Ok so I just wanted to see if I was the only one and if it is just being new here and eventually wears off? My wife has labeled me as addicted to this site. Yeah I know, I tried telling her it wasn't just the site. It is BOWHUNTING period. I love it so much that yesterday I was cooking on the grill and between flipping food, I was shooting my bow between 20-35yd. Has anyone else on here had their wives or someone else label you a Bowhunting.com addict or maybe Craigslist? Yeah I got that one at one time too.
Trust me , I am 50 and be hearing it for 30 years. sometimes I wish I was not eat up with it like I am. seriously I think its in your blood.
Yes, I'm very much addicted. I think about ways I can kill a deer on an hourly basis. Most of the time I keep it to myself however so I don't drive my wife and family up the wall. Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk
It's funny you say all this. The night before last, I was so tired, however I couldn't fall asleep. I laid in bed thinking about my stand location, was it good enough, were my shots too far, what more clearing I'll need to do and when should I do it, were the feeders I put out too much pressure on the big buck... Also, I too am guilty of grilling and shooting. I told myself yesterday I wasn't going to shoot today. As of right now, I'll probably shoot right after dinner.
My wife tells me all the time that bowhunting is all I talk about. She is sick of listening to me wonder out loud about where I should put my new cameras. And she just shakes her head when the UPS driver pulls up and drops off another hunting item that I just ordered. She actually came home the other day and said she bought me something. It was a t-shirt that read, "If I am not hunthing, I am thinking about it." So she is an enabler.
when I go workout at night and I am pushing myself to the limits I go to my happy place. Yeah I go to my stand. thats my happy place. yes im addicted.
Oh yeah...My wife thinks my life revolves all around hunting of some sorts. I'm obsessed, addicted , a junkie you name it! But my family is #1 in my life. I would do anything for my wife and 3 kids, but wouldn't ever give up bowhunting.
Yup, even in my username.. My mom always asks me why I like watching hunting shows so much, "They're the same every time: Deer comes past, hunter shoots it, then they take it home." - I don't know how to explain to her that it's not just about shooting the deer.
Yea it never changes.... I think ive pushed my marriage to its limits a few times bc of hunting. We've had counseling and all kinds of help from friends and I still cant explain to her what I get from bowhunting..... its like being addicted to a drug you just cant quit! Plus I work 48 hrs at the firehouse so when im off im hunting so she feels all alone.... Im now trying to be a better husband in the off season so when season rolls around im on a good note lol
I here ya man, it's tough sometimes especially I have 3 little ones running around, so I try and give her time to do what she wants. We love too camp, so i'm glad we do that. I try and do the being better in the off season thing as well. I tell her I am who I am and nothing can change that, bowhunting is my personal way to keep my sanity besides spending quality time with the little ones!
Oh yeah....definitely addicted. One thing that helped me last year with the misses was having flowers delivered to the house while I was gone during one week-long public land trip and then a pajama-gram (which she freakin' hated) for the IL and WI gun seasons. Other things I have done is left little notes around the house that she would find after I have left even if it is just a morning or evening hunt. It makes her feel like she is still more important than that 170" buck that I have been pursuing and talking about for months!!
Mine says she's fine with it till I'm gone for a few days in a row. Then she starts getting grouchy and I have to make an appearance. I keep reminding her that she takes 3-5 day long snowmobile trips in the winter and she bucks up for a day or two extra.
Classic. Mine does the same. Plus im a fisherman so that doesnt help too much either. But like i tell her, I could be at bars getting hammered and chasing females or in a tree all by myself, you choose.
