Hunting Everyday of Season

DeerBacon · January 12, 2013, 05:11:00 PM

I'm lucky to get 2 days a week in. I will hunt everyday when I retire or hit the lotto!

Roughrider · January 12, 2013, 05:47:00 PM

I too, in my twenties, hunted most days of the season, only missed 3 - 5 of a season that ran mid September - Dec., but about the only other hunting I did was a couple spring bear hunts for a week. Now I find myself hunting turkey, elk, deer in other states, though I still don't hunt as many total days as I once did, maybe about 60 days now.

Funny though, I wonder if there are any younger hunters who are hunting 80 - 90 days a year?

mcgroundstalker · January 12, 2013, 06:06:00 PM

I Don't Spend Enough Time In The Woods!... :( ... I'd like for that to change, but... Life Happens.

... mike ...

Sam McMichael · January 12, 2013, 07:22:00 PM

I used to hunt a WHOLE lot, but over time, I have found that I just can't stay focused, both in the number of hours per day as well as number of days per season. After a month or so I get fidgety and careless very quickly. Consequently, I get very little usage out of my cold weather clothes, because I just don't hit the woods as often nearer the end of the season.

Jerry Russell · January 12, 2013, 07:29:00 PM

I came pretty close this season with more than 95 hunting days in the woods (Georgia has 110 day season). It was butal towards the end. Not sure I could hunt this much if I had to deal with the butal cold temps that some of you guys have. I mean I loved every minute in that tree but my body started to wear down in late December. I wanted a break but with only a month left to duck hunt we are after that hard now. Luckily I get two weeks off in February before I start guiding for hogs and then turkey in March and bear in June. It is a tough life but a blessed one.

cahaba · January 12, 2013, 07:58:00 PM

The only time I hunt multiple days any more is during spring turkey season. I am wore slap out when it ends. Usually loose around 15 lbs. If I miss a day of turkey hunting I feel terrible. It really wears on my 55 year old body but I love it!

RedShaft · January 12, 2013, 09:05:00 PM

i have done it multiple times when i was in high school. and just after. every day..... never missed one. its rough and exhausting...high winds, sleet, snow in blowin, rain. misery! lol and it never paid off until i got a rifle in my hands.

Red Beastmaster · January 12, 2013, 10:36:00 PM

20+ years ago we actually had a pretty good deer herd in my part of PA. There was an incentive to get up early, brave the elements, and rush home after work. I hunted every day unless it was really dumping rain.

Then came the herd elimination program and the loss of a Pennsylvania tradition. Sure, there are pockets of huntable deer around, but not so much in my part of the state.

Now I go when I feel like it and the weather is nice. I haven't set an alarm to hunt a Saturday morning in many years. I figure if I'm not going to see anything I might as well be comfortable.

Groundhog hunting is another matter. I'm hunting almost every evening throughout the summer months.

Altiman94 · January 12, 2013, 11:21:00 PM

I don't think I could hunt every day from Oct 1 to January 10 here in IA. I don't have enough spots to avoid burning out, plus I'd need a few breaks in there to keep my sanity. I could pry hunt every other day or 4 days out of a week realistically.

duncan idaho · January 13, 2013, 12:09:00 AM

Depends on your job, hunting everyday of the season would be impossible with numerous professions. If you are not retired and financially secure, I dont see how it is possible.

David Yukon · January 13, 2013, 12:25:00 AM

Our hunting season is from august first to october 31, for most of our game. One of them, wood bison, we are not allowed to hunt with bow and arrows... And some are only lottery, like elk and deer. But for moose and caribou, it is 3 full months so I could not afford to be hunting every day...

Roger Norris · January 13, 2013, 09:25:00 AM

I have often talked about staying in the UP for Michigans entire fall season, Starting September 15th through March. I think I will once I retire. I wouldn't hunt every day, but it would be neat just to participate in all of it....small game, trapping, deer, some fishing.

As it is, I hunt 3-4 days a week during deer season, and usually Saturday and Sunday for rabbits once deer season is over.

January 13, 2013, 10:01:00 AM

I've never came close to hunting every day of the season. That would be a 4 month span here in TX. My lease is too far away from my house to ever make thsat happen. Even if I was able to do it, I don't think I could. Getting up every morning for ther early hunt and getting to bed too late due to whatever would start to wear on me pretty quick.

Bisch