My wife is not thinking correctly
 

I have a freezer full of Elk & Venison. 200 lbs of prime meat.

She goes to the food store, and buys over $100 worth of beef & sausage !! Why, because she claims she doesn't like wild game.

She'd rather eat commercial fatty beef & nasty sausage... who knows where it came from, or how it's processed.

I tried talking to her. I tried reasoning with her. Will never sink in.

Tonight, she cooked me Elk, & herself Beef. Totally ridiculous, & a total waste of money. I'm just frustrated with the whole thing.

200 lbs of meat will last me at least 2 years, or it will go freezer burnt before it's eaten. Anyone else with this problem?

Not a problem here even though my wife is the same way. I eat what I like and she eats what she likes. It's a free world, so just make sure you have the stuff properly wrapped and it will last for 2 years, so be happy she cooks for you. Mine doesn't even like the smell of wild game, so I fix it myself. I just finished some stuff that had Fall of 2013 on it and it was fine. Take it easy, as the world won't come to an end. PS: I've been married to her since 1975 and this year was gone on my hunting trip in 3 states for over 2 months. How many wives would tolerate that?

LLLLLOOOOOOLLLLLLL Mine not only tolerates it,,,she looks FORWARD to it!!! I start getting a bit moody and stomping around the house about 2 months before seasons start.. Can't wait to get out there!! She gets all happy when I say IT'S TIME!!! Kicks my grumpy rear out the door saying "don't come back till yer not grumpy old man"!!! :D She even goes on SOME hunts with my grumpy old rear :D

Awesome I thought mine was perfect but I can't sneak off for 2 months to another state , have to start takin notes from top gun 3006 , hes better at this than I am

My wife does really well with just about everything, venison, moose, turkey...she just won't touch bear. It doesn't matter what recipe or how it is cooked...she won't touch it. I spent days marinating and putting together dinner. I had only said I was cooking, "backstraps". It was delicious, the kids loved it! She took one bit, looked at me and said, "Is this bear or deer?". If it wasn't for the well done cooking as opposed to medium rare with venison there was no way to tell the difference. I guess that means more bear for the rest of us. Just have to deal with a three year old asking why Mommy has something different for dinner than the rest of us.

cut her loose and find a keeper.

Thats a little excessive ain't it kidoggy?

If she wont eat it, that is her choice. Just enjoy eating it as much as you want. If you can, try making a stew or chili with it in there and let her try it that way. Allow her to adjust to it while it is embedded in something first.

Make jerky if you have too much meat. It takes about 6 lbs of meat to make a pound of jerky and jerky never goes to waste, everybody wants some.

could be. but over time you'll be happier.

My wife not only eats it, she helps collect it! We haven't bought beef since October! When trying our antelope steaks for the first time her reply was "I'm glad it's so good cause it was fun to hunt"

My wife of 46 years won't hunt but is one heck of a cook and wild game is a specialty. She helps me process my game and even helps me to drag them out when I bag one near the house. This year I was on limited physical activity due to bypass surgery so when I dropped a 150 pound buck I called her and she brought the wheeler up the hill to drag out the deer. Fact is a steak off that buck is on the menu for tonight.

My wife looks forward to eating wild game as much as I do, small game and big game. She really looks forward to the dry beef I have made with venison hind quarters. She cooks a bear roast that most couldn't tell from roast beef.

For the OP's question, no, I don't have the same problem (my wife loves wild game). It sounds like your wife is okay with you hunting and filling your freezer with wild game. Not all wives are that supportive. If you're able to feed everybody else in your family with wild game, it sounds like you're still reducing your meat bill.

Your wife's not liking wild game could be a mental block rather than a taste block. For some people, they simply can't wrap their heads around eating wild game because they see Bambi, etc. in their mind when they try to eat it. If she's letting you hunt and fill the freezer with wild game and letting you and your kids eat it, I'd say you're 90% or so ahead on this. JMHO and YMMV but hopefully this helps some with gaining a perspective on it.

Properly killed and processed wild game is the best. I like my back straps about 3/4 inch warm to the room, seasoned and seared in a cast iron skillet on high. When the blood comes out the top flip over and throw a small cup of wine over it, put on a cover and remove the heat. Comes out an incredible medium rare every time. If anyone wouldn't like that they have to be nuts. In fact I can hear the fan coming on in the kitchen which means that skillet is about to get hot. I do the dishes...she does the cooking:guiness:

My wife won't touch or eat wild game. She's so bad that she won't even wash the pans that I cook them in. But at least I can go hunting out of state without to much complaining from her.

She did the cooking, we both ate and I did the dishes. Had mushrooms and sauteed sweet onions with it as well as a butternut squash out of the garden. Whats not to like? I would rather eat deer than beef any day same with Mary.:guiness:

:wave:Wife not only cooks and eats wild game she also helps harvest.

The start of the hunt.


Camp 18 miles later.


The hunt.


Success on the mountain.:D

Great looking country, camp, and bull---Congrats to you both!

congrats to you both on your KILL. hope you are able to HARVEST some veggies to go with it.

haha! My fiancé says she likes me so much better during hunting season b/c I'm always in a better mood!!!

My wife doesn't like elk much either and won't hardly eat elk steaks, but she is OK with elk burger if a slight amount of beef tallow is added and really likes smoke rings made with elk and added pork. I had to make a "blend" but we both like the results. I would NEVER do anything with backstrap and tenders but steaks though! You have to draw the line somewhere.