ORIGINAL: snake123
I can recall a few times that I got agood scorn about how I could get up at 3a.m. after going to bed at midnight to go hunting, but couldn't get up at 9 to attend one of their family functions.
LOL - Well that still probably wouldn't go over too well if it was during the off-season, but during October / November that is when the day begins! But then again, maybe the family function wasn't as exciting as sitting in a tree listening to a 900 pound squirrel running around at daybreak.
Coming at you from the other side here. You all sound like you have balanced the hunting relationship life. My question back at you is has anybody else "created a monster" as my fiancee likes to refer to me? I went awayhunting with him last year but never really got out in the woods. We went to the archery range a few times and I watched, then on one trip he had me try it out and the rest is history. He bought me my first bow for Christmas, which took about 3 months to find and about 300 miles in driving, but I have turned into one of those people that gets nutty when I cant get out to shoot my bow regularly.
After watching countless hours of MOR (which mysteriously disappeared recently), the Outdoor Channel and a multitude of bow hunting videos I cant wait to get out in the woods. I have to thank him for getting me addicted to another outdoor sport in which I can spend a ton of money on to spend eons of my life outside. My only thought recently was, did he get me hooked so he wont get nagged and yet he still doesn't have to spend time with me? ? ? ah the things that go through a woman's head. I am joking, he wanted to spend more time with me, and this is something we enjoy doing together now.
Our son got his first bow for his 1st birthday, and this past weekend again tells me to "shhh" when I ask him, "where are all the deer"? He too watches countless hours of hunt footage, for him it's less exciting then Barney I supposed since it all looks the same when everybody is in camo. At 13 months he could tell me the noise a deer makes, most kids his age tell you the noise a cow, duck, dog, cat, etc. can make, he knows the noise a deer makes. Watching a call video the other day was probably one of the funniest things that I have ever seen, with the fawn in distress he started screaming back at the tv.... I never knew this sport could be so entertaining!