I had to go visit a friend of my wife's yesterday. You know, the kind that just drives you up the wall. Total tree hugger type, animal rights, yada,yada. I wanted to stay home and watch football or work on my tractor or pull my own teeth. Anything but visit this woman. I was so wrong!
She owns a small weekend farm. 30 acres, 15 of pasture and 15 of a wooded swamp that is a deer highway travel corridor. She is a widow and I am often the guy that gets to do chores around the place that she can't handle. She calls me her"husband without benefits".
Yesterday was the last day of deer season in many Tx counties including mine. She is aware of this and asked me why I wasn't hunting. I explained that I liked sleeping in my bed not on the couch and I had to be there visiting. She got a good laugh out of that. We talked about how my season went. I told her about my lease being sold and she said,"Why don't you just hunt here?".
I was floored! She asked only that I don't drag dead animals past the house if she is there. Or that I cover them with a tarp.
I took a walk down to the swamp. There are a bunch of hardwoods with a couple of nice trails going through including a nice pinch point. I'll be hanging a stand there next year.
I have to split wood for her next weekend. I won't mind the chores as much now that I have "benefits".
It turns out that my wife had this set up with her friend since I lost the lease. I will keep looking for more land to hunt but at least I have the peace of knowing I have at least oneplace to go.
I love my wife!

Great job! That just goes to show that if we as hunters present ourselves as ethical, responsible sportsmen that even the tree huggers understand what we are trying to do! Congrats on your new spot and good luck next year!

That’s awesome. Glad you picked up what sounds like a nice spot.

As a side note, one of the places I have permission to hunt is similar to that situation. The land owner is very into environmental causes and animal rights(regarding pets) But, she also readily understands the need for hunting as a tool to control animal populations.

Alright, thats what we like to hear. I guess patients pays off. I know you deserve this with all the crap you put up with on you lease. I'm sure you will get a good one. Keep us up to date on what your seeing out there. How far is it from your house? Same county?

Congrats on your new hunting spot and your wife! I got into a piece of small land this year and it has paid off with a mature doe and a 9 point. If that spot hasn't been hunted before, that should make for some great action!
Goodluck

Thats cool, sounds like your wife is a keeper!

No doubt about her being a keeper. The place is about 15 minutes away in the next county. It has not been hunted in the 12 years she has owned it and at least 2 of the bordering properties have not been hunted in that time.