Should I few guilty for this?..

[NachesBOY509]

I still can't figure out if I should feel guilty about this or not, but before I go on since I'm fairly new to the site, "posting" wise anyway I'll explain myself a little.
I've been hunting since the first year I passed hunters safety which I was 10 at that time. I am now 22 and just got married in May! Too a women that has never hunted before  I've hunted with my rifle forever, and deer hunting is my absolute favorite! I've shot 3 bucks, and 4 does with my younger youth tags. Nothing huge yet, but every year has been a bigger buck then the last!
Any how on to my story now, last hunting season I was recently engaged and I really wanted to show my "future wife" as of now current wife, why I loved hunting so much! I would talk with her about it all the time, basically every day. About the thrill and the rush you get, and how much work gets put into it year in and year out. Buck fever, getting back into touch with Mother Nature! Just ALL of the things we all love about hunting. But just talking about it with her I could tell she still didn't fully understand the feeling you get from hunting. But she had finally agreed to go out scouting with me and such, and not too long after that she asked if she could go with me this year, that's what I had been waiting for, for a LONG time! So of course I said yes, we went scouting as much as possible and while doing so I showed her the ropes. She new pretty well the difference from a buck and a doe, a cow and a bull. But at times mixed them up. But anyways by the end of all our scouting trips she had everything down, eye guards, 3 points or better were legal, we will see a lot of 2 points and be lucky too see a 3 point. She had it all down.
So opening morning finally appeared, we were on foot by 5 am and she was a trooper, she was showing me spots where she thought we should hike too and glass, she had the binoculars up to her eyes the whole day. I was loving the facts that she was enjoying it so much! We had seen a few does and one little spike that morning, after that it really went dead for the next couple of days. And for me I have been doing it for quite some time now. So I've experienced this before, but it really had her down, to the point of boredom and would almost rather be home then hunting. We had to take a few days off from hunting for work, but we finally had the last 2 days of the season to get out there and hunt. And we really didn't see much, a lot of does and 2 little 2 points that we couldn't seem to put eye guards on. The last day rolled around and it was becoming late evening, and before we knew it we had about 45 minutes of light left. All of the sudden my wife perks up real quick, taps my shoulder what felt like 100 times. All she said was "buck" my adrenaline started pumping. I had her explain to me where she was looking and I threw up my binos in that direction after about 2 minutes I saw exactly what she was looking at. A nice big "sage buck" a perfect dead peice of sage brush that's caught all of our eyes before. So instead of telling her it wasn't a buck I decided I was going to give her that rush of hunting. I had a good feeling I wasn't going to see a buck with those last 40 minutes of light, so I told her that a buck, it's a 3 point im going to shoot. I got my rifle set up, took my time and took a shot, reloaded lead it with the scope and shot again. I told her I missed and had to act a little "pissed off" as she tried to talk me up and tell me it was ok, let's go look for blood just to double check. I could tell she finally got that RUSH, looking for blood, she had finally gotten that little taste of buck fever! And as soon as we got back to the truck, she couldn't wait to go again this year! She said that was one of the most exciting feelings! So yes I lied, but I fee it was worth it too keep her hopes up, and let her get a taste of hunting and just how rewarding it could be to hike miles upon miles once you get a shot at that buck! Should I feel guilty? Has anyone ever had a similar event like this before?

[NachesBOY509]

Here's just a few pictures from her first hunting trip. It really was great having my wife out in the woods with me

[Timberstalker]

I'm flabbergasted.

[cbond3318]

Here's what I get out of this. First, you'll probably catch some flak for dumping rounds into a sage brush , whatever. I think you have shown what it takes to make a marriage work in the long haul. You did something goofy and a little out there with your wife's experience in mind and it seemed to have worked, bravo!

Look at it this way, would you come from work and tell your wife you had a great day when in reality you hadn't but didn't want to dampen the nice evening she had planned for you both? Would you tell your wife you enjoy wandering through a craft store when in reality it's the last place you'd want to be? Would you tell your wife her hair looks good up when in reality you'd prefer it down?

No guilt to bear there bud!

Now, just hope she doesn't become a member here to tell a story and finds this, that could put a chop in the Ol' Trust Tree.

[kball4]

At least your wife will go hunting with you, my wife will sit in the truck till I'm done hunting.

[cvandervort]

Hahahaha. Love it. Made me laugh out loud in a traffic jam.

Totally the type of thing I'd do.

Comes down to philosophy: do ends justify the means? 😆

[h20hunter]

My only question: How'd she take it? All good, you are good. Not good, yeah your in the ol doghouse.

[JimmyHoffa]

Was kind of funny, maybe she'll laugh about it in the future.  Just would emphasize knowing exactly what the target is before turning loose.  We know you knew 100% it was sage.

[kckrawler]

Great story  And yes, I think you did the right thing 

[Timberstalker]

I think you had great intentions. 
I'm still flabbergasted. 

[Old Man Yager]

That's tha best story I heard in a while. I wouldn't make it a habit of not being truthful with her, but I can see why you did it. If she did all that scouting with you, and went out with you all day, I think you already got her hooked. Just remember it's got to be fun for her, and if you plan on staying married for a while, it's a lot of give and take. Good luck this year!!

[csaaphill]

   :DOH:had to go back and catch how it wasn't a deer, thought you missed on purpose at first 
Ummm but how do you know she wasn't doing the same?
If not then yeah good deal. Nice your wife has gotten into it and you now have a hunting partner. 

[csaaphill]

At least your wife will go hunting with you, my wife will sit in the truck till I'm done hunting.

mine too and not even that no more. First time out she went but I walked too far. Next time she wated in pick up and it was dark when I came back she was like
So now I just go. 

[fishnfur]

Same here.  If there's no signal for the iPhone, then mama's stayin' home.  Too many nasty biting buggy things too.

Good story NachesBOY.  I think she'll forgive you once she scores her first deer.

[Duffer]

It's natural to feel some guilt as it's a young relationship, but with some practice you will be able to lie to your wife with no regrets at all, like us old married guys do. Best to start practicing early. It gets easier with age.