onpoint
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Along the lines of the womens hunting experience thread.....
And relating to the "women are tough" thread, I agree. My hunting partner, a woman, my wife - is tough.
I find it difficult to even refer to my wife as a "woman" hunter. She is just a plain hunter. And a "tough" one. She hunts (read - puts up with while hunting) with me, so that alone is her qualifier. We hunt an awful lot - 4 months straight. Birds, antelope, turkeys, birds, deer, birds, elk, birds.... She climbs hand over feet, slides on her ass down, sits waiting for a river bottom whitetail buck in -14f, belly crawls for an hour through pricklies for a shot at an antelope. Packs meat on her back, endures a mentally and emotionally draining wounded antelope track - finishes a crippled buck with tears in her eyes, loves hunting turkeys. Chases our dogs to the Bridger Ridge in a snow/sleet storm, hunts coulee roosters behind our girls for an entire day, and ties some killer flies to boot. Cried when she saw our injured pup the other day. Cuts our meat. I help wrap - she's more meticulous and better at the cutting than I.
She doesn't have the luxury of hunting with other women, just me.
Doesn't know any other dedicated female hunters. 30 years of hunting together has been great as well horrible for our relationship - but she endures - tough......
Best of and worst of times. Maybe somebody out there understands this all too well. Wouldn't trade it for the world.
She was out last season with a pending rotator surgery. Now recuperated and chomping at the bit for antelope on the Montana prairie in a couple weeks.
Like I mentioned, she's not a woman hunter - she's a hunter........
I'm more than happy to do all the field dressing activities, and use her killer Salmonfly patterns in the "off season".
See if our 34 year marriage survives another season afield.........................
And relating to the "women are tough" thread, I agree. My hunting partner, a woman, my wife - is tough.
I find it difficult to even refer to my wife as a "woman" hunter. She is just a plain hunter. And a "tough" one. She hunts (read - puts up with while hunting) with me, so that alone is her qualifier. We hunt an awful lot - 4 months straight. Birds, antelope, turkeys, birds, deer, birds, elk, birds.... She climbs hand over feet, slides on her ass down, sits waiting for a river bottom whitetail buck in -14f, belly crawls for an hour through pricklies for a shot at an antelope. Packs meat on her back, endures a mentally and emotionally draining wounded antelope track - finishes a crippled buck with tears in her eyes, loves hunting turkeys. Chases our dogs to the Bridger Ridge in a snow/sleet storm, hunts coulee roosters behind our girls for an entire day, and ties some killer flies to boot. Cried when she saw our injured pup the other day. Cuts our meat. I help wrap - she's more meticulous and better at the cutting than I.
She doesn't have the luxury of hunting with other women, just me.
Doesn't know any other dedicated female hunters. 30 years of hunting together has been great as well horrible for our relationship - but she endures - tough......Best of and worst of times. Maybe somebody out there understands this all too well. Wouldn't trade it for the world.
She was out last season with a pending rotator surgery. Now recuperated and chomping at the bit for antelope on the Montana prairie in a couple weeks.
Like I mentioned, she's not a woman hunter - she's a hunter........
I'm more than happy to do all the field dressing activities, and use her killer Salmonfly patterns in the "off season".
See if our 34 year marriage survives another season afield.........................
