Like guys who literally hunt by themselves all the time and do not interact with other hunters (probably doesnt include anyone on this site for obvious reasons), I have no proof or data to support my correlation, I stated that it was a feeling. By independent, I mean hunters who purposely isolate themselves-nothing wrong with it, different strokes for different folks, I just prefer euchre, beer, hunting fellowship.
In the past I've must have always been in the wrong groups. They would stay up late and have drinking parties and couldn't hunt in the morning. If they did hunt it was only 2-3 hrs then back to camp and set around and party again all day. Maybe hunt 1-2 hrs in late afternoon and be back in camp way before dark.
Me I'm a serious all day hunter. Go to bed early, get up early, hunt all day and come back after dark. Clean up and eat then it was time to go to bed to start the next day hunt.
I enjoyed myself hunting not the camp thing.