Getting permission to hunt

[pianoman9701]

Pman Women by there VERY nature are insecure... There are some out there that are (secure) but they are the exeption not the rule. I think they get a little better after you have married a while, but its a battle of who  is training who! 

I'm fortunate in that way - no insecurity at all about what I do on my own. My hunting buddy is just the opposite. The longer he's married, the more insecure she gets. Very difficult for him to do anything not scheduled and even then, things pop up to derail hunting trips.

[buckfvr]

You just have to keep them in a state of hyperannoyance in the months leading up to hunting season so they will encourage you to get on your way.......

[Skyvalhunter]

It's your hobby and just let her know what to expect months in advance. Mine knows I will be gone most falls either out or in state.

[Rainier10]

Man did I get lucky.  My wife has hunted her whole life, see "wife's cougar" under Taxidermy section.  She shot that just before we started dating.  When we started dating she invited me along on a deer hunt and told me if this thing was going to work I would have to be able to hunt with her.  We have spent almost 20 years together now, 15 years married this July.  We always hunt together and now have a blast that our daughter has started to hunt also.  We spend every Thanksgiving in a wall tent in the snow with a full blown turkey dinner right in the woods.  I know it would drive some guys crazy having the wife around for the hunt but I had no choice, she brought me around.  The only problem I have with it is it costs me twice as much, two bows, two muzzleloaders, two sets of camo and  if I have $800 binoculars she can't use $200 binoculars she has to have a set $800 binos also.

[Wildsau]

If you are having problems with your wife/other half, understanding why you need to go hunting/fishing like you do, my suggestion is to buy her a book.  The name of the book is "Why Men Don't Ask Directions and Women Can't Read Maps", by Allen Pease.  Him and his wife researched man and woman for ten years before sitting down to write the book.

After she finishes the book, you can tell her that there is nothing anyone can do about you having the "need" to hunt/fish, it is in your DNA makeup.  She won't argue for a second.

I have found I can use this book in, just about, anything I want to do, put the blame on my DNA, and, seeing as how my wife introduced the book to me, don't have a problem.  I am just told to enjoy.

Some things are just too easy. 

[Giggles]

Thanks for all of the serious replies.  SkookumHntr and Bigshooter