how many of you out there have a wife who hunts with you or ladies, you hunt with your husband...
My wife says it is not common... I say yes it is...
Lets hear from ya a pic would be encouraged!!!
The only hunting my wife does iis locating a new purse or shoes at the mall! :-)
Barry, I think I gotta agree with your wife on this one. :p
My bride (31 YRS) IS MY BEST HUNTING PARTERNER!
My wife goes with me but doesn't hunt herself.
Still wouldn't trade her for a thousand new bows! :)
THE ADMIRAL used to. She dropped a six-point buck with a shotgun and that was it for her. She leaves it to me to drag the groceries in now.
Mostly it's the cold and lack of civilized toilet facilities. ;-)
She does join me occasionally to shoot the 3-D bag targets I have hanging around with her light compound. Too light for hunting, however.
this year we celebrated our 33 anniversary in elk camp.... but God love her she is not a hunter....
i am with you on that one goldflinger :laughing:
Mine doesn't hunt but knows I love it and understands I need to have a few days in the woods just to get some time alone ...As I get older I find I get less chances to hunt cause we have recently started our family by adopting children and in the middle of adopting number three with special needs...I have started taking our girls to a range a few times and so far they love it and I pray that later in life they love our sport and when they get married they would also enjoy archery with thier husbands and hunt.camp,fish and do all things together as a family...By this we also as men should go to a Mall,shop,pick up groceries,help do house chores as well so it ain't left for the lady to do everything in the house and raise our children on thier own...I have found when I do house chores and let my wife know I want to go hunt,shoot my bow or tinker on some arrows in the shop she is willing to see me go enjoy those things...If your wife doesn't hunt,camp or enjoy the bow then that's o.k. cause we were all Created differently ...God Bless,
Keefer's <><
Mine went out with me once on a scouting trip.She thought it was very interesting but as far as hunting...No way, No how. It's to early or it's to cold. It's what I do and she accepts that.
IMO you guys that have spouses or girlfriends that hunt with you are truely blessed.
My wife loves to camp, and spent 7 days in elk camp with me this year, and she is very supportive of my passion, but it isn't for her. She loves the outdoors, and has seen lots of sunsets, but very few sunrises!
My wife loves to hunt...mostly in the evenings and although she is very good with a bow, prefers the bangstick. She has offered to video for me several times.
bigjim
Tracy loves to bow hunt and is quite successful at it. She knows how to put meat on the table. :thumbsup:
Bill
My wife does not shoot a bow at all, but she hunts with a rifle, and is has brought home a lot of meat for the freezer.
My wife says she can't hunt because if she did she would out hunt me...She could never hurt the poor animals though.If you have a wife that enjoys hunting with you,I believe it is rare and you are blessed!
QuoteOriginally posted by goldflinger:
The only hunting my wife does iis locating a new purse or shoes at the mall! :-)
Ditto that.
She does love camping though but she will recuperate at the spa afterward!!! :bigsmyl:
My girlfriend's land is twice as good as mine...and she is right there with her father and me placing stands, cutting shooting lanes, and planting plots...Heck she even came straight from work in scrubs back in July to help me finish hanging a lock on...The heat index was near 110 that day, but she didn't complain a bit, just kept asking when she could sit in the stand! ha ha
I don't think it's super common but those girls that do, sure make guys like me feel like a lucky man!
YEP!
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I know a lot of hunters here and only know of a few wives that actively hunt full time. It is a rarity here.
My wife just know started hunting. She is enjoying it so far. We went squirrel hunting the other day and had 2 yearling whitetails feed up within 15 feet or so of us and stood staring trying to figure out what we were. When they finally moved off she looked at me with a huge grin and whispered "That was SO COOL".
I hunt with my wife every year.
In fact she is gonna be 6mos pregnant this year and that is not gonna to hold her back from bringing down a monster whitetail we have been watching for awhile. We hunt from the ground.
She shoots wheels for now but that is on the change for the future.
I'm just blessed to have met such a woman.
My wife doesn't and I think she likes the time to herself when I'm gone. My mom goes with my dad and sits in the woods with him. My brothers wife also doesn't hunt with him but does call him 500 hundred times while hes out.
My wife took up hunting this year and killed her first deer opening weekend with a great double lung pass through. No photos here though; it wasn't with a trad bow. But as anyone who's seen me splatter the photos all over my Facebook page can attest, I'm very proud of her.
I am pleasantly surprised so far of the number of wives who accompany their husbands into the woods either to hunt or just spend time with them...keep it coming!!!
My wife hunted with me for 17 years, never pulled the trigger or dropped the string but enjoyed every minute of our time in the woods.
I told her shooting was optional on a hunt. She said she would only shoot a monster buck. She had one chance over the years but her seat squeaked when she turned to make the shot, the buck quickly thought of other places he would rather be.
I knew I had a winner early in our relationship, she held the light while I field dressed a mess of a gut shot deer and wasn't turned off by the experience at all.
Age and health issues keep her at home now.
My wife used to hunt every time I went (gun or bow). But with knee and ankle replacement and back surgery, not any more.
No way no how would my wife hunt with me. She isn't an anti by a long shot, but sitting in the woods waiting for game isn't her cup of tea....and that's okay.
Mine doesn't care to hunt at all, but really encourages me to hunt, even take time off work to do it!! I'm good with it! :goldtooth:
Not only does my wife hunt, she's better at it than I am. Not that that is saying much. I just went trad and haven't convinced her to get rid of her training wheels yet, but I hope that if she sees me get a couple with my recurve, she'll decide to give it a try.
She won't hunt or camp out. She will sometimes come to the camp for an evening meal but that is about it. She won't even try shooting the bow in the back yard. Maybe I haven't been trying long enough to persuade her. After all, 39 years isn't all that long.
I guess Im lucky. My wife hunts about as hard as I do. We don't hardly ever get to go together....we have 4 kids and somebody always has to stay home when schools out. I like to hunt the mornings and she likes to hunt the evenings better. Kinda works out good for us. Shes taken some nice ones over the years....but I still cant get her to field dress one! HeHe!
My other half kills more deer than i do every year! Lol she is still in the training wheel state, but none the less she LOVES hunting. i would post a pic but most of them that i can access have a pink wheelie in them, and thats not allowrd.
Sure is nice having onr that loves it! Just cuts into my hunting time dadgummit. Lol
I got one. She loves it.
God Bless,
Nathan
Doesn't hunt, but loves the outdoors, canoeing, camping, snowshoeing.
Always comes to see when I get one and do the camera work. Not interested in watching the surgery though.
Loves the wild game meat too. Pressures always on when I'm out a lot and not making it work. Definitely shares in the disappointment of an empty freezer.
My wife is an avid hunter and after 35 years, she is still my best huntin buddy
Very few where I live. My wife will shoot a bow though. I can see her sharing a trip as long as it isn't too "campy". She's going with me this weekend while I'm in MD for sika but we have some cozy accommodations. She's doing it for the solitude.
I am not complaining one bit about having her kitchen skills available.
Mine would go if there were no guys in the camp. When we were younger we hunted together often. Now, she either stays home with the kids or I take them to the camp. We will slip away as a family toward the end of the season when noone else is hunting.
QuoteOriginally posted by bow loving man:
how many of you out there have a wife who hunts with you or ladies, you hunt with your husband...
My wife says it is not common... I say yes it is...
Lets hear from ya a pic would be encouraged!!!
No matter how ya dice it, my wife dose'nt fit the bill. But I can tell ya, a few years ago, I was doing a tool run on a Saturday and I could'nt hunt. My son-n-law called said he shot doe. My wife helped him track it with flip flops on...lol.
Over the phone I coached him how to field dress his 1st deer.
Also, every year, when I gear up and head out. My wife says, "Hope you catch one"....
My wife hunts with me. She even sold her compound this year becuase it was drawing dust in the closet while she shot her recurve.
It's hard for us to find time together though. I usually devote gun season time to hunting with my wife and sister.
Rob
My wife's been shootin' for a few years now, even has 3 bows of her own. This is supposed to be her first real attempt at bowhunting, but she just doesn't get enough free time.
I had her shoot her broadheads and show me they were hittin' right. All's good and ready, now she just needs to get out there. It would really be great if she got one. :archer2:
my wife is an avid gun hunter but with this being my first year back to bowhunting since 04 when I started having surgeries she went with me just in case I needed help. She has helped me recover animals over the past few years that I would have had trouble with because of my back. Now that archery elk season is over I've been taking her rifle hunting for deer.
My wife loves the outdoors and loves to shoot her bow but shes not a hunter yet. She'd like to shoot a deer at least once.
My husband often tells me how glad he is that I enjoy hunting, fishing and camping. He is in charge of most things monetary and domestic. I am in charge of hobbies. I work hard and long at my job, but generally, if it makes money it also makes my brain glaze over. He likes to sit stands with me, has dragged and butchered many deer, and takes pride in his skill with flint and steer. He makes things like campfire wood happen, and has even brought me sushi when I had a craving for wasabi. We make a good team.
Killdeer
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My wife is a competent bowshooter, understands and supports my traditional archery habit, but has no desire to kill things. I'm fine with that. The closest she comes to hunting is coming along with me and Daisy The Wonder Beagle to chase rabbits.
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I think the wife/husband bow shooter companion is winning this debate... :) keep it coming...
My wife doesn't hunt because she doesn't want to see the animals hurting.
She supports my hunting, encourages me to hunt with her family, and even takes me shopping for hunting equipment if I'll give her a few minutes in a bookstore.
She also will go shooting with me and wants her own bow but we can only afford one for her at the moment and she doesn't know if she wants a Mission Craze or traditional bow. She wants for us to compete in 3D competitions together when she gets all rigged up.
My wife loves to hunt. Anymore if we need meat for the table I let her go. I haven't seen anyone as lucky as her. It seems like she brings something home every time she goes out. I just can't understand how she pulls it off. When we dated she challenged me to a shooting contest. Let's just say we don't even want to go there. :scared:
I am so envious of you folks with a hunting spouse!! My wife is a horse's ***, sorry, a horse person, so she understands my passion-just as I understand hers. Difference is, my passion doesn't need to be fed daily!!
My wife is a hunter. Has shot some big ones with longbow, compound, and muzzy. In fact, the biggest deer in our house is hers! Of course she has a good guide :goldtooth: