Maybe you just need to tell your wife you are going to do this and not let her say otherwise. You are a free man in a free country, right? I consult my wife on most things and usually reach a concensus decision with her, but on important matters I would be ready to follow my own path. I'm not sure deer hunting qualifies as an "important matter," though.

I would ask her to explicitly state her objections. If she can't explicitly state her objections, than she really doesn't have objections. Get these objections written down on paper. Examine each objection separately and try to resolve them one by one. If she doesn't want to hunt because this takes time away from her, offer to compensate for this time away from her with special time with her -- a date, a weekend out of town doing something she likes, etc. If she objects to hunting because it costs too much, offer to offset the cost of hunting by savings you make on your own. If she doesn't trust you to be away for a deer season -- getting in trouble by drinking or chasing other women -- try to work on this trust issue. In the final analysis, if you have addressed each of her objections and she still doesn't agree to your going -- and deer hunting is important to you -- I say just make a command decision and get on out to the deer stand!!!