I guess I lead a different life style than you guys then. I can't think of a situation that my girlfriend couldn't be in on. I mean if she doesn't want to be that is fine, but if she wants she is more than welcome. We don't tone down our conversation any just because she is there either, we are not that crude to begin with though.

She doesn't have a problem with me wanting to do something by myself either if I want to.

I am not a real social person to begin with really. I don't hang out in bars or belong to any clubs or anything like that. I have a few close friends and that is pretty much it. I don't do the "Boys night out" thing, I would rather be with my girlfriend and her kids to be honest. And most of my friends have families as well.

Having her around would in no way diminnish the pleasure I get out of hunting, nor would it effect my buddies. If anything it would make it better if she hunted and was good at. We get more joy from seeing others get their animals than we do our own most of time.

I understand that there is more to hunting than just the harvest. She comes with me when I set up stands and when we go shooting in the off season. She even learned to shoot a bow so she could be part of that with us. And now she outshoots most of the guys. She seems pretty fond of my 17HMR as well.

I don't really drink either, so standing around an animal in the freezing cold downing beers and BS'ing really doesn't sound like that much fun to me. Would have been 15 years ago, but not anymore. And hunting with a group of people in a camp type scene in another location does not apeal to me at all either. I guess it just depends on your personality in the end.

Paul