So check this out and let me know what you think.
I have been hunting hard this year at my uncles 2 farms. I have already taken 2 deer with the bow this year which makes 3 for my lifetime. I have had several encounters with big bucks that did not pan out. I also really enjoy venison!
Anyway this weekend is my last weekend I can hunt 4 the year...not the season just 2010. Sunday is so nasty weather I don't want to hunt and Tonight I have to spend some time with my girlfriend and go out for dinner and a movie. Saturday night I have party to go to.
So here is what I am doing. When I wake up Saturday morning I am going to get ready and leave for my uncles...I hope to leave between 8 and 9. It takes 3 hours to get to the farm. then an hour to get ready and up in the stand. Then I am going to hunt till sundown. Unless I shoot something and cant recover it till the morning I am going to get back in the car and come home for the party. Another 3 hours home.
So my Girlfriend thinks I have a problem and I probably do but all I can think about is there is a major cold front on Sunday that moves in with wind and a high chance of snow and freezing rain. I think the deer will move and move early on Saturday afternoon. I have seen 1 buck that looks like a TV star you would see on hunting shows and bunch of others including this big super white tined 8 point I would love to take. Plus I can also take a doe if the opportunity presents itself...Is 6 hours in the car worth it? I think it will!!!!! plus this weekend could be the 2nd or 3rd breeding according to some people.
What do you guys think...we found this on the farm I am hunting I have have harvested these 2 deer already this year.
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THE BELOW TEXT WAS IN A POST BY ME BELOW BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO SEE READ IT SO I AM POSTING IT HERE!!!
I did not mean to paint my GF in a bad light...she is amazing. She is the only GF on the planet that could deal with me. She thinks I am nuts all of the time. SHE NEVER TOLD ME NOT TO GO...JUST THAT I AM INSAIN! I live just outside of chicago in the western burbs by schaumburg. I am an avid and tournament fisherman. I fish, hunt, or work on a racing team (scca ITB car) every weekend. I spend every day I am home with her but we do not go out much.
Example: between March 1st and the end of June I spent 13 of 16 weekends in KY at Kentucky lake. The motel I stay at had me for 32 nights over that period of time with vacation days and stuff like that so 1 out of 4 days I was in KY fishing.
I have lost friends over my hobbies. Missed hundreds of family parties and spent a lot of money. I dont mind staying home on Friday night (sat morning wind I am not crazy about) but I do need to hunt the afternoon on Saturday evening. (saturday night is a party to watch the UFC (also my thing)). All I have done to make her happier at me is buy her a puppy to keep her company while I am gone and she is perfectly happy. We live together and the time appart seems to make us happier. I love her and know I am lucky to have her!
So I am thinking saturday night could be great! I once got in my car at 9pm on a friday night to drive to a lake 3.5 hours away. I slept in the car and got up in the morning to musky fish till 10. So from sunrise till 10 am we caught 3 muskies including what was at the time my big fish which was 45 inches long. The fish ate in the figure 8 and shortly after we drove home!
That doe I shot weighed 127 pounds field dressed weighed on a cabelas scale with her nose not off the ground. We could not hang her high enough to get her nose off the ground...I figure there were still a few pounds left on the floor! like 1 or 2 anyway. I have seen bigger doe on the farm...I know know on 2 or 3 occasions I saw deer in the distance that I thought were bucks until I saw the fawns behind them. Monsters! We have also taken a doe that weighed 123 and 122 this season. Big does!
I am looking forward to the hunt but the 6 hours in the car I am not!
You sound sane to me
I admire your dedication, :thumbsup: good luck!!
She will understand one of these days It's who we are.
Find a new girlfriend.
Teach the girlfriend to hunt,The party ain't worth it(you will be hung over) and with the front coming on Sunday I think Sat. night would be the optimal time to hunt.Use the "if you really love me you would understand" method. If that doesnt work remember diamonds are a hunters best friend,Get some cubic zarconian's to hold you over till after the season.Then get the real thing.Leave work early and get some bling before dinner.
You perfectly sane to me. You can't kill em at home. That doe was a monster...how much did she weigh? Go hunt! :thumbsup:
Nothing wrong with you that I can tell.
This is like an alcoholic asking other alcoholics if he has a problem. :eek:
Except this has no cure and you can't be helped!
Sounds like you've been bitten by the bug.
There's only so many days you can hunt each year.
Good luck and let us know how it pans out.
perfectly normal in my household!
Sounds like a perfectly good plan to me.
ha-ha-ha!you sound like me, i havent seen much of my girl this season either,just make it up to her next wk-end,and forget the party and have your own party after you get the big buck......
go huntin i am! good luck.
So whats the problem. :dunno:
Thats one of the reasons I have several ex-girlfriends. I am always upfront with them about my hunting. I tell them the season is 5 1/2 months long so I get maybe 20 Saturdays to hunt. Subtract 4 for bad weather/holidays/work and that leaves only 16 days that I want for just ME and 349 for US/THEM. Its more than a fair deal. I dont golf/bowl/play softball/shoot pool or anything else that takes any priority the rest of the year. On Fri. nights I'll do pizza/carryout and a chickflick if they want as long as we stay home and I can be asleep by 10:00. I get up at 03:30 on Sat. to hunt all day. Usually crash early on Sat. We do whatever she wants on Sun. Most dont mind and are happy with this but a few dont. Both of the ex-wives were cool with this, just gotta find #3. Good luck with your situation......
only problem you have is not enough time.
I have done all that and worse in my time.
You are driven. . . act on it. In future years your drive may change to something else. It is in your nature (pun intended), don't worry about it.
ChuckC
Yes, you have a very serious problem....so do the rest of us who gather around this campfire and that's why you "seem" normal. Truth is, it's us who are "normal"....the rest of the world has just gone nuts. :bigsmyl:
You are going to kill something sure nuff then tracking and recovery you will miss the party and she will get mad.Happened to me for wifes class reuinion but she still loves me.Kip
I did not mean to paint my GF in a bad light...she is amazing. She is the only GF on the planet that could deal with me. She thinks I am nuts all of the time. I live just outside of chicago in the western burbs by schaumburg. I am an avid and tournament fisherman. I fish, hunt, or work on a racing team (scca ITB car) every weekend. I spend every day I am home with her but we do not go out much.
Example: between March 1st and the end of June I spent 13 of 16 weekends in KY at Kentucky lake. The motel I stay at had me for 32 nights over that period of time with vacation days and stuff like that so 1 out of 4 days I was in KY fishing.
I have lost friends over my hobbies. Missed hundreds of family parties and spent a lot of money. I dont mind staying home on Friday night (sat morning wind I am not crazy about) but I do need to hunt the afternoon on Saturday evening. (saturday night is a party to watch the UFC (also my thing)). All I have done to make her happier at me is buy her a puppy to keep her company while I am gone and she is perfectly happy. We live together and the time appart seems to make us happier. I love her and know I am lucky to have her!
So I am thinking saturday night could be great! I once got in my car at 9pm on a friday night to drive to a lake 3.5 hours away. I slept in the car and got up in the morning to musky fish till 10. So from sunrise till 10 am we caught 3 muskies including what was at the time my big fish which was 45 inches long. The fish ate in the figure 8 and shortly after we drove home!
That doe I shot weighed 127 pounds field dressed weighed on a cabelas scale with her nose not off the ground. We could not hang her high enough to get her nose off the ground...I figure there were still a few pounds left on the floor! like 1 or 2 anyway. I have seen bigger doe on the farm...I know know on 2 or 3 occasions I saw deer in the distance that I thought were bucks until I saw the fawns behind them. Monsters! We have also taken a doe that weighed 123 and 122 this season. Big does!
I am looking forward to the hunt but the 6 hours in the car I am not!
You have a serious problem. THE GIRL!
If it is starting now it will not get better.
Hope you have ALL the hunting stuff you need or you will be like many of the guys on here. "I send it to a friends house." "I bring it in when she is gone." "I tell her I traded for it."
They only get worse with a ring.
I am VERY glad I found one that understands.
GOOD LUCK and GO HUNTING. You will not kill a thing if you are not out there.
seriously, I tell all young men that have passionate hobbies and fall in love, "keep doing your hobby while you are dating. If you stop hunting, golf, fishing, what ever, while your dating and you wind up married to the love of your life, then go back to hunting fishing.... she will have a problem. You know, 'you did do that before we were married.' Don't you love me anymore, boo woo"
But of coarse you have to be reasonable, if you want to relationship to be HAPPY. So shoot straight.. and post pics... And don't fall asleep during the movie...
Joe
QuoteOriginally posted by LITTLEBIGMAN:
perfectly normal in my household!
Same here!
ha ha funny! Who ever said it is like an alcoholic asking other alcoholics if he is ok was right!
My uncles says i am living the dream...Good job, not wife or kids, dont have to pay for car gas (company car). I go where I want when I want within reason!
You sound perfectly sane to me ! Go Hunt and make no excuses to anyone for missing just a dumb party that won't give ya the satisfaction of a Hunt man !!!!
Dear sick, dumb and stupid, have a great hunt!
been there..done that...you sane!
Finding a balance is key to keeping a happy family. Sometimes it takes a while to figure out what is right. If that doesnt keep you happy then you have a problem.
So Im going of course...cant wait...I hate late season, but I have a feeling saturday night will work out for me!
Tim, I see that you're a sales rep.. Time to do your thing.. sell her..
I'd go on your hunt too.. been married and divorced twice. Love not having to ask permission!!
I showed this to the wife and she said you are normal. No different from me and my friends.
She also said that you can make the dinner and movie along with a little romantic time, get a couple hours of sleep, wake up at 0230 and make it to your uncle's in time for first light.
Her and I say forget the party there are more of them in the off season. Unless you are a serious stump shooter.
I have been blessed for the last 32 years with my addiction and the most understanding wife one could wish for.
OK she is gone now but seen the sentence above which got me a couple points.
Earl,
Hello,My name is Chanumpa and I am a fellow bowhuntaholic.Tell her "honey,someday I wont have the legs to do this anymore".Now I want to see that * point!
I had a GF several years back, great gal, we hit it off in all aspects, but she didnt hunt or fish. I was perfectly straight forward with her right from the git-go. I hunt. A lot. She said thats fine. this was in February. April comes along. Turkey season. She wanted to go do something stupid opening weekend of turkey season. Pitched a fit when I said I was going turkey huntin. She continued to squeak about about it. I went huntin. When I got back, I sent her on her way. I figured if shes gonna whine now, its only gonna get worse.
Best move I made. My wife now loves to hunt and fish. She bowhunts, gun hunts, guts her own deer. Cant fillet a walleye worth a darn, but shes my best huntin partner.
Good luck, somethin to think about on your drive to hunt.
i can honestly say that if youre reasonable about things and make up a schedule of the days you will probably be hunting or doing your thing , then you two can sit down together. thats how me an my ol lady are. i didnt even bring up turkey or deer season this year due to my broken leg , and she comes to me the other day and says "what about the extended gun season , thats coming up , and you can walk now..."
saturdays are my day durign the summer , and any day i can stop somewhere while im working (i drive a lot for work) , its all good to her.
you could also always do what i did this year even though it backfired on me. . .
bought her a 2day spa package to a resort/spa a couple hours away. figured that would give me some good time to myself to "play" in the woods as she calls it , then i got into my accident...she still got her spa days...
good luck , and if shes a keeper , just use a little chloroform and throw her in the trunk...
-hov
Daylight isn't until 7:45AM or so. You could be in your stand for the morning hunt if you left at 4am. A couple hours break to sleep and the evening hunt. I'm not a party fellow and haven't had (or wanted) a girlfriend since I made her my wife 32 years ago.
get rid of your girl.move closer to your uncles house an dont stop hunting until you get your deer .life is short.you seem like a fine young man you will find another girlfriend.
what plumber said. :biglaugh:
You have a problem. You really need to prioritize better. Your significant other needs more of your time. First try to get her hooked on your hobbies. That will fix you right up. If that doesn't work, you really need to cut down on the fishing and race car stuff. I know cutting down on some of my other hobbies has gotten me a no complaint pass all hunting season every year.
At this point in the season I know I wouldn't drive 6 hours for one set if I had family stuff to get done, but then I don't have any big bucks where I hunt:D and seeing any deer in the day light is not too likely at this point in the season.
shooting light is 6:30
Sounds to me like the only problem is the 6 hour round trip. Make sure you have some good tunes to keep you company. I suggest Chad K. Slagle, Steve Shedd, Mark Baker, and Jim Bowman. There, problem solved. Now Go Hunting! Good luck, hope you get one of those big boys you mentioned. Drive safe, and have fun!
Yep perfectly normal, You might want to keep the girlfriend if she puts up with it. Just make sure you test her tolerance levels to the fullest extent before you decide to get married. The UFC fight will probably be worth the drive. But they will run it in about a month on spike tv for free if you miss it no reruns on a good hunt.
My diagnosis: somewhere between dumb and stupid. Anyone who has to spend time with their girlfriend during hunting season definitely needs to get help (or to get a new girlfriend, which is what I did). Don't worry; the condition is curable, and you have plenty of friends here who will see that you get the best possible care. Don
i am just aghast at that comment...cut back on the racing.
as someone who wrenches , let me tell you an scca race is NOT something to be messed with...
you should make her a bow , and teach her how to use a clutch. problem solved...
My wife scheduled our wedding in September, after I specifically told her not to due to hunting season. After I got over being annoyed, I told her we were going hunting for the honeymoon. She agreed and we're still married, so some women get it. Your GF may not understand your passion, but as long as she is still there when you get home, what's the problem? If she wants more QT with you, offer to bring her along.
What is your question?
Most of us would be doing the same or something simular.
Good luck.
A party on Saturday evening instead of hunting Sunday? I would give the girlfriend Friday evening, be on stand Saturday morning, and spend the rest of the weekend hunting. Yes, I am married and the wife understands, she does not always like it, but she understands.
My wife and I did a fly in fishing trip to Ontario for our honeymoon. She knows Sept is elk hunting month. October is deer. She doesnt elk hunt, but loves to deer hunt. She will go on her own on days I can't( which are rare now that Im retired). She never complains if Im goin huntin when shes at work, or off doing something. Just tells me to bring her home some venison.
I made the right call dumping a couple that would whine, cuz I have the best huntin and fishin partner I could ask for. We do lot together, but she also knows I do some trips that are a bit too adventerous for her. Life is good.
Go huntin,do what ya gotta do. They'll either be there when ya get back, or they won't. Either way, you'll know the deal.
I live in Grand Rapids michigan, but hunt in Illinois half the year. Up at 2:00am, in the tree at first light, sometimes only for one day's hunt, then back home sometimes not till 12-2 in the morning. My wife thinks I'm nuts but loves me anyway.
Plumber nailed it.
hope he likes huntin in the cold rain, brrrr,
Consider yourself very fortunate to have such a fine piece of ground to hunt on.....with so much potential for big bucks. Lots of guys would give their left jewel to have a place like that to hunt. I know because we lost our big buck paradise in February to a big "Pay to Hunt" operation on the opposite side of our fence.
They started buying up all the property adjoining to theirs.
It was just a matter of time before they bought our property out from under us.
The moral of this story is.........You could end up like me and find yourself with no place to hunt next season, because stuff just happens.
Screw the stupid party.........go hunt!
I would consider this a time to beg for forgiveness rather than ask for permission.
Enjoy your little piece of heaven while you can and take nothing for granted!
Now go getta Biggun! :thumbsup:
who plans to go to a party during deer season. It is better to let her learn now before you get married or something.
David is right.LCH
Reminds me of a Brad Paisley song;
Well I loved her, but,
I love to fish. ...