Spouse Hunting Partner

[SoDakBear]

How many of you guys have your spouse as a hunting partner? Do you view this as a good thing or a bad thing? My fiancé wants to get into hunting which I think is totally cool, as long as she truly wants to do it because she loves it, not because I love it. What is your guys take on having your spouse as your hunting partner?

 

[hodgeman]

I go with my wife and son all the time. Love it. Would rather go with the family than anyone else.

Of course- they typically aren't into Bataan Death March style hunts so I do the tough ones with other folks.

 

[Highcountry_Hellrazor]

At first I was a little apprehensive about taking her, but I figured she is gonna marry my arse she better what see what consumes me. She totally took it in stride and some of our best memories are hunting together. The only rough part is now you both have to figure out how get gear for both, and she doesn't understand the whole quite at all times part.

 

[bobhunts]

I for one am single and have narrowed my search to a woman that meets the criteria as a hunter. I want to be on the same page as far as vacation time and money spent on stuff we both enjoy. I am still looking.. after saying that! But I believe the best person to hunt with would be one that you communicate with on a regular basis. You know each other so well that you understand the hand motions and emotion in someones face when you just glance at that person. My view on it and still looking! Bob.

 

[mt100gr.]

I have invited my wife every year. She opts out. I got her in a turkey blind one time and it just wasn't for her. She loves the groceries it provides and absolutely supports my passion for all things outdoors but simply has other interests and goals for her time and money. Sometimes I wish I could convert her and other times I feel that it's very valuable for us to have different interests.

 

[William Hanson (live2hunt)]

My wife used to go with me quite a bit, before the baby. She didn't really hunt, though I'd give her a gun and let her act like it even though she can't bring herself to pull the trigger. It wasn't a bad thing. She complained a whole lot less about not seeing me and how long I was out when she tagged along, plus she's a lot easier on the eyes than my hunting buddies.

 

[Highcountry_Hellrazor]

Here is a couple photos of our first year hunting together. Lots of great memories.

 

[Buster]

Getting your wife involved takes a relationship to a whole new level. She never ceases to amaze me with her drive and ambition. She's not as obsessed as I am, but I can see it progressing.

 

[LJ Buck]

Its worth it. If she falls in love with it it will be one of the best things you have ever done. I get more pumped up when she fills her tag then when i do.

 

[sodaksooner]

My wife shoots with me but no interest in hunting, which is OK. Glad she likes what she likes and she does some things with me. However if she was ever interested in hunting with me, would absolutely, absolutely take her.

You guys are lucky if you can get her to go with. Hellrazor and Buster, looks like you have to work hard to keep up with yours.... lol.

 

[fillthefreezer]

i try to split it up, the first year she tagged along on all my hunts, it burned her out.
when the weather is better, she has more fun. once the weather turns and the miles get LONG, she stops enjoying herself.

 

[Big Sky]

My wife has turned into my #1 hunting partner. The only problem is that my gear budget gets cut in half.

 

[Manosteel]

Had my wife come out a few times before the birth of our little girl, it was fun, like most women I suspect, she also had a hard time with staying quite all the time She did love to nap in the open air when I sat and glassed/called. Some fun memories to be had for sure... like when I actually called in a moose for her and she just about jumped out of her cameo when he started knocking trees less than 100 yards away She is getting her bow grove back and I suspect she will be coming along on a couple of day moose hunts with me and our two boys.

 

[Yellowknife]

I hunted with my wife for several years. She had never hunted before, but enjoyed it and took a couple caribou, packed out a moose for me, and generally we had fun. I married her because I like spending time with her, so hunting together was just an extension of that. Two babies put a halt to hunting trips together for a while, but the youngest is almost old enough to stay with somebody else for a few days, and I'm hoping we can get out for a short trip or two this year. She want's a moose pretty bad, and I want to see her do it.

She doesn't care for long multi-day foul weather grinds, but otherwise keeps up with me just fine. It's not exactly the same experience as hunting by myself or with a buddy, but I'm perfectly ok with that and she is a preferred partner for me.

Yk

 

[boom]

some of you guys are blessed!!

me? i'm happy my wife lets me hunt with zero grief. some years, i hunt ZERO because we both love world travel. humping thru 3rd world countries is an awesome time..i dont mind sacrificing an occasional hunting season. part of the big reason i picked up bowhunting..i can hunt pretty much year round. if i wanted.

beautiful wives gents!! beautiful!

 

[fillthefreezer]

the smile says it all and i really enjoy making time for her

 

[kodiakfly]

She doesn't care for long multi-day foul weather grinds, but otherwise keeps up with me just fine. It's not exactly the same experience as hunting by myself or with a buddy, but I'm perfectly ok with that and she is a preferred partner for me.

Same here. My wife hunted and fished before we met, but let's just say if it's raining her odds of staying home go up exponentially.

Biggest thing for me is her Dad has always hunted hard so she grew up around that and understands it when fall comes, and we've each been at work all week and weekend comes and I want to hunt for fish all day and spend the night out in a tent instead of watching a movie with her. She knows I still love her, but hunting season is hunting season and I'm around full-time the rest of the year and she doesn't get upset or give me any grief. Along those same lines, she understands when I tell her I "need" a new piece of gear or that I "need" to go do something hunting/fishing related...she knows it's not something I can fully explain but that it's just important to me, because her Dad is the same way and her Mom lets him do it in the same manner. So that understanding is a huge thing for me, as I've had gf's before that just go nuts when I want to do something.

As far as a good/bad thing. It's definitely mostly good. I love spending time with her, I love how she trusts me to get her out and back and take care of her, I love the interest she shows in it.

If there's any "bad" to it, it's when I'm planning an intense 18 hr day of fishing or hunting and she then wants to come along and it means turning it into an 8 or ten hour day. But I'm glad to do it. I'd rather have her with me, than have her at home giving me hell about doing what I love to do.

Come to think of it, I proposed to her in HER deer blind.

 

[30338]

My wife goes on the easier hunts. My daughter seems to like it more than I thought she ever would. I built her a custom lefty 260 Remington. I always laugh because she never remembers what it is chambered in. She does shoot it well though and has a number of kills with it. Hope she meets a hunter for a husband someday.

 

[Jason Snyder]

My first thought is that choosing a life partner is a big decision, and choosing one solely on their hunting practices, drive, abilities, whatever is maybe not the best decision. My wife didn't start hunting until after we got married, then out of the blue she told me she wanted to kill an elk.

We have had some fabulous hunts. I have to temper my expectations with her in mind, and that's not a bad thing. I do my solo hunts, and I do my family hunts. Family always gets the #1 priority for me.

Keep in mind that life priorities are not always going to be identical, nor should they. My wife hasn't hunted for several years now because she has other things in life that she feels are more important, and I support her completely.

 

[Nick Muche]

I pretty well love hunting with my wife. I just wish she had more time off of work so that she could come with me more often. I wouldn't expect her to be able to do some of the harder, more physical hunts but she has carried her weight well in the mountains on a few.

She really likes to fish, me....not so much, but I take her when I can.