chubacabra
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Just curious, how many hunters out there hunt with their wives? How long they been hunting with you and how many have they taken?
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woodsman87
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My wife killed one 8 pointer (before we were married with her dad).
She really doesn't go much with me though, although I ask her to. Had a nice buck a few years ago on New Years eve and she didn't want to.
Had two long beards in shotgun range this spring, she didn't want to as well. hahaha
She really doesn't go much with me though, although I ask her to. Had a nice buck a few years ago on New Years eve and she didn't want to.
Had two long beards in shotgun range this spring, she didn't want to as well. hahaha
BlountArrow
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No way. Love her to death, love spending time with her, but no way. Truthfully, I hope she never develops the interest. So many of you will read this and spin it negatively, but there is nothing negative about it for she and I. We do plenty of things together and cherish the time spent with each other, but I want my "me time" just like she wants "her time".
Nope, never, and none. :grin:
TRIGGER
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BlountArrow said:
I just wish mine would take a little interest in it enough to understand a little. Like why she can't wash my clothes with springtime scents or why I can't come out of the woods 45 min before dark to eat dinner or why I need her to drop little man off at daycare when I hunt during the week.
Winchester
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Mine used to go before we were married and seemed to enjoy the outdoor and camping aspect, but never really cared much to pull the trigger. She has helped me blood trail and field dress and scout, etc. but she now is happy to stay home and do her thing while me and the boys go.
My wife deer hunts with me whenever we can find a babysitter. she doesn't care anything about ducks our turkeys but she loves to bow hunt and gun hunt. We have also been on an elk hunt together which was one of the greatest vacations we ever had. She has taken several does and one small 6 point with her rifle. No luck with the bow yet but it ain't for lack of trying. Hopefully this year she can get one with it.
We usually go together but hunt in different areas.
We usually go together but hunt in different areas.
tailchaser
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Mine went one time ,23yrs ago with me, when we first started dating,she about froze to death,and has never wanted to go again,Thank goodness,
My wife has expressed an interest to go with me this year. I told her to shut the heck up, go do the dishes, and to never ask again.
:D
Just kidding, I would be in the dog house for a decade or two if I said that to her and was serious.
I think she is going to try it this year if we can find a baby sitter. I am not sure if she would pull the trigger because she is a huge animal lover but I think she would enjoy watching all the wild life. I hope we get to go, and hope even more that she would pull the trigger.
:D
Just kidding, I would be in the dog house for a decade or two if I said that to her and was serious.
I think she is going to try it this year if we can find a baby sitter. I am not sure if she would pull the trigger because she is a huge animal lover but I think she would enjoy watching all the wild life. I hope we get to go, and hope even more that she would pull the trigger.
BSK
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My wife has no problem with killing deer (or any animal) for food or even for the hunting experience. However, she does not like to be bored, she does not like being cold, and she ABSOLUTELY does not like getting up early in the morning. She will never be a deer hunter. She does like to fish though...
Merrick
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My wife grew up with little interest in hunting. She always thought of it as a "guy" thing. She always wanted to be with me didn't matter what I was doing! Moral support I guess? She would sit outside for hours watching me shoot my bow or if we went fishing she always "worked on her tan" while I ran the boat. It took a lot of convincing to finally get her into the woods with me, but after she got bit, she was all in! Now she has her own bow, gun, stands, you name it. It cracks me up sometimes when I get a text from her talking about how the wind will be perfect next week for this stand site she has picked out. It was no easy feat and we had a lot of trial and error. Huge learning curve for me and it took a lot of patience on my part, you cant expect someone to be able to pick up something new in a couple of days which you have done your entire life. All n all I'm glad she enjoys it, it gives us something we can enjoy together.
Solo Hunter
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Mine decided on her own that she would take the first week of gun season off to hunt with me since our Destin trip had to be cancelled due to a death in the family. She never hunts with me but I thought I'd really like this.... Hmmm there's always next year I guess.
fairchaser
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My wife went a couple times to sit in a box with my oldest son while I sat with the youngest son on a youth hunt. He wanted to shoot a coyote and she wouldn't let him. He never took her again. LOL. She thinks getting up early is 9:30 am, so she will never be a hunter. She may have seen the sun come up a couple times in her life. Doesn't like bugs, doesn't eat wild game, and is alergic to poison ivy so bad she can catch it airborne. Its amazing how opposite we are but I guess it was designed that way. Personally, I prefer it that way. I certainly don't envy guys who hunt with their wives because they have to do everything double so thier wives can pull the trigger. I know there are some great huntresses out there so don't be a hater but most aren't. Contrary to popular belief, you don't have to do everything with your wife to have a good marriage.
Brisco Darlin
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never. she likes to shoot and go scouting with me but i don't think she could ever kill anything. she's too tender hearted. She does love to eat what i bring home but i cook all the deer recipes.
Urban_Hunter
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Mine mentioned going deer hunting and I just laughed. We don't have removable screens in the kitchen windows and I can't have her shooting holes through them! :laugh:
I begged mine to go with me and got her to go twice. First time we were still dating and didn't see a thing and I thought I was going to be the first person to ever witness a death of boredom.
Next time I put us in the honey hole and went in right before dark. Sat there about 30-45 mins and had a bunch of does come out. Watched them for a while as she kept saying they were getting away. I took one and she was on cloud 9! I thought I had made a big step forward. That was 4 years ago and she hasn't offered to go since :frown:
I begged mine to go with me and got her to go twice. First time we were still dating and didn't see a thing and I thought I was going to be the first person to ever witness a death of boredom.
Next time I put us in the honey hole and went in right before dark. Sat there about 30-45 mins and had a bunch of does come out. Watched them for a while as she kept saying they were getting away. I took one and she was on cloud 9! I thought I had made a big step forward. That was 4 years ago and she hasn't offered to go since :frown:
Adam Jackson
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Same here. The wifey leaves the camp to me. LolMUP said:
Southern Sportsman
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BlountArrow said:
My sentiments exactly. My wife and I have a great, close relationship, but I don't want her hunting with me -- and I told her that when we first started dating. That time is time I spend either by myself or with my guy friends or my dad.
Mine likes to go when we have time. To be honest its twice the work for me but it is fun when she goes.
rasnick13
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My wife started hunting with me when we started dating. She will go sometime but not alot i like it because i still get to enjoy the time to myself and friends most of the time. But when she wants to go im happy to take her and we get to enjoy it together. Im glad she is like that and not wanting to go everytime i go in the woods or on the other not at all. She had a few years of bad luck loosing one with a bow and loosing a buck with a muzzleloader. She finally got her first buck and first deer with a bow tuesday it was a good high rack 5pt. Dropped it off to get mounted yesterday. That made my hunting season seeing her finally put one down.
infoman jr.
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Are you married to my wife?BSK said:
LA man
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My wife has never deer hunted. She has killed tree rats and will dress them. But she says she just cant kill a deer
Fairchaser...Contrary to popular belief, you don't have to do everything with your wife to have a good marriage.
Agreed and in fact, a good marriage often thrives when both have their hobbies with the same sex.
Having said that...my wife suffers from RA Rheumatoid Arthritis(diagnosed at 21 yrs old, now we are 32) and physically can't do a lot of those things. She was raised on a farm and knows about field dressing and the whole 9 yards and is ok. I love my in the woods time being alone with GOD.
Agreed and in fact, a good marriage often thrives when both have their hobbies with the same sex.
Having said that...my wife suffers from RA Rheumatoid Arthritis(diagnosed at 21 yrs old, now we are 32) and physically can't do a lot of those things. She was raised on a farm and knows about field dressing and the whole 9 yards and is ok. I love my in the woods time being alone with GOD.
TheLBLman
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Shouldn't this thread be moved over to the "General Forum" or even better to the "Cooking Forum"?
This is the "Serious Deer Hunting Forum", and someone puts something up here about a woman in the woods? :confused:
This is the "Serious Deer Hunting Forum", and someone puts something up here about a woman in the woods? :confused:
Kingston
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My wife hunts. But we never hunt side by side. She has killed her share of deer.
The UTV & Atv's are mine the Poontoon boat is hers I'm a hunter she's a fisherwomen :grin: .Not that I can't use the boat and not that she can't ride the 4 wheelers but just saying ....
My wife is a city girl who spent her summers in her grandparents farms in the Midwest. She was never exposed to hunting, won't eat venison or any wild game, and thinks photos of dead animals and on the wall are sick. I rarely understand her but I love her dearly. She will shoot skeet with me but she will never go hunting with me. Never. And I like it that way. I think it's healthy for husband and wife to have some separate interests. Plus, like some of these other wives, she thinks any time before 10am is early, hates to be cold, and doesn't like bugs or dirt. She could never be a hunter.
Bone Collector
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TRIGGER said:
this worked for me on the daycare. When my wife is usually the one that takes our son and I pick him up, but I get him ready in the morning. When she took off she said, she needed me to get him ready and take him so she could sleep. SO I said that is fine, but when I take vaca to hunt, I will go and you will need to get up get him ready and take him. she said ok.
I can't help you on the other two.....
Bone Collector
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Oh as a side note, my wife recently got her HCP and realized guns are not so scary and started making comments like she was going to go hunting with me. I cancelled that plan real quick.
when we first started dating she went out with me to squirrel hunt and I knew she would not shoot one. A bunch of sparrows were there, and I told her to shoot one and she said no. So I shot one and she started crying. That is the last time she will go in the woods with me.
when we first started dating she went out with me to squirrel hunt and I knew she would not shoot one. A bunch of sparrows were there, and I told her to shoot one and she said no. So I shot one and she started crying. That is the last time she will go in the woods with me.
Bone Collector
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MattR said:
I'm laughing so hard I'm about in tears. You better watch it Wes, Ole Southern Chick or whatever her name is will get you. Just ask Bucky....
