Hunting is a huge stress relief for me and I won't give it up. If your girlfriend doesn't understand this and you have taken time to explain how important it is to you, and she still doesn't allow you that time....whatever you do, don't marry her. People who can't set aside their wants for their partners wants, are not good partner material, that's the work side of a relationship and it's hard and it really sucks some times, but without it, there is no relationship.

My wife doesn't object to me hunting, and I hunt like *ell come bow season (sun up to sun down some weekdays and every weekend during the rut). I know she doesn't like how much I go, but she understands how important it is to me and since it comes around once a year, she gives me that time. Just as I give her the time she needs with her girlfriends and shopping and I will do special things for her during the season as a way to say thank you for allowing me my time. One thing she really likes is when I stop by Dunkin Donuts on the way home with her favorite coffee, doesn't cost much, it just shows that I was thinking about her.

It's all about giving and taking to make it work.