How many days do you hunt each year?

[Michael Arnette]

How many days do you hunt each year? Just thought it would be fun to see how much you guys have been able to hit the woods.
Being that I am dating, not married, no kids, obviously I have more time than some with family. I've had a lot of opportunity this year due to a really nice schedule working four 10 to 12 hour shifts.

Bear: 1 day lol
Elk: 9 days
Whitetail: 31 days and 40+hunts (evening/morning)

I won't be able to hunt this much every year but it sure has been fun this year. How many hunts have you been able to make?

[Crittergetter]

I can't tell you how many days or hours. I lost count around 200 hours. Been a long season! But I ain't done! Plan on at least 2 -3 more long sits between now and Sunday night!
That's just deer season.  I'll do a lot of hog hunting between now and next deer season

[MnFn]

15-20

[LITTLEBIGMAN]

over 100

[KyStickbow]

About 10 sits this season. Worst year I have had for finding time to hunt. But between 4 kids, work, sports, etc....you make the best of it.

[Orion]

Elk--12 days
Whitetail -- 16 days and counting
Turkey -- about 20 days
Almost all were full day hunts. I'm retired

[Ky longbow]

I've only managed about 14 sits in the stand for whitetails. That includes mornings and evenings and 2 all day sits. I'm currently in college so the sporadic schedule can make it difficult to make time to hunt and balance a job as well. Whether I get a deer or not it's still a well awaited stress relief from exams to sit in a tree and enjoy God's creation. Still a few weeks left in the season here in Kentucky so hoping I can get some meat for the table!

[BlacktailBowhunter]

Actual hunting about 8 sits morning and evening combined. I should have Harvested my buck on day one.

Elk hunting 2 days this year.

100 or more days in the woods scouting and checking trail cams. I'm going stump shooting tomorrow and looking over a new area with a friend that just picked up traditional last month

[Trenton G.]

For deer, 48 sits and counting. I guess 10 of those would be rifle and muzzleloader, but the rest were with my longbow.

I only hunted turkey 3 times this spring. It's tough to find time to get out that time of year.

All together, I would say in the 75-100 range. I hunt a LOT during deer season, and if I have a place to hunt pigs (which I do not currently) I hunt a LOT when it is not deer season!

Bisch

[adeeden]

Around 90.

[Zwickey-Fever]

Tricky question because are considering running trail cameras, putting in food plots, planting chestnut trees, fertilizer spiking the white oak trees and hanging treestands part of this equation? Or just actual sits? That would be 52, but since I have a doe tag still it will be 53 before the sun goes down. For me, I like to say that I hunt 365 days a year here on the farm by doing everything that I mentioned above.

[Friend]

Estimate this year's season

Turkey...18 hunts

Deer......100 hunts

[mgf]

I guess it depends what you call hunting. I sat lots of mornings and evenings this year but every hunt was in my 4 acre yard.

I just don't have anyplace local to hunt...that's worth hunting on the weekends. I have plenty of time but it's all weekend time which is not the best time to be on local public land.

I really don't have any time to travel to hunt. You would think that once your kids are grown and gone that you'd be freed up some? Then they move out of town and you (I) use your limited vacation time to go see the kids and grandchildren. I love it but it isn't hunting. LOL

[Jerry Russell]

150 plus for personal hunting. Many, many more when guiding.  I spend more time in a tree than the average squirrel.

[Randy M]

I've never counted but it's probably in the 25-30 day range during whitetail season.  And then another 5 or so through out the year chasing hogs with knives/dogs.  I really wish I had a better place to hog hunt through out the year, with my longbow.

[8upbowhunter]

Normally 30-40 days, this year 1.5 days. Retired 2 years ago but my old job called and asked for help for a few months (Oct - Feb). I had just bought some hunting property in Mississippi this summer and wanted to buy a tractor so I accepted. Tractor and implements bought and paid for with 2 months left to work so that will be camp money. Going back in retirement March 1st so next year I will hunt a lot. It's been tuff not hunting but next season I will be able to walk off my porch and be hunting so I guess it will be worth it in the long run.

[bear bowman]

One full week in early september, then two evenings per week all the way up to the time change plus saturdays.

[Buckeye1977]

I'd say probably around 20 to 30 sits so far and still a month left in ohio. I usually will go about 50 times total but getting harder to find time with kids getting older and in sports.

Nick

[Sam McMichael]

Between 20 and 30.