family vs hunting....arrrghhh!
 

I was on my way to my blind at 3 pm today when I called home to check in and my daughter asked me to work out with her. She said she couldn't go later, so I did the good Dad thing and went home. Then her boyfriend calls and says he will go with her so I get dressed again and head to my blind and get there at 4:30.
Lo and behold, there in the snow 10-15 yards from my blind, are the 4-4.5 inch prints of Mr. Big!! He is traveling solo. Lots of tracks too, broadside, quartering away, etc. He had been digging in the snow for the corn I had left. Based on the continous snowfall, these prints are about half an hour old. This is the buck that I have been trying to get for almost 3 months!!! I stay in the blind until dark and see nothing else.
Damn, I love my family but sometimes I could just scream......

RE: family vs hunting....arrrghhh!
 

Sorry about this downer post but I just had to ventilate to some fellow hard cores.

RE: family vs hunting....arrrghhh!
 

Now THAT is a bowhunters luck right there!!! :D:D:D

RE: family vs hunting....arrrghhh!
 

Actually the post wasn't a downer for me. Got a good chuckle out of it as most have experience the same thing trying to balance family and hunting time. Feel your pain. Hope you get another chance at the big one.

Tim

RE: family vs hunting....arrrghhh!
 

Dont go home till the season is over

RE: family vs hunting....arrrghhh!
 

those big boys...get you everytime, look at this way, you still have something to anticipate, if hes biggun hes smart and will make it another year

RE: family vs hunting....arrrghhh!
 

It was probably just a big ole club footed doe. If you say it enough times you will begin to beleive it................................................ .................................................. ...........................................Are you feeling better yet?

RE: family vs hunting....arrrghhh!
 

Been there....The story of my life!! Dont ya just luv it

RE: family vs hunting....arrrghhh!
 

Seems to me you made the right choice, family first hunting second.......the deer will always be there, and if you don't get that buck he passed on his genes and you'll get a chance at his offspring in a few years.

RE: family vs hunting....arrrghhh!
 

That's exactly how your priorities are supposed to go ,so this just make's you a normal dad .You can alway's make time for hunting but as the kid's get older and your seeing less and less of them you'll look back and be glad you took this time to spend with them. I've also had this problem with taking a few extra minutes for the kid's just to find that a nice buck had passed by my stand during the period of time that I usually would have been on stand.

nubo