Update. I've been off work for 18 days so far. 8 of those days off were totally unnecessary. I'm just doing it to see how it goes. So far I haven't spoken to single person from work lol.
It's actually pretty hard mentally, to burn vacation or not make money when I don't really have a reason to. But it's been pretty cool just hanging out with my wife, drinking coffee as the sun comes up, doing house stuff I've been putting off, cleaning up hunting stuff and getting ready for the next hunts.
I don't miss work whatsoever. It never even crosses my mind haha.
It turns out, actually spend way less money during hunting season, than in preparation for hunting season also. I'm just coasting financially with not many high dollar purchases.