Latest article of N.A.W. I came home from hunting the other day and was greeted with one of those utterly ridiculous questions that my wife comes up with from time to time.Usually I just laugh off her silly little queries,but this one was a real doozy."Did you shoot anything?" she asked. "Of course not," I answered. "What makes you think I would do something like that." "Well, for starters, you've been going out hunting every day after work for the last 3 weeks. For someone who brags incessantly about being an expert deer hunter, you dont seem to have much luck." "Luck has nothing to do with it," I said. "There happens to be a perfectly logical explanation for my lack of success." "oh really." she replied. "I cant wait to hear this." Despite her supposed eagerness to hear what I had to say, I somehow sensed that my rationalization was not going to be fully appreciated. She seems to quite often have trouble following my reasoning, and I was getting every indication that this would again be the case. Even so, I decided I would try to clarify why I had again returned home empty handed. "First of all, there are just too many deer out there. It would be a lot easier to shoot 1 if I wasn't seeing so many. But every time I turn around there's another deer coming down the trail. They're everywhere!If I was only seeing 1 or 2 each time I went out, then obviously I would have fely compelled to take 1 by now. But with so many of them around, there is simply no good reason to be in a hurry. Why should I go shoot a deer today if I know I can go back and shoot 1 tomorrow?" She stared at me vacantly, as if what I was saying didn't make any sense. I went on."Not only are ther too many deer, but the quality of the bucks this year is absolutely amazing! I've already seen half a dozen bucks that I would love to shoot. How am I supposed to decide which 1 to take?I mean, do I want that wide 8-point, that heavy-beamed 10-point, or that non-typical with the split brow tine and the sticker coming off his left G-2? Those decisions cant be taken lightly." No, of course not she quipped. It seemed to me that she was making just slightly less effort to empathize with my predicament then she was to hide her cynicism."And do you realize its still only archery season?" I continued. "After that comes muzzleloader then shotgun and then rifle season. I cant just let an arrow fly the 1st time a deer walks past my stand. When the wildlife officials set the season dates each year, they do so with the expectation that we hunters will take full advantage of the opportunities afforded to us. Shooting a deer to early in the season would be showing disregard for all the time they spend afield assessing the deer population, habitat and overall well-being of the herd, not to mention all the painstaking effort that goes into pouring over all those hunter surveys we fill out each year. And speaking of my stand, I made a mistake when I hung it this year. I put it in too good of a location. There deer are coming so close that all I've had so far is gimmie shots. Sure, I could take one of those shots, but what are the guys going to say when I tell them I shot my buck while he was quartering away at 8 yards?" "Did you hear about Andrews buck? That deer was so close that he could have reached out with his hand and stuck an arrow between its ribs. Nice buck, but it sure wasn't much of a shot." I have my reputation to think about. I've been trying for years to convince them that I am no ordinary archer. "Oh, you've had me convinced for a lot longer then that," she said. I again ignored her feeble attempt ar sarcasm and carried on. "You also have to factor in where we live. The gene pool in this area is the envy of the entire whitetail hunting world. The current world record was taken less then an hour's drive from here! With deer like that wondering around, you dont really expect me to shoot just any old trophy buck, do you? I would be shaming myself, and actually damaging the repute of the entire region by taking anything less then a buck of exceptional quality. So with all those factors stacked against me, its little wonder I haven't shot anything yet." She shook her head. "You poor dear. I had no idea you had it so tough." That was the 1st sensible thing she'd said all day.
My wife does a bit of that too. Since season has not started yet and I am pumped to go, I am watching hunting shows on outdoor channel. She comes into my room and starts whispering so that she does not scare the deer off. Then she laughs and walks off. She sure likes to eat what I bring home though.
I see deer a lot and video them every time I go .. I very rarely shoot at them this early in the season .. When I get home my wife always asks that same question "did you shoot anything" .. I tell her no but i got some on video .. she doesnt understand why I go if I'm not going to kill anything .. sooner or later she will realize I go to get an escape from her .. haha
ugh I'm not even married and that made want to take the guy out of his misery and his wife really she wouldn't feel bad for him. She seems bi polar and the guy (the hunter) complaining about chip shots all day and passing trophy buck, right. I don't think this guy is hunting I think he is at a bar Blue Oyster maybe with his "hunting buddies"
Well my wife hates hunting and all that's involved with it. not to mention she will not eat any of it. where did I go wrong?
