RE: How do your wives/gf's feel about your addiction?
I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN I FIRST GOT MARRIED I HAD STOPPED HUNTING DUE TO SCHOOL THEN WORK. AFTER A YEAR OF MARRIAGE SHE TOLD ME I NEEDED TO GET BACK INTO HUNTING SHE HAD SEEN THE MOUNTS AT MY FAMILYS CABIN. I GOT BACK INTO IT AND THIS TIME STARTED BOW HUNTING WHICH I FELL IN LOVE WITH ALSO. WE WENT THROUGH A SHORT ROUGH TIME LIKE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. HOWEVER, I FIGURED IF I WANTED TO STAY MARRIED I NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND HER AND FEED THE BEAST WITHIN ME. I TAKE A SATURDAY RIGHT BEFORE THE SEASON OPENS AND WE GO TO DINNER AND A MOVIE WITHOUT THE KIDS. I SPEND ALL DAY WITH HER DOING WHAT SHE LIKES TO DO. DURING THE SEASON I MAKE IT A POINT TO MEET HER FOR LUNCH ONCE DURING THE WEEK AND ON SUNDAYS I FIX BREAKFEAST FOR US OR WE GO OUT BEFORE CHURCH. SHE KNOWS THAT BY 2 PM I WILL BE IN THE WOODS. I ALSO MAKE IT A POINT TO SEND HER FLOWERS ONCE DURING THE SEASON. I WASH MY OWN HUNTING CLOTHES BECOUSE SHE HAS PLENTY TO DO WITHOUT THEM PLUS I HAVE MY OWN WAY OF TAKING CARE OF THEM. LAST YEAR I HUNTED 110 DAYS WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. I'M ON MY 14TH YEAR OF MARRIAGE AND FEEL THIS SEASON WILL BE LIKE LAST YEAR. JUST GIVE HER A LITTLE TIME ALSO AND FOR AS PHONE CALLS JUST TELL HER YOUR PHONE WILL BE OFF TO PREVENT SPOOKING DEER AND YOU WILL CALL HER ONCE OUT OF THE WOODS. GOOD LUCK TO YOU.