Madder than hell at my wife and mother in law. Free hunt.

Snook384 · 07-07-2008, 01:10 PM

I am so pissed I could scream. My father in law gave up his two leases in Georgia last year due to a debilitating nerve condition. He falls over a bit now and it is just damn hard for him to walk far at all. He LIVES to hunt. You go in his house and there is not a coffee table, bed stand, or back of a toilet that doesn"™t have a hunting magazine on it. He was going to sell all his rifles but I told him to keep one to kill himself with because that is what he was doing if he sold them all. Well I got a grand notion in my head that I would give him this year to hunt and do the work. I got the lease up in Lafayette county Florida. I have three feeders and a fourth going in two weeks. I have placed two, two man ladder stands for comfort and have established a ground blind that you can drive right up to at the end of a road with a feeder and salt block set at 19 yards and 7 inches. I put in a chair with armrests and I put in a bar so he can pull himself up out of his seat. I have the entire road planted with iron clay peas and have basically worked my ass off putting this whole f"™ing whiz bang together to give him the best damn year I can.

Now here is the crap. When I go over to their house about every other week we get together and ogle the deer pictures from my game cams like two 13-year-old boys that found out the Internet has porn. He smiles like a kid in a candy store and I love to show him the 10 point (I used to think 8) in velvet that has been walking right past his ground blind around 6:30 every morning. He is really looking to have great hunting year and I want to give it to him. MY MOTHER IN LAW AND WIFE SAY NO!!!! They do not want him to go because they are afraid he might get hurt. My wife and I got into a pissing match with the inevitable outcome of the fact that I lost. I told her that I hope to God some day some young guy will strap my dive gear on me and shove me off the side of the boat so I can die shooting my last grouper. She was very much unaffected. So I cannot believe that I am not going to be taking him hunting. I even thought about just telling them to kiss my butt and kidnap him but I would be on the couch for a Looonnngggg time. So on September the 20th opening day of archery for deer happens in sunny Florida and I worked to damn hard on that stand not to put someone in it. It sounds kind of weird but I made it as accessible for a person with a disability as I was able. I would like to give it to someone that might not have a chance to hunt because they are a bit stuck and cannot get through the woods like they used to or ever did before. Kids are ok but they have to have a chaperone.

Here are the details

It is a ground blind that can seat 2 people in it.
There is a feeder 19 yards in front and a salt block 22 yards to the right.
You can drive right up to the blind with a car or truck.
The deer trail comes from the woods and walks right past the front window.
I got deer and hogs hitting it every day and all day.
Please shoot some does also, we have WAY to many
Price: FREE![/ul]

So anyone know anybody that wants to go to Mayo, Florida and try for a deer on opening day. Hell I even got a dually that would hold a wheelchair just fine.

Pop me a pm with a number and details if interested.

MichaelT. · 07-07-2008, 01:22 PM

Brother, Does he not have a say so in this???

He can tell them to go to hell.... that he is going.... and what can they do??

It is his life and happiness, so until HE told me no, I wouldn't give it away.... it would still be waiting for him up to and on ... opening morning....

And I'm sorry, but I could care less about being on a couch than I would about another person. Hell, let her divorce me..... wouldn't be the first time.....

I say give him his hunt..... deal with the results later.....

But thats just me.

God Bless ya for what you are trying to do.

MET

AF Hunter · 07-07-2008, 01:22 PM

Before you give it up, talk to the ones against it again and remind them how much your father in law loves hunting and how excited he gets looking at the photos. Then explain the setup again (drive right to stand and you'll be there with him the whole time). Put a camcorder into the plan to video the hunt with him. Then ask that they don't take this joy away from their father/husband. It might be his last and he should have one to remember and relive through video time and time again. If this does not do it, I don't know what would.

Personally, if my wife told me I could not hunt anymore due to my medical problems, I would probably retaliate with taking away something she loves to do. I know that sounds childish but as a really good book I read says "do unto others as you would have them do unto you".

I hope it turns out for your father-In-Law.

hatchet jack · 07-07-2008, 01:23 PM

Your a GOOD MAN Snook384!!!!!

Hatchet Jack

dmen · 07-07-2008, 01:25 PM

Don't give up,sometimes the couch is not such a bad place to sleep,

Kudos for the effort

Gundeck · 07-07-2008, 01:43 PM

I wouldn't give up with the women, but barring a breakthrough on that front, there are a lot of guys in the Wounded Warriors program that would love the opportunity to hunt under those conditions. I would check with the local VA and it that doesn't work, please, PLEASE, PM me and I will help you find someone.

JFergus7 · 07-07-2008, 01:50 PM

Well with any luck the women will come to there senses. Has you father-in-law spoken up about any of this and given his opinion?

bigbulls · 07-07-2008, 02:01 PM

No offence to your wife and mother-in-law but in this situation I would have to tell them to get bent.

If my father-in-law wanted to go hunting thenI would dang sure be taking him. It's not like you could be arrested if your father-in-law was a willing participant in the hunt.

sandilands · 07-07-2008, 04:50 PM

How about this...... thake the ladies to the woods and show them what you have done. Of course explaing how you have MADE it safe and that you will be sitting there with him. It may be his last chance to get in the woods and do what he loves to do. Try and sell the idea.
And second I think what you have done is great....... even if he can't go then you have somebody else sit there. You my friend are a good man

dayna0306 · 07-07-2008, 05:31 PM

God bless you! Never give up, the world hates a quiter