Decline in Hunters Linked To ........?

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A tad long but a good read.

http://outdoorunderground.com/bones/67

Decline in Hunters Linked To “Nagging-##### Wives”

Survey on Hunting Fishing and Wildlife Recreation are in and show another 4-percent decline in hunter participation since 2001. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the number of hunters in America has been in a steady freefall for decades. Is this disturbing trend due to a lack of land access and hunter opportunity? Or is it because of failing efforts to recruit young hunters? For the real reason, say experts, go ask your wife.

“It’s a sad and widely know fact that once men and women marry, the woman sets in motion a bizarre and torturous campaign to change everything about her new husband that made her fall in love with him in the first place,” says a spokesman for the Art of Marriage Foundation, a non-profit organization that promotes healthy marriages through marriage education. “If the man is a hunter, that’s typically the first thing to go.”

The 2006 USFW survey is the 11th in a series of surveys conducted since 1958. It was compiled from data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau, which interviewed 85,000 households in April and May of 2006. The 31,500 “sporting households” were selected and interviewed in detail about their participation and expenditures regarding hunting, fishing, and wildlife watching.

When male participates where asked privately what factor most limited their involvement in hunting-related activities, census takers noted a remarkably high number of husbands citing a “nagging” or “overbearing #####” wife.

Hence, the acronym NBW.

“The data reveal a high percentage of American husbands were essentially at the mercy of a NBW who essentially controlled every minute of their [the husband's] free time,” says a Chicago-based representative of the U.S. Census Bureau. “NBWs were actually one of the primary causes of men cutting back or giving up on their hunting activities entirely. This problem, and NBWs in particular, definitely deserve more attention…so to speak.”

A woman’s propensity for squashing a man’s desire to hunt is insidious as it is irrational, say the legion of men who have experienced wifely nagging and complaining to the ultimate, mind-numbing extreme.

“I didn’t know what was happening,” says Gordon Stigfield, a self described ex-hunter and recently divorced Salisbury father of two. “It started with little questions-Do you really have to go out again, dear? Do you really need another shotgun?-But pretty soon the questions became declarations. You’re not going hunting tonight! You just went last week! Three hundred dollars for a treestand! We don’t have that kind of money! Blah! Blah! Blah!

“It got so she would openly ##### anytime the word hunting was mentioned in our-I mean her-house,” continues Stigfield, adding that his ex-wife nearly succeeded in sapping away every ounce of joy he once felt from spending time outdoors.

“It got so the safest place for me was hiding out in the garage pretending to be doing something or putzing around out in the backyard. But then she accused me of being a lazy, un-ambitious shell of the man I once was.”

“My ex-wife would chew my ass out for leaving a hunting magazine on the coffee table,” echoes Fred Hubbell, a 32-year-old man who considered himself a lifelong deer hunter until his marriage three years ago. “I still get the magazines and catalogs-they’re really my only connection to the outdoors anymore-but I have to keep them out of sight otherwise it just means trouble.”

According to Hubbell, his wife wants to start having children.

“I think if there was a kid around to distract her, she might actually stop hen-pecking the hell out of me,” he says.

But not so fast, says the most recent USFW survey.

“The data show that having children only complicates a bad situation,” says James Paulson, a USFW official speaking on the results of the findings. “This final phase of the process allows the wife to essentially use the ‘needs of the children’ to justify her behavior and guilt-trip the man into never leaving the house. We found men talked into to giving up hunting trips out of state, nagged into cutting back on their hunting-related expenses, even selling their hunting gear to buy toys and clothing all for the sake of the children.”

“I finally told my wife to get a ####ing hobby,” says Stigfield, words that are rare among most hunting husbands who are browbeat, belittled, and, generally, made to feel worthless for passionately pursuing an activity the love.

Stigfield admits that in “manning-up” and taking a stand he knew he was risking divorce. But, according to USFW officials, he also might be onto something.

Women were told in the 50s that if they just got out of the house and got a job that they would be happy, agree U.S. Census Bureau and USFW officials. Now women wear the pants in many American homes. They hold some of the most powerful positions in government and business. Yet, an increasing majority of women say they would rather be home having babies and taking care of the house. Unfortunately, studies show this doesn’t make them happy either.

“Misery loves company, right?” says Stigfield. “I figured out my wife’s pet project was ‘fixing’ me. She saw me being happy when she wasn’t. So she pretty much tried to drag me down with her.”

Stigfield’s story is familiar to many married men. And that’s proving bad for the state of hunting in America.

Hunting is a multi-billion dollar industry at a time when the U.S. economy needs every spare penny. The USFW is now reportedly looking deeper into the problem by dispatching experts and think-tank analysts to explore ways to help a majority of married women “get a life.”
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Id edit out the last parts about finding a hobby or getting a life if you do. I could see that being a piss off.
 
lucky07 said:
Women were told in the 50s that if they just got out of the house and got a job that they would be happy, agree U.S. Census Bureau and USFW officials. Now women wear the pants in many American homes. They hold some of the most powerful positions in government and business. Yet, an increasing majority of women say they would rather be home having babies and taking care of the house. Unfortunately, studies show this doesn’t make them happy either.


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Truth be told, there is nothing you can do to make women happy if they don't WANT to be happy. A lot of them are true malcontents. Nothing is good enough for them. Oh well. Screw 'em. :D
 
It's true. If it floats, flies or f@K$, it's usually cheaper to rent.

This is going to sound mysoginistic, but it's just the way I see it happening.

I know so many guys this has happened to. Not just with hunting and shooting (these sports are the biggest victim), but almost any guy thing you can imagine. It's a subtle emasculation. There are so many basket cases out there that don't know what they want, and will drag everyone around them down in the process. My brother married one. When I don't know what I want, I don't get the urge to make everyone else miserable too. Neither do most guys I know. It's often viewed as a joke, but it scares me. I know the damage just one overbearing manipulator can do. My dad's psychotic mother was one. The ental abuse she rained down on everyone in her domain was no laughing matter, and the effects will continue for generations. I'd say to anyone, take a good long look at what you have saddled/intending to saddle yourself with and see if that's what you want. If it's not out of desparation an she really is a cool chick, and what you need to bring out the best version of you - knock yourself out. Anything less, well I hear there is legal brothels in Nevada, we get enough of us together, we can charter a bus.

I have a simple test I've done when out on a first date. Ask the wait staff to mess up her order, and see how she treats them. Because that's how she'll be treating you in a few years. That works both ways too.
 
I would have guessed it to me more related to the increasing urban population and decreasing rural population.

But this works too.
 
Threads like these are a good reminder of how lucky I am :) Mine doesn't hunt, or 4x4, (or really have any interest in being outside for any longer than necessary), but she doesn't gripe when I go. Earlier this week she asked me to come along when she went shopping... for welding equipment.

Short Knife Johnson said:
I have a simple test I've done when out on a first date. Ask the wait staff to mess up her order, and see how she treats them. Because that's how she'll be treating you in a few years. That works both ways too.
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That is twisted... and brilliant :evil: I like it.
 
"That is twisted... and brilliant :evil: I like it."

Thank you. It's most likely why I'm still single. LMFAO In the immortal words of Bert Gummer "I was BORN to hold out."
 
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The major reason why men are becoming pussies..... women. Yes, there is a difference between ruling over her and making sure she knows that you have the final word.
 
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