Stories of hunting partners that quit

[loganwayne]

My hunting partner is my wife's cousin. He had never been hunting and was from the city, but he had done a lot of shooting and was a good shot. I usually hunt solo, but told him I would take him when he showed interest. We had a hunt planned and around that time his baby was due so I was almost positive he was gonna cancel. The baby was born about 1 week before the hunt and he informed me he was still gonna go. I thought well shit that's pretty ballsy. He shows up at our meet location and we get our packs together and during some random conversation about the baby being born he informs me that today is his wife's birthday. This dude went hunting with me a week after his baby was born and on his wife's birthday! Right there I knew he was gonna be worth the work I needed to put into him and there was no way he was quitting. Needless to say years later he's good to go and still going hunting on her birthday. This year he's taking his baby bonding leave to go hunting. The dude makes me laugh. Hunter at heart.

that guy trained his wife well.

It took years (before i married her) for my wife to realize no matter how much she bitched i was going hunting. she pretty much expects me to be gone somewhere every weekend from September until at least March. I conceded the week between Christmas and new year as a family trip.... i only hunt 1 day while we are gone. Only other days she knows ill be home is for thanksgiving meal with the family, then i leave for hunting camp. and Christmas eve afternoon and Christmas day.