Things your non-hunting spouse says...

[ctom87]

My wife doesn't hunt, but she tries to have conversations with me about hunting. She cracks me up with her choice of words...

My wife calls any drawn hunt that I won, regardless of species, a "deer win". I won a squirrel hunt but it is on the calendar that i will be out of town Jan 7-9 on a deer win.

I also saved the tarsal glands from last year's deer and put them in a zip lock in the deep freezer. Yesterday I cleaned and defrosted the deep freezer, and today I cooked the last of the meat we had. She asks me what I did with the tail that was in there. I stop what I am doing, confused, and it hits me, she meant the tarsal glands

Whats your spouse say?

[Leon County Slayer]

Not my wife but someone’s got to say Catchin’ deer!

[Killer]

My wife has educated herself over the years. She doesn’t hunt but let’s me play in the woods. I can’t remember any thing off the top of my head, but can’t wait for some of the quotes!

[rut-ro]

Don’t wake me up when you leave!

[30-30]

“We could have (weekend activity X, Y, or Z) but SOMEONE thought he needed to go Hun-Ting instead.”

[laredoarcher]

Originally Posted by rut-ro

Don’t wake me up when you leave!

Lol. Yup. But I’ll text Maryalice “settled in” when I’m in ground blind. So she knows we can start texting.

[rut-ro]

Originally Posted by 30-30

“We could have (weekend activity X, Y, or Z) but SOMEONE thought he needed to go Hun-Ting instead.”

I used to get that. Then she asked why I go hunting a lot. I said I’m trying to shoot something to mount and unless you want me to mount something at home I’m gonna go hunting. I get to go hunting more now !

[txheartshot]

Mine used to be really understanding, especially since I layed down the law when we first started dating. I went on record and told her that I hunt, everything, every season, and I fish, and that she was always welcome to join me, but I don’t want to hearing any bitching. But, kids changed things. Now it’s, “Are you taking the kids with you?”
“Do you have a babysitter lined up?” My kids are 3 and 5. My daughter will be going with me more often starting next year, then both kids will be joining me & momma will have more weekends off. I just have to get her to look at the long game, not just look at what’s happening right now.


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[Etxbuckman]

Wife: “You’re gone like every weekend.”
Me: “And a lot of weekdays too.”

Wife: “Why do you have to go hunting all the time?”
Me: “Why do you still ask me that EVERY year after 16 years?”

[BigL]

Her: Why do you spend so much for hunting?

Me: Why do you spend so much on pedicures?

[jaker_cc]

Me: I got one
Her: good!! Are you coming home now

Me: it’s 45 min till dark, prime time. It could happen any minute
My phone: Brooklyn calling
Her: whatcha doing? Are you out of the stand yet?

[Kas]

I get “while I’m here being a single parent all weekend”

Sorry you married a man babe not a skinny Jean wearing punk


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[Shinesintx]

Took a buddy to my property to hang out for the weekend last year. It was pretty cold, so we just watched movies and ate Sloppy Joes. He told his wife that we were going hunting, which can be a euphemism for just hanging out at the cabin in the woods. He did want to hog hunt, so I got him set up two evenings in a row. On the second evening, he shot a small sow and was so excited. He texted a pic to his wife, as he was proud of his pig. She called it a nice piggy because it was so small…it kinda hurt his feelings.

Sometimes my wife will ask if I saw anything when I hunted. If I say no, she will ask how that is hunting if I didn’t see anything. I’ve tried to explain that not every hunt is a successful hunt.

[krtnorris]

7:12 A.M. phone rings phone rings the first Monday after Thanksgiving/ OHIO GUN SEASON OPENER.

“What ya doing?”

“Oh nothing just sitting in a tree waiting for a deer?”

“Oh I forgot again…well let me tell you about my day yesterday!”

[Lynn21]

Is that a buck or a doe? I’m not eating any deer meat. And here’s a fishing one from her- Why did you go all the way to Alaska and Mexico to fish and spend all that money when Lake Ray Hubbard is 4 miles down the road from us?

[RWB]

My wife hunts more than I do. With some of these comments I don't see how some of you guys do it. My EX wife didn't hunt or understand why I enjoyed it.

[Smart]

She coined the term “widow food” for our entire family.

What weekend are you going hunting? This weekend? Ok… when you go to the grocery store for supplies I need to add my “widow food” for the three days to the list.

“Catch us some deer jerky!”

This is a play off the catch a deer folks use. She loves deer jerky and she used the “catch a deer” mentioned above, very, very early in our relationship almost 25 years ago. She knows the difference now but we still joke about it today. She says “Catch us some deer jerky” as we say our good-byes before I head out.

[3rdCoastHunter]

Can’t give kids too much grief over believing in Santa. There’s still adults out there that think you “harvest” deer.

[gatt40]

I get to the ranch and she calls. Says “ you go off every weekend and the TV quit working”. I say, “what do you want me to do “? She says, “ come home and fix it”.

[Mitchell8]

She says hey we got 4 kids under the age of 5.

[FeetDown]

“You already got a deer, why are you still going?”

[jmac24]

Been married 25 yrs, got married at 31. Our deal was that I give up my single life, but I get to keep going to happy hour with the guys, gambling and hunting. Well, a house about 30 miles from the office and kids took care of the happy hours and gambling. I tell her that all I go left is hunting out of our deal!! Then she hit me with "I didn't realize you hunted as much as you do though!!"

[Killer]

Funny story. My brother shot a nice 8 PT and had told everyone how big it was. It was nice nothing to get all excited about 120-125 inch deer. He always has ground shrinkage on his bucks as he gets excited about deer hunting. We got to his house he had texted his wife about how big the deer was and we were headed home. We pull into the driveway and are standing around the truck looking at the “big” eight point. His wife comes out of the house and walks up to the truck with the tailgate down as we are looking at the deer. She looks and he says “what do you think about him” She looks up and says “ he’s kind of rinkydink” I nearly feel down I was laughing so hard. My brother just hung his head.

Now when when hunt and someone kills a buck. The fist thing everyone ask is he a “rinkydink” or a good one!

[Duckologist]

Mine just all about da food. "We got our sausage meat?" Yea boo we got dat. "What about our hamburger meat" Got dat too babe. "I want some jerky" Dang I gotta kill another 1

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[cwill]

Me and my 16yo: "We're off to shoot something in the face"
Her: "Something is wrong with y'all, but good luck"

[wade _s]

Me after a successful hog hunt: "Sweetheart, we are almost out of 55 gallon contractor trash bags."
Wife: "Ok honey, I'll put body bags on the shopping list."

[Lynn21]

Here’s her go-to—We been married 42 years now, when you gonna quit asking me to try one bite of your deer meat, I’ve told you over and over, I don’t like it. I always say well you’ve never tried it, how do you know you don’t like it? Her reply always is, I just don’t, now quit asking me. A week later I ask her again…….

[Montec man]

When I kill a deer, she tells everyone I "caught" one.

[GARY]

She joined the club 6 years ago so now mostly apologizes for all the stupid things she thought and said previously. My fave, is when growing frustrated my quest to chase an elk on a budget...

* "Why don't you just spend some real money, so you can shoot one, then quit".

like i am going to quit!

My favorite was:

* "We don't need any more shoulder mounts in our family/house".

This was pre Kendra hunting. When she shot her first deer (10 point and archery at that) in 2013 , while I was cleaning she and pops were watching. As I cut off hide, pops asked what you going to do with her horns, she responded before I could (too late hide cut as I was already planning euro) "WE ARE GETTING IT SHOULDER MOUNTED". Without missing a beat, I reminder her no more shoulder mounts in our family per her own words....

Two euros later, I am shoulder mounting this years buck she killed (larger than first)!

[CEO]

"Jenn's husband just killed a 17 point with his bow. He just started hunting last year and I'm pretty sure he sits down to pee. How is he such a better hunter than you?"

[bbbuck]

Wife says “I don’t understand hunting”.

[texasdeerhunter]

Originally Posted by Leon County Slayer

Not my wife but someone’s got to say Catchin’ deer!

My 6 year old daughter asks me this every time I call on the way home from the lease. She’s grown up around hunting, and has been with me numerous times, but she still asks if I “caught one”. I gave up, it’s kinda cute, so I let her roll with it.

[hopedale]

Wife, "what time did you leave?"
Me, "O-dark thirty."
Wife, "In you enjoy that?"

[savage1134]

Wife- you can kill a deer at over a hundred yards- but you can’t hit the toilet at 2 feet!

[BigOh!]

My Wife is an Oklahoma Hillbilly..
So I got nothing, she'll catch , kill and clean
Anything.. I'm talking Xtra country where
They're from.. Her Daddy hunts from the truck
Basically everywhere..

[Muskles]

My wife hunts a little and goes with me most of the time to work at the lease and fill feeders. She tells people we're at the deer woods.

[Colton]

My wife calls axis “polka dot deer”

[JWF]

Driving past a field of blackbuck in the hill country, “If a female blackbuck is a doe, do you call it a blackbuck buck if it has horns?”. We’ve called them that ever since.

[Farmdog]

“You don’t even like killing deer! Just drink beer here!” I hear this one a lot

[Lone_Wolf]

My wife comes from a hunting family, so I got nothing as far as that goes. Except, when we first started dating, and we're talking on the phone(she was 15, I was 17), when she referred to deer in plural she would say deers. But my father-in-law would say that. 2-3 months in when we were hot-n-heavy I gave her hell about say'n deers. She say's deer now.

Always cracks me up though when I stop somewhere and am in camo, and someone asks if I "caught anything".

[Chance Love]

Originally Posted by Lone_Wolf

Always cracks me up though when I stop somewhere and am in camo, and someone asks if I "caught anything".

Anytime someone asks me that I just say "Heck no, they are way too hard to catch. We just shoot them."

[Passthrough]

…..thread has potential!

[bakin7005]

She used to say "did you catch anything?" but that was 30 years ago and I've slowly schooled her....
Couple weeks ago after an afternoon hunt......
Her: What did you do out there all day?
Me: I sat in the tree for 7 hours watching deer.
Her: But wasn't it wet out?
Me: Ya, it drizzled the whole time.
Her: (with eye roll I'm sure) You really love that sport.

[ctom87]

Originally Posted by bakin7005

She used to say "did you catch anything?" but that was 30 years ago and I've slowly schooled her....
Couple weeks ago after an afternoon hunt......
Her: What did you do out there all day?
Me: I sat in the tree for 7 hours watching deer.
Her: But wasn't it wet out?
Me: Ya, it drizzled the whole time.
Her: (with eye roll I'm sure) You really love that sport.

The instant I said I was there 7 hours and saw deer, she would ask why I did not shoot any, and then I would get, "we are spending how much to look at them and you aren't even shooting them?!"

[Deut.31:6]

Originally Posted by Kas

I get “while I’m here being a single parent all weekend”

Sorry you married a man babe not a skinny Jean wearing punk


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Haha we’ve had this conversation 10 times the last couple years alone.

[Quackerbox]

Non hunting spouse?

People have those and keep them?

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[droebuck]

Originally Posted by Leon County Slayer

Not my wife but someone’s got to say Catchin’ deer!

My mother in law says that. Cracks me up every time.

[Drycreek3189]

I almost feel sorry for some of you guys……almost…..

[Edward F]

My wife will always ask if I “ caught “ anything when I get back from a trip. Only because she knows how annoyed I get when people ask me that.

[rolylane6]

Before my kids were all grown and gone she would say, "are you going hunting again?" with emphasis on the "again".
Now that they're all grown and gone she just says, "aren't you going hunting?" with a very encouraging tone.
It's possible I should be more concerned about it than I am, but who am I kidding, I get a pass to hunt anytime I want. No concerns here!! Lol. I went on our anniversary this year for God's sake!

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