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Percentage of men at your work that hunt?

Discussion in 'Bowhunting Talk' started by virginiashadow, May 26, 2010.

  1. Champlain Islander

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    Where I used to work almost all the office workers and managers didn't hunt. I was one of the few managers who did hunt. The male technicians were mixed and I guess that about 10% of them hunted.
     
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    Out of 110....Proably 3-4 hunt. Only 2 are true bowhunters though.

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    34 members....10-11 hunt. Only 3-4 are serious, and only 2 are true bownters.
     
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    We have 15 guys in our shop and 4 of us hunt. I am the only one picking up a bow this year..
     
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    Theres only 2 of us and we are both die hard bowhunters......:)
     
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    190ish people, and I'm pretty sure I'm the only one.
     
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    Probably around 80%, but I work at Bass Pro so pretty much everyone hunts there. Out of all the workers there i would say maybe 5% of them are serious hunters.
     
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    Scott/IL Die Hard Bowhunter

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    There are 11 of us at my work, and 2 of us hunt. The other is a good friend of mine that I got hired on last summer.

    It works out great though. Everyone else wants off during the summer to golf and boat, and I get all the vacation time I want during the fall (it's also our slow time from Oct-Jan).
     
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    Hard to say since there are 1200 employees in the building I work in. ;)

    But, I would say 30% of the guys I know at work are hunters.
     
  9. in da woods

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    let's see, 80 guys on the line (includes females) there's probably at least half that hunt someway or another (gun/bow) & a variety of specific animal hunters, fowl, deer, bear etc.
     
  10. virginiashadow

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    You northern guys (Wisconsin, Minnesota...) sure have a lot of hunters working amongst you. I think hunting is a dying breed here in Northern Virginia. You are taking your chances when you mention that you hunt around here....people judge us like we are maniacs.
     
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    40-50% of my coworkers hunt, or claim that they do.
     
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    30% (3 lol ) of us hunt. I'm the only one that bow hunts. The other 2 are big into waterfowl and predator hunting.
     
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    I have no idea how many hunters there are here, but I've only met two in my two years here. That's not many out of a couple thousand, but it's not surprising. I work at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and most people in this line of work aren't into hunting.:)
     
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    There are 30 of us, about 5 hunt including myself, 4 of'em "hunt" with a rifle and with the largest carbine known to man. So that leaves me that takes bowhunting to heart. However, I've talked 3 of them into purchasing bows, which they have but they've all bought Matthews Z7's!! I've tried to persuade them into Bowtech's but I didn't succeed.....
     
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    Sounds like you work with intelligent people.....:lol:
     
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    Between my employee's and I (1 part timer and 1 full timer) 2 out of 3 of us hunt which Is perfectly fine with me. ;) Out of the 27 dairy farms I pick up milk at 14 of them I know for sure do some hunting, could be more. The milk plant that I haul the milk too I can't really give you an honest answer but I'd bet at least 30% of the 500 people that work there are deer hunters (gun). A few bow hunt but not too many.
     
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    Three out of twelve in my office...only 25%... and of those three I am the only one that hunted for more than 5 days...that's low I think considering the fact I work in Iowa.

    No wonder there are so many deer.
     
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    KodiakArcher Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Depends on how you define "hunt". 7/8 go out and either shoot or try to shoot a deer with a rifle at least one day a year. I'm the only one that bowhunts, hunts multiple species, travels to hunt, or hunts for more than just to put a single deer in the freezer. So depending on your definition you could say anywhere between 13 and 88%.
     
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    FAAAAR from it! I'm the only smart one! :D
     
  20. JimPic

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    There's probably 150 people on my shift alone and I'm the only one that hunts(that I know of). Lots of fishermen though
     

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