I want to repeat this wideom from bullcan. When you get married, and esepecially when you have kids, something has to give, if you put your family at the highest priority. My wife does not object to hunting and fishing. She loves to fish, but doesn't like gun sports. So far my two daughters are luke warm on fishing (it's OK, but they don't love it), and have no interest in gun sports. Oh well. On the other hand, they all love the salmon, venison and moose meat I bring home so they don't give me grief about the moderate amount of fishing and hunting I do without them. But I personally would (and have) gladly given up hunting and fishing time to participate in activities that my family does like to do - for example, xc skiing, hiking, general boating/camping. It's just more important to me to spend time doing what we all enjoy as a group than doing what I happen to like as an individual. The kids are teenagers now and are already separating from family activities. This leaves me more flexibility for individual pursuits, but makes me nostalgic for the days when we did more stuff together even though it required compromises/sacrifices on my part.