it gets weird next year

[Robhuntandfish]

  anyone take a peak at next year season dates yet??  We were talking at work about time off for next year so i looked at dates quick.  Gonna be a weird year.  Opening day of southern gun is Nov 21st.  Late start for sure.  If you arent a bowhunter yet, theres another selling point.  Def missing out on a lot of the chasing phase/rut with a late gun start like that.  Now my quandary will be when to take off?? i really like the two weeks of crossbow but also like the first two weeks of Nov the best which usually about coincide.   Seems after mid Nov I dont see the chasing.  Got a while to work on it of course but it will be a bit different for sure.  If i take a bunch of time off first two weeks - that will leave the third week and crossbow with me at work and well ......thats just no good!  lol  

[Bow sniper]

Where did you get the dates for next year thanks 

[The_Real_TCIII]

Love the super late gun opener. A three week season will probably sell some crossbows

[Robhuntandfish]

1 minute ago, Bow sniper said:

Where did you get the dates for next year thanks 

DEC site has a spot under seasons for future big game dates.  Gun opener is always the 3rd sat in Nov.  And xbow is always the two weeks prior to gun season.  

[Robhuntandfish]

Just now, The_Real_TCIII said:

Love the super late gun opener. A three week season will probably sell some crossbows

is it a three week xbow or just a late xbow ?? thought it was only two weeks? I was thinking xbow would open the 7th but hoping your right!! 

[The_Real_TCIII]

1 minute ago, Robhuntandfish said:

is it a three week xbow or just a late xbow ?? thought it was only two weeks? I was thinking xbow would open the 7th but hoping your right!! 

I thought it was 11/1 no matter what?

[Robhuntandfish]

2 minutes ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

I thought it was 11/1 no matter what?

this year was 11/2 - 11/15

[Hunter007]

Why the big change ? If that is right .

[Robhuntandfish]

Just now, Hunter007 said:

Why the big change ? If that is right .

its not a change,  just how the Saturdays fall.  Nov 1 is a sunday which pushes all the Sats back so that there isnt a third sat til the 21st 

[Hock3y24]

Gun always 3rd sat, crossbow is only 2 weeks before that not nov 1. Just take extended weekends instead of big chunks of time off, I find that 4-5day weekends work better for me and get burnt out less. 

[Hock3y24]

Not really weird, happens every 5 years. Gun opens 21, 20, 19,18, 17 or 16 usually rotating backwards, sine this year was 16 we go back to the later date and start goIng down each year.

[Robhuntandfish]

19 minutes ago, Hock3y24 said:

Gun always 3rd sat, crossbow is only 2 weeks before that not nov 1. Just take extended weekends instead of big chunks of time off, I find that 4-5day weekends work better for me and get burnt out less. 

i actually take in the first two weeks of Nov t,w,th each of those weeks.  But if I do that then the third week which will now be xbow I wont have any time off.  I usually dont take much of any time off in gun unless I havent gotten a deer.  But figured a lot of guys plan around the rut and this might change some plans.  Happens every few years with the calendar but def different for next seasons plans. I blame leap year and daylight savings time - lol  

Edited November 25, 2019 by Robhuntandfish

[The_Real_TCIII]

9 minutes ago, Robhuntandfish said:

this year was 11/2 - 11/15

I stand corrected.

[Robhuntandfish]

8 minutes ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

I stand corrected.

wish you were right - would love 3 weeks of xbow!   But this next season first week of Nov will be compound bow instead of xbow by the looks of it.  

Edited November 25, 2019 by Robhuntandfish

[Robhuntandfish]

26 minutes ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

I stand corrected.

 

 

47 minutes ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

Love the super late gun opener. A three week season will probably sell some crossbows

might not be three week xbow - but doesnt that give us an extra week of bow hunting and just hunting in general? 

[First-light]

Full moon is Oct 31st. Going to be interesting. 

[crappyice]

Full moon is Oct 31st. Going to be interesting. 

Full moons BLOW!!


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[turkeyfeathers]

1 minute ago, crappyice said:

Full moons BLOW!!


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I agree to disagree    Turkeys for sure. The best deer action I've ever had was a few years back the morning after a full moon. It was absolutely crazy, deer everywhere around my stand

[moog5050]

I was trying to figure out how 3rd sat moved from Nov. 16 to Nov. 21.  I would have thought it was Nov. 15 next year but saw the same as you Rob.  Is 2020 a leap year?  Normally the days only move by one each year I think.

Like Tacks, I like late gun too unless I am already tagged out in bow.  lol. 

Edited November 25, 2019 by moog5050

[Uncle Nicky]

12 minutes ago, moog5050 said:

I was trying to figure out how 3rd sat moved from Nov. 16 to Nov. 21.  I would have thought it was Nov. 15 next year but saw the same as you Rob.  Is 2020 a leap year?  Normally the days only move by one each year I think.

Yes, presidential elections are always in leap years.

 

Edited November 25, 2019 by Uncle Nicky

[Chef]

Full moons BLOW!!


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I agree I’ll probably take off the 9th -13th next year


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[BowmanMike]

More bow hunting,that's fine by me. I am actually considering taking the bow out now,i miss it already and realized i don't have to miss it yet.

[land 1]

already had to put my days for vac in took the weekend of nov 6 and the weekend of 21... 

[Nomad]

Crossbow will start on Nov 7th , typically I have my bow buck bit earlier in Nov.

31 years of compounds ,but I really enjoyed my crossbow buck this year .

[doebuck1234]

More rutty bow action.i like the sounds of that!!!