I just planned out my calendar, and I've got 54 hours set aside so far for the upcoming season. But that is only through Jan. 2, and I know that I'll be taking some time in late January. Probably to the tune of another 27-30 hours. Of course that all depends on if the deer walk by my stand early in the season. What really helps my calendar is that every other weekend for me is a three day weekend.

Sure would be nice to be like Shaw (did I really just type that? ) and have a gagillion days available and take off the entire month of November.

So how many days do you guys take off for hunting each season?

Shoot, I don't ever take off to hunt. I work M-F and every other weekend. What's this leave thing you speak of?

I take off the first week of rifle season. Come up the Friday before and stay til the following Sunday evening. Usually its only three days vacation along with the two holidays for Thanksgiving. If I shoot one early then I will just go home and hunt the holidays and weekend. I can't remember but one year I did not kill one by Thanksgiving. Don't want to bust two in November when the best is yet to come. I don't take any time off for the month of December and just hunt the weekends for some doe meat. In January, from the beginning til February 10 I will take as many days as needed to get a chance at filling my last two slots with a couple good bucks. I try to coordinate those days with what the deer are doing so I don't waste my vacation days. Usually I end up taking around 6-8 days off but I am off weekends too as well.

None.

It all depends on if I have places to hunt. This year I will take 2 weeks off for Illinois and Kentucky, a week for Mississippi, and maybe 2 weeks for Alabama (if I ever find a place worth taking off for).

I usually take the 2nd week off in January and hunt in Selma. Then a handful of days in the beginning of Feb. if bow season comes in during a weekday I'll take that day off depending on the weather. If it is 80 degrees, it's hard for me to want to go in the deer woods.

I take off when my son is out of school for Thanksgiving and Christmas. I miss the prime deer killing time, but it is worth it to be able to spend the time in the woods with my son.

Usually about 10 - 12 days total. I plan to be in the woods as many days as I possibly can during February based on what I saw this past season.

I usually take a shift or two for the Buckmasters Life Hunt in January.

I started this year with like 180hrs or so...I'm down to 114hrs...I know for sure Thanksgiving and atleast a week if not longer for the Christmas shutdown.. the good thing is I get off at 2 and my lease is exactly 6 minutes from the back gate of the plant and 15 mins from the house

10 days or so.

Just depends on how it's going and life...but I took 75 hr last deer season...that's about the norm I'd say...

I save mine all year just for hunting season. Probably take at least 30 days.

You mean people actually work during deer season?? Never meet a Brick mason,painter, or oil worker that did!

3-4 weeks

7-10 days paired up with off days. Most of January gets sewed up. Last season I hunted one day before January 8th. Then it was waked open.

3 months,im out of here come 0ct 28 and ill be back feb 1 for tax season spenders.

You mean people take off work to hunt deer.

3 or 4 just depends on the weather. May not take off any. I'm lucky enough to be 10 minutes from my stands so I get to hunt about every weekend wether it's deer or ducks

Id be fired if I worked for someone. Thank God im self employeed