Great ?, My wife and I were just discussing this yesterday. Our plan is to drive 7 hours home from State Tourney early Sun morn. Get home, get boys ready, me hunt, she takes the boys trick or treating with grandma, I got a good wife!
I guess I'm confused why this conversation has so much to do with wives? And offering to bribe kids with two days worth of trick or treating candy in order to feel good about going hunting? I hope I'm just misinterpreting these posts. No one take offense to that. I think its easy to lose focus of whats important sometimes. Everyone's done that at some point for one reason on another. In the end, they are just deer.
We are taking the kids trick or treating on Saturday night. I'll be hunting from sun rise until about 3 pm. Doing both is the best option if possible. Personally I wouldn't miss it to hunt, but that's just me.
Just for the record I'm not justifying my position because I'm still 50/50. But let me play devils advocate for a second. It's "just" trick or treating the same as it is "just deer". In the ream of important things in life.... neither (deer or trick or treat) IMO is really that important. If you told me that I had to miss something with my kids between say watching them play in sports, Christmas, Thanksgiving, playing catch in the backyard, their school play, etc. I would take missing trick or treating anyday. Good arguments on both sides...... For the record, my dad never once went trick or treating with me and I was okay with it. It was always my mom. And that wasn't because he was busy. It was because he was watching football.
Well, this year's easy. 31st is a Sunday. PA made that easy on me. Last year, I had a run in with a nice buck on Halloween and then went trick or treating after.
I just look at it differently. The ages my kids are at, trick or treating a huge deal. They get to dress up and people give them candy. They have been counting down the days for weeks. If its important to them, its important to me. I understand not every parent acts the same. I just thought some of the posts were losing sight of what should be important. Thats all. My Dad didn't go either, but I'm not my Dad, and my kids aren't me. Our opinions can be different on this and thats fine. I think its easy to get caught up in hunting season, and temporary lose focus on our families. I thought the fact that most posts were referencing how their wives felt, and not their kids, was evidence of that.
Agreed... Might get a quick hunt that morning - but no Halloween afternoon hunts here - kids are still young and we take them by all the relatives, etc. Won't be long they will be off with their freinds trick-or-treating...but actually - it will be a long time before I hunt that night - I love kids too much, and we usually make a whole night of it at the inlaws - people stop by and there are soups/food for everyone. always a great night. ...but then again, Team 9 could use some points
Vito, I agree with everything you said. I guess it's a blessing we have the opportunity to make the choice eh? Listen, my hunting days before gun season are down to 4. If I give up Sunday that is 3. One of big reasons I want a damn deer so bad is to see my kids faces when I bring it home ironically. It's hard coming home so many times in a row and having to tell your kids "no deer again son". I don't like that face at all.
Exactly, I wasn't insinuating bribing the kids. He wants to do both, I tried to give a viable option to do so. Does the day he does it on matter? When I was a kid I honestly don't remember looking up at my parents admiringly as we walked between houses. It was all about the candy and not who took me. Most years most of the neighbor kids were chaperoned for the night by whichever parent had the bigger vehicle.
I get that you're in a tough spot. Hunting time can be limited. Didn't you just return from grouse camp though? Its easy to say, "its just trick or treating", but would your kids say that? Maybe they would, I don't know.
Yes I did..... Edit: Fall time really really sucks time wise. Then the other 9 months of the year is catching up on all the stuff I ignored last fall and getting ready for next fall. Perhaps, but I also know that they think watching "Blues Clues" on TV is life or death as well.
I like to keep things simple at our house - I would just ask the kids and take a vote (only the kids vote)
I'am trick or treating. Guaranteed there will be alot of excitement and fun there ... not hunting. Plus if I didn't get a deer (highly probable) I would feel even worse. But I also don't think your a bad father if you hunt because you are obviously concerned for the family. Good luck either way you go!
My plan is to hunt the AM and then do the family thing in the afternoon/evening... I'd burn to many 'free pass' tokens slamming a hunt into place all day.... I'm not to worried though as I always take the entire 2nd week of Nov off - plus for all the hours I've spent on the stand on 10/31, I have never actually taken a buck on Halloween.... But sounds like you can't go next weekend, so that's something you'll have to factor into your decision... You talk about you wife, what about your kids, would they be disappointed if you didn't go?
Your probably to old to be out trick or treating just take some candy out with you and throw it off your stand. We have lived in are home for 13 years and have never had anyone even come to the house so i will be in the woods. may have something to do with a cemetery in my yard....but what ever it takes to go hunting.
idk how yal do it in wis but in texas we dont go trick or treating til it gets dark hunt that evening n go after
