I DONT HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST ANYONE TAKING THEIR WIFES HUNTING. THE FOLLOWING POST IS A SPECIFIC RESPONSE TO PRIOR POSTS IN THIS THREAD. THESE ARE MY OPINIONS, THE READER SHOULD USE THEIR OWN JUDGEMENT IN ALL MATTERS AND REGARD MY POST AS NOTHING MORE THAN ONE MANS OPINION. I AM, FOR THE RECORD, VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF WOMEN BEING INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING SPORTS.Olly wrote:I'm not married but I've taken girlfriends of yester year on hunts before. I don't see the point of being with someone if you can't share your interest at least some of the time.
I have begged my wife to go hunting with me for over 21 years. She has turned me down 487,163 times. I will ask her another 200 times this year just to make sure.
The point of being with someone
is to share interests. We do a lot of things together. By my calculations we have shared over 16,000 meals together, 4 houses, 40 cats, a dog, and 350 movies. We have painted the inside and outside of those houses, planted trees, gardens, lawns, flowers. We have traveled to a dozen countries together. We have spent at least 7,350 nights together. We have been to each others parents funerals.
Hunting is not going to be one of the things we share in my case. It has 3 things that are total deal killers for her:
1) Waking up early....no way
2) COLD....No fucking way!
3) Blood and guts...nope
After a while, some time spent with the fellas is a good thing. Spending time with the KKK lets me unwind. Most of the conversation we enjoy in the blind is not suited for a G rated audience.
She never forces me to go see ballet, etc and I don't force her to go duck hunting.
I do keep asking her, knowing the answer in advance.
The good news: She does enjoy shooting with me. She was anti gun when I met her. Now she is very pro 2nd amendment and has her own guns, etc. She has taken a number of NRA pistol classes with me.
We love each other and will die married together. One of the things that will never happen is hunting together. I am ok with that.
Should anyone feel the least bit butt hurt, I apologize in advance and ask that you please re-read my statement at the start of this post.