This one I learned from good ole dad being the scoundrel he is.

To make a relationship work you have to budget money and make sure you spend time with your other half and family. Most women never seem to see that you can never have enough hunting stuff and usually advising them you are buying more leads to interesting conversations and trips to the couch or spare bedroom.
This is a two birds with one stone approach to resolving the issue. Align yourself with stores that sell hunting stuff along with other needs. Here in Ilinois we had a grocery store that also carried household items including hunting stuff, the store was Meiers. Menards carries cheap ladder stands and hang on stands. When you know the wife is busy you simply offer to go grocery shopping, you advise you want to build shelves in the basement for all the crap on the floor, etc. You then slip what you need into the mix and throw away the receipt!!!