Spent three days scouting antelope, hunted 20 minutes. Came home. OK with me.
Done this many times. One year we had three six point bull elk down within the first 20 minutes of legal shooting time, scattered over seven miles of mountains that we had scouted hard for the previous four days. Each of us went after a specific bull on opening morning.
And then a couple of years ago I spotted a shooter buck as it got light when I was a few minutes late driving to where I planned to hunt. Stop, got out, got legal, bang.
If its a gift, take it if it is the kind of animal you want. I love to sleep in if we are camping, cook, help others pack meat, shuttle a vehicle to a pick-up point, go fishing, etc.
