How many days do you hunt a season?

[Lilly001]

I just figured out my “average season” and I found I don’t really hunt that many days IMHO.
We ( my buddy and I because my Wifey doesn’t like me to go out alone) usually hunt the first 4-5 days of the season. Then he comes up from Fl the first weekend of November and we hunt another 4-5 days. He usually makes one more trip in late November, thanksgiving, and then one in January.
Actual days (full days = morning and evening) is about 15 for the season.
I’ll sneak out another 5-6 evenings on my own.
We are hunting three properties that we rotate one morning, one evening and the third the next morning and then repeat.
On my own I usually stay on my own place because of the Wifey’s “advice “.
What do you all do?
Do you worry about too much pressure with days long hunts?
We usually kill 2-3 deer a piece with at least one being an 8 or better. And most of that is done in October through early November.

 

[livinoutdoors]

I know a feller who hunts almost every day and sees deer the whole time. I guess it depends on the stand on whether too much is too much. I'll hunt a few times at the house and a bunch wandering public. I just go when i have time.

 

[Blackston]

I just counted about 40 plus “days “
( during bow I sit one “sit “ a weekend during youth and gun 2 sits per weekend…during my rutcation 9
Days I sit 5 hrs in morning 5 hrs in evening, then one wma hunt a year , and a trip to see a great friend in N Ga )

 

[dirtnap]

Hunt probably 40-50 days. See 150-200 deer. Probably average killing 1.5 a year, come to think of it, it ain’t real productive

 

[BBQOutdoors77]

None anymore…I have more productive things to do than sit in a tree

 

[fatback]

I probably hunt 40-50 times a deer season in Georgia. Sometimes that might only be for an hour before dark after work and sometimes it’s an all day sit when I have the time and I feel conditions are good for the potential of mid day movement. I’d say I typically see deer in 75% of my hunts. I kill 3-4 deer a year and another 4-5 pigs a year. That keeps me, family and friends in game meat for the year.

 

[fatback]

None anymore…I have more productive things to do than sit in a tree

That’s awesome that you are so productive. What are you able to do now that you couldn’t when you were deer hunting? How much did you hunt before you gave it up? Do you miss anything about deer hunting?

 

[elfiii]

I don't keep count because it's not nearly enough and I go every chance I get which is pretty much any day I want to go. I plead insanity yo honna man. I'm just crazy about this stuff.

 

[Milkman]

I think probably 35 days from opening day of ML until early December. Then sporadically after that. No more than 45-50.
I am retired.

 

[kmckinnie]

I hunt about 4 days a week on average. The other 3 I try to fish. I like to be productive!

 

[furtaker]

That’s awesome that you are so productive. What are you able to do now that you couldn’t when you were deer hunting? How much did you hunt before you gave it up? Do you miss anything about deer hunting?

Spending time outdoors means productive time for me whether I kill anything or not.

 

[fatback]

Spending time outdoors means productive time for me whether I kill anything or not.

Agreed. 100%

That is why I was curious how much more production the other gentlemen was getting by giving up on hunting. I think I would become much less productive due to my deteriorating mental health if I gave up hunting.

 

[Milkman]

Agreed. 100%

That is why I was curious how much more production the other gentlemen was getting by giving up on hunting. I think I would become much less productive due to my deteriorating mental health if I gave up hunting.

I dread the day I have to give it up. According to my wife it’s all I ever think about.

 

[livinoutdoors]

Hope yall are bein productive right now!

 

[No peekin]

40-50 on average to stay productive.

 

[Nicodemus]

In the old days, every weekend and 2 weeks vacation. When I retired, for 10 years nearly every day of the season. These days it all depends on how I'm feeling, but I'll hunt till I die. Preferably while I'm turkey hunting.

 

[nix03]

All depends on work and sporting schedules.

 

[Dirtroad Johnson]

I think I missed 2 days last year & saw deer every day I went. Haven't missed a day so far this year, I have not been every morning & every evening though.

 

[Dan DeBord]

I hunt 6 days a week . Rest on Sunday .

 

[antharper]

Never kept up with it . But I’d guess 3-5 sits a normal work week .
I save 8-10 vacation days a year to use for hunting . 4/5 days during thanksgiving , 6-8 days during Christmas vacation . Usually see deer but not always . Put 3-5 in the freezer every season . Sounds productive enough for me !