I have been out a total of 5 times since sept. 24th. college, work and planning a wedding are taking its toles. How do you guys find the time to hunt when it seems like everything is stacking up against you? Are mid afternoon sits a poor idea? What can i tell my soon to be wife to get out in the stand a lil more? Looking to get out there soon just doesn't look to be in the cards. any advice from the "pros" on this subject would be amazing.
I feel your pain, first year of college and I didn't expect it to keep me from hunting like this. It sucks. As for the fiance, tell her she is pretty and the more you hunt, the prettier she looks!! lol
I usually skip my last class, but I never was a good role model Always pester her to go, until she finally does. Then, hopefully she will see how boring it is and tell you to go by yourself
I think I hunted more when I was in college, I arranged my schedule where I went ALL day on Tuesday's and Thursday's......therefore mon., wed., and Friday were hunting days. A lot of time I would leave out to camp Thursday night and come back Monday....it was great! Now work and family is when the time for hunting decreases.
To get a lot of hunting time, you have to really plan & work at it and put a lot of other life's priorities at a lower peg. Or set yourself up in such a situation where you don't have to compromise, but that takes some planning and some luck and usually sacrifices at some point. Or you just be happy with the time you do get.
Feel your pain, been out 3 times since the 26th. I don't have a wedding though... 5 times... Thats pretty good.
Sounds like you need to get your priorities in line Joking, obviously. I wont comment on the "wedding" part, but, as far as education and work is concerned; study and work hard now, play hard later; you'll be glad that you did, take it from me. Instead of finishing college(I started college at almost 17), I sacrificed an extremely lucrative career working for my fathers firm, and, enlisted into the Marine Corps. At 25 years old, I decided a medical education was for me, and, at 28years old, I'm studying.....I dont regret the decision I made at 18years old, but, it would be nice to be set in my career, now.
I set my fall semester schedule for classes on tuesday and thursday only. I go from 8am to 8:30pm on tuesday and 8am to 4pm on thursday.Unfortunately the boys at work have been crazy busy, so instead of hunting mon, wed, fri I've been working those days, but as the rut approaches I should be able to hunt those days. For the time being saturday and sunday are my only days to hunt I got my now ex into archery and hunting so I could take her with me whenever I went to the range or hunting, it definitely made it easier to get out hunting without getting yelled at for never being around.
Yea I have Fridays off but I usually work 12s on Fridays. I have mornings free just been swamped by homework lately. I should be getting a sit or 2 within the next 2 weeks so I will have to make them worth my while.
my schedule right now is monday wed and friday morning.. i arranged it for the purpose of hunting just get out there when you can man good luck to you
5 times? Thats 4 more times than me Since I work til 5 or 6 Mon-Fri my only day to go is Saturday and only made it out 1 of the 2 so far. And this Sat. I will only make it out in the evening. I long for the days of my college schedule back.
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it doesn't get any easier later in life either. I did the whole college thing, worked my hunting and classes to perfection. I usually had 2 or 3 days a week to hunt when I wasn't in class. It was great! Then, I graduated and started my career. This career (web developer/systems planner) required me to put in a lot of hours for a while. Now, this same career is sending me all over the country for business, training and conferences. This year, I have to be at a week long conference in San Fransisco from Oct 31 to Nov 9, RIGHT SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PA RUT! Then, try having kids while doing all this. That, above anything will suck the time right out of the woods. For right now, my career and kids are priority 1 for me. I look at it this way. Sooner or later, the kids will be in the woods with me and my career will come to a point where I can make everyone else do the work for me. :D As someone else said, work hard now so you can play hard later.
Unfortunately now that I have graduated I don't get to hunt nearly as much as I did in college. Every year I would set up all my classes in the middle of the day so that I could hunt every morning and every afternoon. I would also save all my skips for around the rut. I think i went about 14 or 15 days straight one year. I agree that you should study and work hard but when its over, its hits you real fast. And it was especially noticeable when hunting season came around and I didnt have all that free time. College can be the best years of your life. Have fun and go hunting as much as you can. "Its not as much about what your learn in class as it is about what you learn in college" ---something to be said for that
Thanks for the tips guys. Looking at it my soon to be father in law still hasn't got out yet. I guess i should just count my blessings for as many times as i have gotten out so far and keep hoping one walks by in range on one of the few remaining that i have.
i had to take 5 years off from hunting while in college. now with work i can basically count on my fingers how many and what days i have to hunt each year. make of the most of your time out there, take ethical shots and above all else have fun. i used to just shrug off an owl or a chipmunk. NOW it the highlight of my sit to see ANY wildlife in their own element! best of luck
Since I didn't get into hunting until I hit 30, I missed out on all the free time when I was single and in my teens and 20's. Bummer there. Make the most of what time you do get and understand that it will be less now that you have other committments. Be firm with lady that this is an important part of your life and you need and appreciate her support. Work together with her and alternate weekends with things she wants you around for. My wife isn't thrilled I'll be out this weekend for the opening day of archery but knows I'm not asking for the next two months solid to hunt every weekend. I'll probably get out 3-4 times for archery, 4-5 times for gun if I don't have a lot of luck with archery. Best of luck. Jim
I had unlimited time in undergrad, absolutely zero time now in pharmacy school, but should have ample time off to hunt once graduated w my degree. Like others said, it's all about priorities.
