Getting Married and Hunting

[MattB]

Just make sure you have one another's expectations out in the open beforehand.

 

[Elknutty]

I was super nervous about this when I got married.

Bottom line have an open and frank conversation with your soon to be wife about what hunting means to you and how much time and money you expect to devote to it. In doing so you might have to sacrifice other activities you enjoy.

I’m currently deployed, with an 11 month old at home. I get home in May. I am still going on my Elk hunting trip this fall.

I’ll be honest; when I first floated the idea she wasn’t a happy camper, but after explaining to her what my yearly trek west meant to me, and that other than that I would be pretty much at her disposal otherwise, she was ok with it.

She knows what it means to me, it’s my one “thing” that I need to keep me happy. She gets it. On the other hand I’m not spending every other weekend golfing, watching football, going out with the boys, etc. I’d rather have my hunting trip than any of that crap.

Thanks for your service BuckeyeRifleman!
I had the the same exact conversation with my wife. Her one request for me when I get home, is to be present. Meaning hold off on the hunting videos at least a couple days .

 

[Yard Candy]

It's not the wife,,,,,,,its the kids.

^ THIS.

But I wouldn't have it any other way. There will be plenty of time later in life to hunt - but my son will only be a toddler calling for "da da" once.

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[Gobbler36]

my Wife for the most part was pretty dang good about letting me go, sometimes to the point of where I would take advantag and then problems would arise, but best thing I ever did was take her elk hunting with me on a tough back pack hunt on her own tag. Completely changed the game to where she understands hunting now, and doesn’t feel like it’s me not wanting to be with her etc. not to mention it was a blast having her with me and hope to have many more hunts together.

way better sharing a tent with her I might add