thought that I would get one of two responses here. one being that what everyone here has said, the other would have been marriage above all else. I have been married for seven years and have a little girl that is nine months old today. I met my wife in san diego when I was in the navy. she never dated anyone that hunted until me. I didn't do much hunting when I was in san diego until I met my best friend. we hunted coyotes, bobcats, varmints if you will. I came home about a week each year bowhunting and did remarkably well. my wife thought that hunting season was only that long. I don't recall ever telling her it was longer, maybe a mistake on my part. now that I live in nw virginia, I hunt quite a bit. deer, turkey, varmints, you name it, because that is what I did when I lived in pa before the navy. I dated one girl that was a vegetarian for some time, but she thought it was pretty neat that I did hunt. she didn't particurally like it, but she got along with it. I have ditched women that didn't like hunting, but with a wife, I suppose that is a bit different. I have only been out hunting twice this calandar year, and it is killing me. I went once for turkey, and once for whistlepigs. my wife thinks that I am neglecting my little one because I want to go hunting and fishing (I haven't been fishing ALL year, and it is killing me.). she is a stay at home mom and I have a rather demanding job that occupies me for fifty or more hours a week. I don't know that I could bring myself to divorce her, but things are getting a bit sticky lately. she ruined perhaps one of my best days hunting when I nailed two deer in one day about a minute apart two seasons ago by picking a fight with me. I just don't see an easy way out of this. I even get a nasty look when I say I am going to shoot a three d round at that local range. three hours a week, and I get that. It is nice to know that there are others out there that feel the same way I do though. Keep the thoughts coming.

recurver--my wife would certainly be gone if she threw any of my hunting equipment anywhere.