So what if you were given an ultimatum by your significant other, either quit hunting or she leaves.

How would you answer ?

I personally would drive right to the supermarket to find boxes so she could pack her stuff faster

Question:
So what if you were given an ultimatum by your significant other, either quit hunting or she leaves.

How would you answer ?

I personally would drive right to the supermarket to find boxes so she could pack her stuff faster

Choices:
Hunting
Wife/Girlfriend

 

No woman should make it past the "girlfriend" stage to become a wife if she didn't approve of hunting.

Yup Blacktailer has it right. she would'nt get past the probationary period.
My wife hunts with me, so we never get in a rowe over hunting.

Goodby seems civil enough.
Frank

Anyone that would give you that ultimatum would be someone you'd split up with in the future anyhow. If you can't respect someone for who they are, then you aren't going to have much of a relationship. Might as well get it over with sooner then later.

Right on Paul!

"either quit hunting or she leaves". You tell her, Dont let the door hit you in the ass on your way out!

A woman like that would not get past a first date.

Any woman that gives ultimatums is a control freak. Thats not a relationship.

Who voted for the girlfriend/wife?
Whats next on her list of things you most give up or shes leaveing? Sucker!!

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Originally posted by GSP7:
Right on Paul!

"either quit hunting or she leaves". You tell her, Dont let the door hit you in the ass on your way out!

A woman like that would not get past a first date.

Any woman that gives ultimatums is a control freak. Thats not a relationship.

Who voted for the girlfriend/wife?
Whats next on her list of things you most give up or shes leaveing? Sucker!!

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Now I know why I'm still single
Actually, in all fairness, there are many great sportswomen out there, and that is awesome to see.

Who is the one vote?

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Originally posted by Blacktailer:
No woman should make it past the "girlfriend" stage to become a wife if she didn't approve of hunting.

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What he said!! That was my first thought, how would you get the far.

Last night, my wife asked me if I would like to join a few of her co-workers on their annual North Dakota pheasant hunt.

Methinks we have answered that question in our house..... JMO, Dutch.

My trophy mounts lived with my, at the time, girlfriend long before I did. Now, we're getting married in April and we're going to RSA in May for a plainsgame hunt for our honeymoon. I keep trying to convince her to go to the rifle range with me, just in case she gets the itch to take an impala or something.

My wife has always hunted with me. She is country girl clear through. So far we have hunted for 37 years together. Like they say, a good marriage is not finding the right person, its being the right person.

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So what if you were given an ultimatum by your significant other, either quit hunting or she leaves.

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Answer: Honey, can I help you pack?

You now know the reason I'm divorced. Ex made a similar ultimatum to me. My to stepchildren (both adults) still call me dad and blame their mother for the divorce.
By the way, if you know of a woman hunter between 40 and 50 who would like a retired Air Force Officer and college professor...

While at dinner with several PH's and friends in Reno 2 years ago, my wife admitted to them she had finally had enough and put her foot down. Seems she had counted and I hunted 90 days that year!

52 of my weekends equals 104 days, add 20 days vacation and you get 124. That's just barely enough to get by, but it leaves me 60 for hunting and 60 for fishing; the extras are for her birthday-anniversary-Xmas-Thanksgiving. She's happy now.

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Originally posted by SouthpawDV:
she would'nt get past the probationary period.
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Spot on...
Took my girlfriend,now wife,to Alaska on a bou
hunt.She passed.

I told my wife before we married she would be a widow for 3-4 months a year, She agreed. Had to make sure before I signed the dotted line. Heck, it oughta be in the contract. Yea, they could put that right next to that hidden clause that says I'm giving up my sex life.

Reloader

Over the past 32 years of marriage I've participated in Hunting, Bass Fishing, Big Game Saltwater fishing Etc,etc,etc.
Whenever we have seen; the insignificant other of a friend demand it's me or the fishing or hunting. It was the beginning of the end and nothing more than a matter of time before it ended completely.
Most of the time the calculating bitch had you give up your sport and sell down your stuff so there would be more cash in the settlement for her.

I am glad I have never had to make that decision, but if it was a girlfriend she would be gone. My wife knew I hunted and she accepted it and now has to deal with it.

Being twice divorced I guess I'm an expert. Just think of all the room you have in the house with her stuff gone for guns and hunting gear. You might have to get another house but it would be worth it.I do compromise a little now I take my girlfriend somewhere warm in the spring for a few days, I go to the pawn shops looking for guns and I golf she lays in the sun. I get from Oct1 (bow opener)to Dec 31 end of bow season to myself. Chain

chain
On your Next wedding night,tell the wife....
This marriage is till death we do part,
How long that is ,is all up to you.

I gave up hunting and most of my fishing voluntarily for the first wife, because she bitched so much about it, it was hardly worth it.

Finally had enough after 20 years.

Now, I've been with someone for 20 months, and told her right up front that the summer is hers, but the fall, winter and most of the spring are mine. I don't go every weekend by any means, but I'm not going to give up my 10 days for moose hunting or week for deer hunting. Any vacation days after that, she's welcome to them.

We still have separate houses, but have recently moved to discussions of getting a place together. I've made it clear that part of the criteria for the new house will be a place of sufficient size for my stuff, including mounts. And not some deep, dank corner of the house, either.

In fact, we've been focussing on country properties with large, heated drivesheds, so I have a "sanctuary".

My spouse travels a lot, and since a lot of it is int'l travel, she is gone on weekends a lot. She could care less about my hunting.

In fact, the other day I told her I booked a buff hunt in Africa and she said "Good."

She doesn't pull the trigger, but she has been with me on hunts in Scotland and New Zealand. We backpack a lot (going to the only backcountry trail we have not yet hiked on the south rim of the Grand Canyon on Thursday) and camp a lot. We have some land in Colorado bordering Natl forest and her favorite vacation is to camp there.

She is the most energetic woman I have ever met. She went to India on a 100 mile run over 5 days at 11000 feet, including one marathon. She left India on her last evening, flew to Amsterdam (all night flight) then to Phoenix via Detroit (all day flight), got home, mowed the grass, did the laundry, and then caught a redeye to Boston (all night flight) for a meeting on a Sunday afternoon.

I am indeed fortunate in that my wife is supportive of my hunting, and even goes along on some of the trips. I guess the best final reply to one that put her foot down would be,
"Gosh, Honey. I'm really gonna miss you."

How does the C&W song go? "I gotta bite....."
George

Went one a one week plains game safari during a four week honeymoon in Zimbabwe.

The wife said it was OK as she said she knew I would just go back by myself a month later anyway.

Got it right, from the beginning.

And she did enjoy the hunting safari part of it as well as the rest of the honeymoon too.

Now planning a second honeymoon to Tanzania including another hunt (of course! - you have to be consistent ) as well as sightseeing.

No GOOD woman would hand out that kind of ultimatum. If you cave in on this one, what other part of your life is she going to cut off and throw away?

AD

Never ever marry a woman who does not prefer venison to beef. Then that problem will never occur.

And don't even date a vegetarian, no matter how hot she is.

If a girl has a problem with hunting I don't think she should ever be upgraded above bootie call status

I try to go for gals that hunt.Its hard because some say they hunt and they really dont.I have converted a few from antihunters to almost hunters.They wrapped meat and ate it with me.You cant go too hard on them just ease them into it.I still have two guns of each kind to take gals hunting with me.I only had one who couldnt handle my hunting .I hunt as many days as possible in a year and usually take my gal with me if she will go.

as far as I can tell, staying married is all about being willing to compromise some and change some

I didn't even hunt big game when I got married, but I did fish quite a bit

though it has been tough at times, as I've become increasingly "possessed" with big game hunting the last few years, my wife has managed to adjust... though it has taken discussions and a willingness for me to sometimes reign in the amount of time afield...

It seems to me if you a woman really loves you, how can she ask you to just give up something you love?

that's hardly fair, and not a compromise

My wife hunted with me a fair amount during the courting phase. About a year after we were married she said that one day a month was all I could go. I packed the Ryder truck for her. Never saw her or my stepdaughter again. It broke my heart about the step daughter - she was just an average full of life little girl. She liked to go shoot and kill ground squirrels.
lawndart

My wife is very excited about our up coming trip. I am going to try to get her to shoot something while we are there.. she shoots at the range on a regular basis and is a very good shot..

John

I'ld counter w/ "give up your shoe collection & shopping & we'll talk".

Both wifey and I work nights so we are together for most of the day. All I have to do is change the chanel from soap operas to Hunting chanel and She suggests I go hunting.