About 40 trips a year spent fishing, about 50 trips per year hunting, if you count varmints, but most trips are relatively short and include both. A few years back I was lucky to get out fishing and hunting for a total of 20 days a year, combined, but the boys are older now, 2 and 5, and I get to take them with me more and more. As they get older, I am sure that my days afield will increase, with them by my side. (My wife will get more quiet time.) When I was single, I fished or hunted EVERY weekend, plus every day of vacation.

Like AKKings said, I wouldn't trade a day with my boys or wife to go fishing, unless it worked out with our schedule. Family is number one, and until you witness the birth of your own child, or find a great woman who understands you and is willing to work with you in a lifelong commitment, it is impossible to understand us "whipped" guys. You make sacrifices, and you are repaid many times over. Anyway, once you get married, it is just one big sex party, every single night! Right guys?

Andy