I know there is a pretty broad age group of people on this board, so I feel like there will be some good discussion on this as I feel the responses will vary based upon age.
It seems that more and more I see/hear people talking about how they are not able to hunt/fish/be outdoors as much as they’d like due to having kids and a wife. I have two very good friends that I’ve known most of my life. They lease some property from me. It’s gotten to the point that I only see them 1-2 times a year now during deer season when they come up to camp. One lives 40 minutes away. The other lives about 90 minutes away. All I hear from them is how they can’t hunt due to kids and/or wife. They are just too busy.
My Dad was an avid outdoorsman. The day I was born, he was on Texoma hauling in stripers. Just weeks after I was born, I was in a Ranger boat strapped in a car seat on Toledo Bend while he caught bass. Anything that could be hunted, trapped, or fished for, he did it. For the most part, my dad worked a 40-50 hour a week job 5 days a week. Weekends were for hunting/fishing. That’s just how it was. Nobody complained about it. It was not a big deal. He was not an absent father. He didn’t neglect any home duties. But you sure as hell were not going to tell him he couldn’t go hunt/fish because of me or a wife. I started going hunting along side him when I was 7-8. I was fishing with him well before that.
It just seems like men nowdays in the 25-40 year old age group seem to either be making a lot excuses for not being able to be outdooors, or they have wives that really are a bit too hard on them for wanting to enjoy their hobbies. I’m not saying that all those men don’t enjoy spending time with their babies. It’s just never presented in that manner. It’s always “I’ve got kids and a wife so I don’t get to hunt much”. For the older crowd on here, men that would be my Dad’s age, I don’t feel like you all were the same way when you were “in your prime”. You did what you wanted and nobody gave you a hard time about it. You hunted when you wanted and that’s just how it was. The wife and kids were never an excuse or reason why you couldn’t be in the field.
I am not meaning this as a slam towards any at all. I’m just trying to get some understanding as to what is real vs guys just making excuses not to be outdoors.
It seems that more and more I see/hear people talking about how they are not able to hunt/fish/be outdoors as much as they’d like due to having kids and a wife. I have two very good friends that I’ve known most of my life. They lease some property from me. It’s gotten to the point that I only see them 1-2 times a year now during deer season when they come up to camp. One lives 40 minutes away. The other lives about 90 minutes away. All I hear from them is how they can’t hunt due to kids and/or wife. They are just too busy.
My Dad was an avid outdoorsman. The day I was born, he was on Texoma hauling in stripers. Just weeks after I was born, I was in a Ranger boat strapped in a car seat on Toledo Bend while he caught bass. Anything that could be hunted, trapped, or fished for, he did it. For the most part, my dad worked a 40-50 hour a week job 5 days a week. Weekends were for hunting/fishing. That’s just how it was. Nobody complained about it. It was not a big deal. He was not an absent father. He didn’t neglect any home duties. But you sure as hell were not going to tell him he couldn’t go hunt/fish because of me or a wife. I started going hunting along side him when I was 7-8. I was fishing with him well before that.
It just seems like men nowdays in the 25-40 year old age group seem to either be making a lot excuses for not being able to be outdooors, or they have wives that really are a bit too hard on them for wanting to enjoy their hobbies. I’m not saying that all those men don’t enjoy spending time with their babies. It’s just never presented in that manner. It’s always “I’ve got kids and a wife so I don’t get to hunt much”. For the older crowd on here, men that would be my Dad’s age, I don’t feel like you all were the same way when you were “in your prime”. You did what you wanted and nobody gave you a hard time about it. You hunted when you wanted and that’s just how it was. The wife and kids were never an excuse or reason why you couldn’t be in the field.
I am not meaning this as a slam towards any at all. I’m just trying to get some understanding as to what is real vs guys just making excuses not to be outdoors.
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