Hap
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I don't get enough opportunities to hunt...so the name of the day does not matter.
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I don't hunt evenings , unless I have company down to hunt . I hunt hardwoods only and the deer just don't move good in the evenings .
Jack
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I hunt 2 or 3 times during the week. And a couple times on the weekend.
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It's one of the reasons i like retirement. The only obstacles are weather and family matters. Plus, my wife hunts with me every afternoon she can.
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I really like to hunt weekdays, seems like you have the whole area to yourself.
God Bless,
Nathan
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I like week days, less folks around and less pressure. Since I retired I just go when I feel like it and has so far been all good.
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Retired so weekdays only.
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I get into the woods every chance I get.
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I always figured I could call in sick if I had to retrieve a deer left to lay overnight; never had to use the excuse, but whenever I was legitimately sick, my boss and coworkers always assumed it was for deer hunting and would bug me for free venison! Now I work out of the home, and my schedule is even worse! But only my wife bugs me for venison now.
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My days off are wed/thur and I love it hardly anyone out there..
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Hunt public land often weekdays included 20 minutes from the house. Heat limited mostly which keeps animals still & lethargic. Lately seen too many scrapes. High today right at 90 degrees! C'mon cold weather!!
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I hunt whenever I physically feel like it. Hunted every day since the opener..Oct. 1st..except yesterday. I had a Dr. appointment.
Most days I'll only hunt morning or evening. Today I will hunt evening.
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My wife and I hunt most days, she's retired and I get off at 3 so we can go. As far as taking care of the meat we butcher our own and have 3 freezers(one converted to cooler).
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I hunt every free minute,weekend and weekday! For some reason or another it's not enough. I do my own butchering so for me it's gut and hang and go to work.
Doing what I do at the Medical Examiners office I could probably bring it to work and do it. :goldtooth: :laughing: :laughing:
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I purposely have my days off during the week. I hunt public land. No crowds.
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I hunt both. I cut my own deer and have taken as long as a week to cut a deer. I'll skin and pack quarters in a big cooler the day of harvest. Then bone cut wrap and freeze as time allows throughout the next few days.
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All the time. I get off work at 3:30. Never during mornings though.
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I go whenever I can.
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I work second shift, so I hunt about twice during the week. Usually on Monday and Friday mornings. I get off work at 10:30pm and can get home, shower and in bed by 12 easily. Get back up at 5 or 6, hunt all morning, come home and shower then back to work. I love this shift.
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I only work weekends, 12 hour shifts every Fr,Sat,Sun but then I'm off Mon-Thurs.I normally won't hunt Thurs. eve but I figure if I do and get a deer down I'll call in sick Fri. :thumbsup:
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I am on 3 days a week and don't have to be there till 4PM so I generally only hunt weekdays, love having the woods to myself during the late season...PR
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I prefer the weekdays, everyone else is at work! LOL!
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I do in the afternoon on weekdays!
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I hunt whenever I can, weekday or weekend. Weather and wind are a major factor to consider. If I have to be at work the next morning, I'd probably hunt in the morning, the day before, and then head for home.
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Hunting weekdays is kinda cool. Less folks out there to mess things up for ya. Then again, you may be hunting alone. That has some good and bad points also. Bottom line is... If You Are Hunting, It's All Good!
Your point of getting meat ready for the freezer the night before a work day is always on my mind. When you think about it, that's where the "work starts" and the hunt ends. I'm always good for cutting a trip a bit short, not to "paint myself in a corner" because of the time issue.
... mike ...
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When I worked outside the home I did it all the time unless I had something the next day I simply couldn't be late for.
It has been very rare in 45 years that I had to return the next morning to track a deer. Most shots have resulted in short blood trails or deer dropping in sight. I can think of two such cases - one around 1988 and the other two years ago. The one in 1988 was still alive and required another shot.
Now I work out of the house so it is much easier. I prefer weekdays these day s.
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I like weekdays less crowded I skin and quarter and keep my meat in a cooler with ice for at least a week.
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I hunt whenever I want to. :bigsmyl:
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I have roughly 60 stand sites, I hunt almost everyday of the season. I never worry about work, I address that problem when I get that far in the equation! Shawn
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I uasually go in to work just after it gets light and home just before it gets dark.
I try to make the most of my weekends. I have a hard time calling in sick when I dont mean it. In Fact in 12 yaers I have only done it once and that was becuse the stripers and blues were hitting all night and I didnt leave teh sound until 5 AM.
I guess I'm too honest. I will hunt Sunday afternoon and if I wound a deer I will take personal time to look Monday Morning.
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I don't like to hunt in the evening when I have to work the next day either. I figure by the time I shoot one right before dark, find it, dress it, drag it out, check it in and do everything else I'm lookin at probably 2 a.m. and I have to get up to get ready for work at 4 a.m. and i don't get paid for sick days and really can't afford to miss a day right now. It's pretty important that I be sharp and on my game when I'm there too. I run a very large ammonia system and if I make a mistake I can literaly wipe out the town where my plant is.
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I hunt on work days, if I get one and I have to work the next day, that is a great problem to have to deal with.
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I hunt whenever and wherever I can! Hunting season is too short to not go!
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I used to do it quite commonly but my work is a lot busier the last couple years and I don't get out much during the week. I am the owner/boss, so I can go some but I have to be responsible most of the time.