Texas Hunting Forum...A man's pinterest.

The other day...during church, I received an email from Will with this link in it.

http://www.texashuntingforum.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/2883996/1

So I looked at it. The subject of this forum thread was very interesting. The title:

YOU MIGHT BE TOO SERIOUS OF A DEER HUNTER IF

These are some I found and I would like to comment on them from the perspective of your wife.

3. You have ever said to your significant other: "Oh honey, I couldn't possibly attend[wedding, family function, social event, fill in the blank] on that date; I will be deer hunting--and she doesn't object.

It is just an understood fact.

4. Your significant other announces that she has planned a vacation to Europe with her family, but she didn't bother to include you because she knew it would interfere with deer season.

Another just understood fact. Why even ask. If he's going somewhere, I'm going somewhere. Probably somewhere better than the ranch...like Grapevine Main or Europe. However, this Europe trip would only be possible if the funds from October to January were not devoted to hunting equipment.  

7. You feel a sense of impending depression as deer season comes to a close.

It is sad around our house these days. Lots of moping and xbox playing.

8. You have ever placed an urgent call to your spouse to inquire just how much space is still available in the deep freeze.

Or your wife comes home one day and there is an additional freezer full of deer.

You are at your inlaws which is 20 min from the lease and you mill around your wife and look at her aimlesly until she tells you to get out of here and go to the deer lease.

Every weekend. I call it the look. It begins like this:
"....pause... what are we doing this weekend?"
"uh I guess you are going hunting."

If u hunted the morning of ur wedding day, I did.

If you've called in sick to work and was really sick but managed to still sit in the blind with a 101 fever.

 He does it. Call in sick and decide to go hunting.

Your wife has to put Tinks 69 behind her ear to get your attention.

Somedays...yes.

Your wife tells you she has no intentions of sleeping alone that night and you tell her to be sure and lock the door after he leaves.

the guy that taught me how to shoot a bow told his wife/ girlfriend at the time "honey if you dont mind being a widow from oct. to feb.i would love it if you would be my wife

If only I knew...

I took my bride to the deer lease for our honeymoon.

Uh no. Not Never.

If your EX-wife tells you she's leaving you if you head out hunting again, but you do anyway because the rut's on.

If your wife has to take birth control between January and April each year. My daughter was born in September- not a coincidence.

We've had the conversations.

If you've ever gone shopping for a new laptop to view game cam pics-with a deer carcass in the bed of your truck. (Did it Sunday night).

With the recent purchase of a church computer, we now have a laptop devoted purely to game cameras.

If you make your daughters name "Rae" which means deer ....

hmmm....

You tell your wife that the wedding day has to be planned around deer season...

That is why we got married in September. He had said, " Honey, I can miss one deer season. I'll miss it for you." ME in response: "It is not just ONE deer seasons. It is every deer season for the rest of our lives!"

You still carried a rifle with you on the day you took down all the stands and feeders "just in case

If you plan your work vacation schedule to coincide around opening days for deer bow, rifle, and muzzle loader season and your wife knows instinctively not to plan any big family events during those times.........

The reason we don't go on vacations because all his days are gone by the time vacation time rolls around.

You carpet and heat your blind so your wife can go with you and you won't feel guilty leaving her in the trailer while you hunt.

Now you stick a lazyboy, a book shelf and a craft box in that blind too and I might go with you as well.

Boys at the ranch this weekend, I hope you are being safe and having fun.