Hunting - Issues with the wife!!

Foxer said:
I'm thinking i'd like to see your dictionary's definition of 'typical' :)
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I'm thinking I'd like to see the dictionary definition of 'well kept' :D

Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

I'm lucky to have been with girls who ranged from supportinve and somewhat interested in hunting, to tolerant in a poking fun kind of way, to a great lady I've been getting to know who is absolutely nuts about hunting, with a few kills under her belt!
 
You need to find some buddies who are more hard core and have already laid down the law with respect to the moose hunting. (Moose hunting is not a matter of life and death - much more important that that!)

All of the guys I know and/or hunt/fish with, put their foot down years ago when it mattered. The better halves were thus conditioned and realize thats just the way it is - they're married/partnered to hunters/fisherman.

Sure some of us have to go on cruises and trips to pacify the relationship but there is no debate when it comes to our field and stream adventures.
 
When I first got hitched my wife was OK with the hunting thing, but after a couple of years I think she was getting jealous of the 10 or so days I'd spend in the mountains every November (more to ride my horses and hang out with my buddys than hunt :confused:), so I got the subtle message that I'd not be doing that anymore :(
I've regreted that ever since as I've come to realize that that was her problem - not mine :mad:
 
My wife knew right from the git-go that hunting was very important to me and when hunting season rolls around if I'm not working...I'm hunting.

Now there's a trade off - I have to go on holidays with her to visit realtives in the summer, something I'd rather not do but hey, thats the price you pay...
 
Any man who has issues with his wife or partner about hunting is a coward or a fool. Grow a set of balls and tell her what her role in the partnership is... if she doesn't like it ...TRADE UP!
Geezuz... this negotiating for happiness makes me want to puke... your men for crissakes... you cave on a issue like hunting and the next thing you know you will be sipping wine spitzers and talking about FEELINGS!
I am serious...
 
my "wife" is looking forward to joining me on my 2006 hunting trips, in fact, im trying to get a .410 shottie for her right now (and me) so she can join in the grouse hunts, and not be blown away with multiple 12 guage shots:D . She is awaiting her new big game rifle, she even wants to pic it out, we already tried a 30-06 Savage for her, but the length and weight of the rifle was to much for her, so i sold that one as i didnt care to have a savage for myself(nothing wrong with them though)

What she told me 2 weeks ago, is to make sure i get my moose and deer next year, as she wants to start making home made sausages. Im hoping to add a elk and a couple does to that list as well :p :D I think im a lucky man


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BIGREDD said:
Geezuz... this negotiating for happiness makes me want to puke... your men for crissakes... you cave on a issue like hunting and the next thing you know you will be sipping wine spitzers and talking about FEELINGS!
I am serious...
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Here...here...you only live once, your wife should support you in your wishes same as you would her's!
I see men all the time that live to obey & do whatever the wifey says :rolleyes:
I feel sorry for them :redface: but hey you make your own bed :D
 
Most of the time it is our fault as to why the wives don't want us to go hunting. thgey know how we used to act and think all we do is get pissed up and I don't know they think that there are women up in the bush. Have a party at the camp yearly with the wives and get them involved a bit!!! Until I started taking my son with I used to always get a hard time. I think it was just to bug me because we have been happy for 15 years now and I haven't missed any hunting yet.
Good luck guys and don't give up something you love to do so only one of you will be happy!!!!
 
hunt365 said:
Most of the time it is our fault as to why the wives don't want us to go hunting. thgey know how we used to act and think all we do is get pissed up and I don't know they think that there are women up in the bush. Have a party at the camp yearly with the wives and get them involved a bit!!! Until I started taking my son with I used to always get a hard time. I think it was just to bug me because we have been happy for 15 years now and I haven't missed any hunting yet.
Good luck guys and don't give up something you love to do so only one of you will be happy!!!!
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heehee......we DO get all pissed up at camp!! But we hunt too...
My wife is pretty cool about it....we came to an understanding long ago, so I personally don't get too much slack for it. (And I take my daughter grouse/duck hunting). That seems to make a difference. I don't take the kid to appease the wife, I take her for exposure to hunting....and she loves to come!
My buddy is the one who is having a bit of a time with the wife.....but this is something kinda new to him. He was a sportshooter before, and now wants to hunt. So it's not like he's done it forever.
 
Why some wives might get mad

This is a true story. It happened during last falls moose hunt. 2 acquaintences of mine (one who is married to a first cousin of mine) booked 2 weeks to go moose hunting. They packed all their gear into one truck and headed off ..............................................to Montreal where they got on a plane for the Dominican. Meanwhile, the truck was stolen from the parking lot at the airport. Two days later, the cops find it abondoned. They check the serial # and track down the owner. They phone the owners wife and ask where he is. He's moose hunting. Then the cop told her why he was phoning. Meanwhile in the sunny Dominican, two moose hunters are blissfully unaware of the #### storm back home. All their gear was stolen, including 2 rifles and a shotgun. Now they are really in deep ####. I haven't heard how the court case for unsafe storage turned out yet.
 
Your budy's screwed. Tell him to give up hunting, sell all his guns and live his life vicariously on the internet. He's toast. Stay away from him ... and especially HER !
 
scar said:
This is a true story. It happened during last falls moose hunt. 2 acquaintences of mine (one who is married to a first cousin of mine) booked 2 weeks to go moose hunting. They packed all their gear into one truck and headed off .....to Montreal where they got on a plane for the Dominican.
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Imposters! As if the whiskey drinking, stubble faced, dirty, smellin', cussin', way too many expensive gadgets, moose hunter needed any help with his image. This is an outrage! :redface:
 
my misses knows that when fall comes around, the only time she would see me is on weekdays after dark. Weekends are out of the question! I will be gone hunting and that is final. I guess she deals with it. She is still around! hahaha
 
BIGREDD said:
Any man who has issues with his wife or partner about hunting is a coward or a fool. Grow a set of balls and tell her what her role in the partnership is... if she doesn't like it ...TRADE UP!
Geezuz... this negotiating for happiness makes me want to puke... your men for crissakes... you cave on a issue like hunting and the next thing you know you will be sipping wine spitzers and talking about FEELINGS!
I am serious...
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Exactly!! Well said BIGREDD!!!!
 
I had to "convince" my wife to let me hunt, and I'm sure everyone here got a good laugh at it. It's cool though, I still got a wife and I still got to hunt!!
but I still talk to her about my feelings. "Babe I feel like fishing this weekend", "honey I feel like hunting this weekend", "baby I feel like buying a new gun" LOL
 
My wife is my best friend, if I will ever pick up hunting, she will be skinning and gutting 'em (but probably I'll skin, 'cause I am better with a knife)! Now envy me!
 
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