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Anybody elses wife starting to get a little bit upset about your hunting yet? Mine is acting like I have never done this before. The first 3 times I went hunting this year I had to sit with her now she's like your going again. [:@]

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No, she knows her role.:DDon't tell her I said that. No probs here she knows how much I enjoy hunting and hate shopping with her.

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Well not to the whole marriage thing yet not for some more years anyway but my girlfriend never really says anyting because she knows how much it means to me and that if i don't get to go i get cranky!!! But i do have to dedicate some time to her every now and again.:D

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If it is her first bow season, then make sure you set the bar high. That way she is used to it for seasons to come.

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Nope. In fact, when I reminded her I was leaving for 10 days, she just got a big smile on her face.......I think she may be ready for me to leave for a while.....[&:]

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My olladyis getting aggravated because I don't take her bowhunting enough!!! It is a good problem to have though, better than her being mad that I am never home!!I like it!

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Not so much this year and I had 2 elk hunts, but last year when I went elk hunting the entire week of her birthday she was not a happy camper!

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Don't even try to understand them. You never will. Work on fine tuning your selective hearing. Beware, that only works sometimes, not every day for a straight week.

Here's a good one...... I shoot a high 160s buck and my GF asks why I didn't hold off for the non-typ I had seen a couple of days earlier!!!:eek:

And she used to hunt!

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Just throw her down on the bed and put the hammer down just before you go out and tell her there will be more to come when you get back.

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:D:D:D:D:D:D

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:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D the coment above me:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

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thats when you give her some money and you go huntin and let hershop while yur out

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Though we're not married yet, she acts like it most of the time. But with hunting, I'm lucky she understands what it means to me and she generally doesn't bug me too much about it. And when she does, I just remind her about all the crap I have to put up with dealing with her family who hates my guts. Then she leaves me alone again.

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What world are you living in?:DNever never Land[&:]

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Well, mine doesn't like the fall too much, but she puts up with the hunting because she knows how much I love it and I have never hid it from her. After 24 years, I think she's adjusted well.

Headed to Illinois next week for awhile! When I get back, I'll probably bring her some gift just to say thanks. Guys, that is how youtreat your ladies! Especially if you're too old and you can't drive the nails like you used to!!!:)

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HMMM... You hunted when you married ? no ? Love me then... love me now... That's how it is..

Unless you have changed how you treat her; since you have met... Or how much time you spend with her whether it's hunting season or not..

Have you changed or stopped doing something ?

I want the whole story

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I AM 27 YEARS OLD MY WIFE IS 30 I HAVE HUNTED FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 6 YRS, AND WE HAVE 2 CHILDREN A G-4 AND A B-2 AND SHE HATES THAT I LEAVE TO GO HUNTING BECAUSE SHE IS HOME WITH THE KIDS ALONE. SHE LIKES TO SAY THAT HUNTING IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN MY LIFE. AND THAT HUNTING ALWAYS COMES FIRST. SHE ALSO SAYS WHEN THE KIDS ARE OLDER SHE WONT CARE IF I GO BECAUSE THEY DONT NEED CONSTANT ATTENTION. ITS REAL HARD TO DO THE OUT OF STATE HUNTS WHEN THERE THIS YOUNG BUT THE DAY HUNTS. SHOULD BE FINE. I JUST WISH SHE WAS AS INTHUSED ABOUT MY HUNTING AS I AM OR AT LEAST FAKE IT..... WELL THATS IT FOR ME I GOTTA GO CHANGE A DIAPER................

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I have hunted since I was 12 I met my wife whenI was 25. I hunt less now then I did when I first met her. We go through this every year and it drives me nuts every year. My daughter told her last night "this is when he hunts leave him alone he'll be back on Sunday." At least she has it fiqured out. This 2 weeks around the rut is busy for me because like most people are trying to jugle home,work and hunting I just don't need the extra nagging from the wife when she knows I am going to hunt these 2 weeks or until I shoot something.

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Um.....YEP:eek:

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sounds kinda like my wife. She is usually pretty understanding. but every once in awhile she gets upset. and i simply remind her that i hunted before i'm gonna hunt after i got married and she is the one that said yes. I warned her when we started dating that when deer season rolls around that she probably wouldn't see much of me.
She didn't even get mad at me last night when i decided to go hunting rather than trick or treating. (only cause i saw a shooter 2 days earlier)
Just sit her down and explain to her. Don't yell. Then she cant see the passion you employ for the sport. I'm sure she has something that she loves that you hate.
My wife loves teddy bears. So much that i let her spend $300 on a little bear she was wanting. But guess what i get to hunt pretty much whenever I want.
But even if you get to that point that doesn't mean you take advantage of it. You still have to use some judgement. and spend some "quality" time with her.

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mine knows better to get testy with me, after all i own her:eek:

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I have been there, married 17 years. Eventually the marriage didn't last, we didn't split up over hunting, she just didn't love me anymore and I took a back seat to my beautiful children for many years. I even stopped hunting for a while and let my job take over my life, soI could provide for her and the kids. She didn't have to work and I was the ticket. Then one day she suggests we split and I agree. I have a GF now that loves to hunt, she has bought tree stands, trail cameras and lots of other stuff. Her enthusiasm is amazing. She loves to shoot her bow, practice and hunt. She treats me like a King. She is truly an amazing woman and I appreciate her very much.

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My fiance gets a little aggravated but I have Friday's off and she works and then sleeps till noon on Saturday. So I've worked it out so she doesn't flip out and give the ring back. If she does I'm going hunting for caribou in Quebec that ring was expensive.

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Then you haven't done a damn thing wrong and she needs to find a hobbie while you are out there. Plain and simple. If you were ingnoring more than usually ; if you were out twice as much then you were in the past.. it would be a different story.. In your case , she needs to step back and remember when you guys first met... Was she excited for you when you brought home dinner ? If so, she needs to snap back into it and join back up in her own way.. Or, again, find "busy work" for when you are not there...

There, now you have a woman's point of view...

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I got all of you guys beat it seems. :)

My wife can't wait for deer season to start. I often threaten her with taking a week or so of vacation off just to sit at home to drive her bonkers. :DAlthough I got the end of Nov. and Dec off for almost 2 weeks each to hunt.

She knows that hunting is only a few months a year and its one of my favorite things to do besides riding motorcycles. Tomorrow is our 5 yr anniversary and I will be at work (she will also be working) and I will go into the woods after work. Saturday I will do the same but hunt all day and we will go out after I get home. Will have someone to watch our little boy for the night and have Sunday to ourselves.. Best of all, it was her idea for me to hunt tomorrow afternoon and also all day saturday..

If I come home empty handed (like every day this season so far) [:@]She will ask me if I at least got to enjoy watching the woods wake up or go to bed..

No she don't have any sisters before anyone asks. ;)

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Mine gets upset if I don't take her b/c she's afraid I'll hunt her stand

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No my wife has no problems with it.

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I'm not planning to marry anytime soon... So I'm not too worried about it!!:D

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I'll be sure she know this! BAM!

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My husband knows that I will return to him after hunting season. I bow hunt, he doesnt. And as long as HE keeps the house cleaned, cloths washed, dinner cooked and the dogs fed, I will be happy.
Nuff said?! :):D:)

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My wife loathes hunting season. She knew I hunted a lot while we were dating, but I used to fib about how much time I really spent scouting/spotting/hunting. It was a little embarassing to look your fiancee in the eye and tell her that you spend more time in the woods than you spend with her. LMAO.

Now that we're married, she sees the level of obsession, and hates it. More than anything, she hates the fact that it never ends. It's the rut now, next it will be deer camp, after that - shed hunting, then scouting for spring birds, then spring gobbler, then summer varmint hunting and glassing for bucks, then preseason scouting again... then back to the rut. Everything runs together, and it's a year-round event.

We've come to a compromise - she picks one day every weekend. That's "her" day, the other day, I'm in the woods.

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While I'm not married (yet) we might as well be. She lives with me and I plan to be with her till she kicks me out, or kicks the bucket......whichever comes first. [8D]

I gotta say, she's done pretty well with accepting my hunting time this year. Last year when season came, she had a tough time but I think we have grown enough and she has become more comfortable with it. I reallywant to make it a priority for the 08' season to get her through hunters education and get her into the woods with me to take her first deer or turkey, she has sat with me this year and wasn't too thrilled about it until the deer showed up........then she was shaking almost as bad as I did when that doe popped out of nowhere at 15 yards. I hope to be able to share it with her even if it is only occasionally.....I think this will help herunderstand more as well.

For this year, I try hard to make at least one night a week to go on a date with her and spend time during the season as well and I think this helps. She knows that I'm not going to be able to be a road/weekend warrior hunter gone every weekend for 3 months for the rest of life......I know it as well. I will eventually hit the point where I want kids and there will be a few years till the kids are old enough to go with where I will have to be at home most weekends. For now though, she's awfully good to me and gives me the space to pursue this game I'm so passionate about. I think that's a big reason why I've already decided she's a keeper. ;)

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Ahhh how nice, and she obviously reads the board huh??