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487.1 | see ya next year | ROULET::BING | Gray ghosts of November... | Wed Sep 27 1989 02:51 | 6 |
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Jeff, this is the time of year that instead of saying "good night",
my girlfriend says, "see you in December". (of course she does'nt
know I'll be hunting coyote until Feb.)..............
Walt
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487.2 | tree scrapes | SALEM::MACGREGOR | I'm the NRA/GONH/NAHC | Wed Sep 27 1989 11:35 | 5 |
| Some friends and I have noticed some of the pre-rut scrapes going
on. Such as rubs on trees, probably from scraping the velvet from
their antlers. I have seen one scrape on the ground. Could have
been for some other reason.
Bret
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487.3 | | MANIC::THIBAULT | While I breathe, I hope | Wed Sep 27 1989 16:13 | 7 |
| Speaking as a wife, I find the whole thing rather amusing. Especially when
my husband starts yelling things in his sleep like "There he is, shoot him
shoot him!!"
Men are very bizzare :-).
Jenna
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487.4 | cost too much! | YUCATN::BILLINGSLEA | Love Crucified Arose | Wed Sep 27 1989 16:24 | 10 |
| re: <<< Note 487.0 by LUDWIG::STEVENS "Designated Drinker" >>>
What does my wife think of *this* time of year?
As a matter of fact, this morning she told me that "hunting is too
expensive". Heck, I haven't even bought my license yet! Maybe it's
all the stuff I've bought each year and said "I won't need to buy
anything next year." :-)
+- Mark (wishing he had enough money for Winchester Model 70)!
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487.5 | | CSC32::WATERS | The Agony of Delete | Wed Sep 27 1989 16:33 | 1 |
| re: .3 Man, that sounds awfull familiar. :-)
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487.6 | PHS | SALEM::MACGREGOR | I'm the NRA/GONH/NAHC | Wed Sep 27 1989 16:36 | 3 |
| Yes the lady in my life goes through PHS rather than PMS. (pre-hunting
syndrome) I keep hoping sometime she might get over it but............
Bret
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487.7 | Only 4 weekends honey! | NEBVAX::PAPPALARDO | I'm the NRA | Wed Sep 27 1989 16:39 | 24 |
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When I proposed to my wife I said:
Will you marry me and the deer season; She said YES!!
Later she asked, How long is the deer season ? I said oh, 4 weeks
or 4 weekends a YEAR...
6 years later she says, I thought you said deer season is only 4
weeks a year, Now it Bow, Muzzle-Loader, Rifle which puts you at
3 months or 12 weekends and not only deer but ducks, rabbits and
such go out to March, now were talking 7 months or so.
I just stated hey, Ive matured with age what can I say, ha,ha,he,he!!
Question, Should I tell her the turkey season in May?? I say YES!!!
P.S. In all fairness shes great, never complains, in fact shes passed
the NRA safty course. But it was funny when the season went from
30 days to 90 for deer.
Rick
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487.8 | 90 days - great idea! | CARTUN::TREMELLING | Making tomorrow yesterday, today! | Wed Sep 27 1989 17:00 | 2 |
| 90 day deer season - Where's That?!?
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487.9 | | NEBVAX::PAPPALARDO | I'm the NRA | Wed Sep 27 1989 17:27 | 10 |
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RE:8
New Hampshire !!
Bow season starts mid-Sept thru Mid-December.
In between OCT/NOV you have the muzzle-loader and Rifle seasons.
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487.10 | My wife is "OUTSTANDING" !!!!!! | SALEM::PAPPALARDO | | Wed Sep 27 1989 19:21 | 22 |
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I'm Ricks brother and have only been married 3 1/2 months, while
on my Honeymoon I chartered a boat and went Blue Marlin fishing,
and in the last month i've gone Bear hunting in Maine for opening
week and then for a weekend. I'm planning on going next weekend
again. Also my plans are to hunt Maine (Bear & Deer),New Hampshire
(Deer & possibly Bear if none taken in Maine) both Muzzleloader and
Rifle,New Brunswick Canada for the "Big Bucks" 1 week,and believe
this CRAZY stunt Massachussetts (Deer) both Shotgun and Muzzleloader
with the exception of i'm staying on the east side of the state
away from the Berkshires. So it looks like my wife will be spending
a lot of time with my brothers, also our younger borthers wife goes
through the same thing.
How's that one,
Guy
P.S. She never complains when I buy a
"NEW" gun.........
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487.11 | ME MYSELF AND I | LUDWIG::STEVENS | Designated Drinker | Thu Sep 28 1989 06:20 | 16 |
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I know how ya'all feel... I was Married 5 years ago.
It was November 24th... The season started the 26th... I took
her on the Honey-Moon... And when i said it's time to leave, (that
was on Sunday night) She almost killed me... But i do have my
priorities...
Not no more though.... We is getting Divorced/... More time
to hunt and less time of hearing, (You bought a gun last year, Why
do
ya need another one) (-;
Jeff
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487.12 | CHANGE for a BUCK | XCUSME::BERNIER | I AM | Thu Sep 28 1989 06:52 | 11 |
| RE; .3
>> "..my husband starts yelling things in his sleep like " there
>> he is, shoot him!! shoot him!!"
Jenna.
I dont think he was talking about deer. He says that almost
every day, but he's wide awake and pointing at ME when he says it.
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487.13 | I think I made the right choice | STRATA::WIINIKKA | | Thu Sep 28 1989 08:49 | 18 |
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During college I started seeing a girl until hunting season
came along. After about 4 weekends of me disappearing to go hunting
she declared, "You have a choice to make! You can either give up
hunting or you can give up me!" It was an easy choice. My reply
was "Have a nice life."
Now there's a new person in my life. She has a much better
attitude. In fact she even bought me a shotgun for my birthday,
and get this, for our first Wedding Anniversary she says I may get
the SAKO Finnbear I've always wanted. I think I made the right
choice!
Scot
p.s. I have noticed that she seems to have a lot more new clothes
when I get back from Maine each year.
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487.14 | Love this weather | XCUSME::NEWSHAM | I'm the NRA | Thu Sep 28 1989 09:39 | 6 |
| It's weather like were currently having in New England that
swells my 'ol neck. I can smell Deer Season coming.....Only
45 more days until Vermont starts..........................
Red_Hanksville_bound
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487.15 | I spilled buck lure on the living room floor. | DNEAST::STEVENS_JIM | | Thu Sep 28 1989 11:26 | 34 |
| Jeff, I don't have to tell you what Anita says...But, her birthday is
November 7. That's the only day I have to be home on..She complains
that when she was a kid she hated November because her father was
always gone on her birthday. Before we got married I said I would be
home on November 7...But, the other days, don't count on it. The good
thing is she likes venison and especially the liver, which I can't
stand.
What really bugs her is the bird hunting/scouting in October. That
takes a little work..I really think she just likes to have something
to bitch about...The bad thing is it usually costs me a clothes
shopping trip while I'm gone. Last year it was a new ruby ring. I
said, "That's not clothes", to which she responded "I liked it"..I
know when to stop a discussion.
As for my neck swelling, she say's I'm always in the rut...Well, being
the buck I am, I agree...
I bought a new gun Tuesday night..She said "Why do you need a new gun?"
I quickly responded with, "Well, it only cost me $45 out of my pocket."
She says, "Oh...Ok.." Success..... Let's see now, sling - $20, xtra
clip - $12, new shells - $10, case - $25...But that's not part of
buying the gun...."Oh..Ok.." Success #2...
I think she wants to buy a new fur coat this November....Sh*t, has that
new gun cost me....
"It's the second week of deer camp....."
Jim
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487.16 | November weddings should be illegal.. | DNEAST::STEVENS_JIM | | Thu Sep 28 1989 11:29 | 7 |
| Oh yes, as for your November wedding...
Don't forget, cousin Robert got married that November as did some
relative of Anita's...I think I only hunted 3 days that season....
Jim
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487.17 | | TWOBOS::LAFOSSE | | Thu Sep 28 1989 11:49 | 6 |
| RED, 45 MORE DAYS..... HOW CAN YOU STAND IT!!!
Gotta go out and get yourself setup with a bow... then you'd be
out there in 9 days!!!
Fra
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487.18 | | TWOBOS::LAFOSSE | | Thu Sep 28 1989 12:01 | 18 |
| Jim, speaking of weddings.... one of our best friends is getting
married on opening day of the VT rifle season, not really bothered
by it though ;^), its probably the 4th or 5th time i've had a wedding
to attend on an opener in VT.... Can you believe this Dave!
This year thats only the half of it, my wife has an appointment
to have her wisdom teeth pulled the 6th of october, day before archery
opens in VT.... i'm gonna snap! she already knows she'll be paying
dearly.... very much so!!!!
Other than the poor timing on my wifes (and friends 8^)...) scheduling
she's great about my hunting time.... even more so now that were
in our own house... besides, now she has the dog to protect her
while i'm gone 8^)
Fra
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487.19 | I hunted 45 days last year (still married) | SALEM::AYOTTE | | Thu Sep 28 1989 14:00 | 12 |
| Fra,
Your the one thats gonna pay dearly...... cause I get to use THE
favorite stand on opening weekend! Thats OK though; I'll take a
census and give it to you so you'll know which deer to hold out
for when you come up for the 2nd weekend! ;^)
My wifes attitude has been very good over the years. Before the
kids came she loved the idea of me hunting...... now its tit-for-tat
on the 'ol wallet. No complaints from me though. I think we'll
both keep each other around.
Dave
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487.20 | There are still a few good ones out there! | IOENG::TESTAGROSSA | dtn 297-7581 | Thu Sep 28 1989 14:10 | 38 |
| My wife is one of the all time good sports! This year she is pregnant,
due Oct. 10th,so I gotta stay close to home til it happens. Every
evening for the past couple weeks I've either been shooting, or
scouting. I've been wearing a beeper so I can get home if I have
to. That doesn't even phase her!
Her birthday is Nov.9th. During that week I'll be in Maine all week.
I don't think I've been home on her bithday for a while! We always
celebrate it either before or after. After Thanksgiving dinner,
I plan to jump in the truck, and head back up to Maine for the last
weekend of the rifle season.
I already spent about eight bills in the last 3 months on gear,
and a new/used Charles Daly trap over under. I ve been hunting since
I was a kid, so I should have all I need to do so by now ...right?
The only problems I tend to have is when she gets wind that the
other guys wives aren't gonna be as liberal with allowing their
husbands time. I think the peer pressure gets to her sometimes,
yet its only temporary.
We usually end the discussion with something like
"Well thats why I married you, and not somebody else, cause you
know me well enough to understand how much I love this."
I've also experienced the shopping syndrome, that some of you mentioned
earlier. But if thats as bad as it gets, I can live with it. I've
even returned to find walls painted, funiture rearranged, or wallpaper
hung. If she wants it done between Oct.-Dec, she usually ends up
doing it herself, rather than wait for me.
I couldn't take having to argue and fight to do what I love to do!
She's kinda old fashioned, and I'm glad that she is the way she
is. I wouldn't trade her for anyone, cause many women couldn't take
me being the way I am. But I'm never gonna change!
Thank god I ended up with her!
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487.21 | make 'em mad so they don't miss you | CSCOA3::HUFFSTETLER | | Thu Sep 28 1989 15:01 | 13 |
| My wife and I have a pretty good understanding - when I'm gone hunting,
she buys herself something. When she goes off on a business trip, she
buys herself something. Either way, it keeps her quiet (for the most
part).
The only other thing that I have to hear now is "you NEVER hunted this
much when we were dating...." All the good replies that I think of
are mostly unprintable here and get me in the doghouse, too.
Hey, maybe that's the solution - make 'em mad enough at you thru
hunting season so they don't miss you! ;^)
Scott
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487.22 | Saints... | DELNI::G_FISHER | | Thu Sep 28 1989 15:16 | 12 |
| you guys should all get your wives one of those tee shirts...
We interrupt this marriage to bring you the hunting season!
I got my wife one for fishing and one for hunting...
She'll definitely be a saint some day!
Guy
[17 more days til New York Bow...]
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487.23 | shoppin' season! | DNEAST::MICHAUD_DAN | | Thu Sep 28 1989 17:42 | 12 |
| Before gettin' married my wife said that there will be no guns in the
house and no hunting season.... I gave her an uncompromising choice
which there was no negotiation. I have guns in the house and I go
fishin' and huntin'. She had to make a choice. We pulled in the
weddin' date to Sept 18 as to not get in the way of bird season, deer
season, rabbit season, ice fishin' season and fishin' season.
I do notice a new batch of clothes in the closet bout' dat time as it's
her shoppin' season!
Danbo
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487.24 | the guilt trip | SALEM::MACGREGOR | I'm the NRA/GONH/NAHC | Thu Sep 28 1989 18:01 | 6 |
| .21 That is exactly what I end up doing. Get her so mad at me that
I don't hear anything until the season is over. Just kidding a little.
There are some times that she gets mad and some she does not. But
I like the guilt trip line. I will definately be using that one.
Good luck to all this year............................................
Bret
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487.25 | Clear Out The Night Before | WILLEE::MANLEY | | Thu Sep 28 1989 20:11 | 8 |
| I found that if I clear out of the house the night before and stay
at my brother's (Jon), I don't get into the 5:00 AM wake the family
up hassle. That way they all sleep in a few more hours and have
better attitudes by the time I get home. Now if ducks flew all day
like they do for that "magic" half hour, then I'd be in a heap of
trouble.
Tom,
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487.26 | Are we there yet? | SMOKIE::WITCHEY | I'm the NRA | Thu Sep 28 1989 22:54 | 7 |
| Gettin' close in Colorado, duck opens next weekend (don't bother
callin') and then three weeks to the final deer/elk season for
rifle. I've already washed everything I refer to as "hunting
clothes". Twice.
Workin' up loads for my new rifle (hadda have it Honey, the Remington's
gettin' a little worn) and counting the hours.
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487.27 | Yo Fra... | XCUSME::NEWSHAM | I'm the NRA | Fri Sep 29 1989 02:10 | 12 |
| Re. 17
Fra,
If I bought a bow and made the time to practice, and
took the time to bow hunt also, my poor wife wouldn't see me
until Xmas time. I wouldn't mind, but me thinks I'd be a divorced
man REAL quick if see didn't see me for 3 months. But, only 20 more
years until retirement, and then............I can shoot and hunt
365 days a year.......
Red_44_days_now
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487.28 | Mine is very good about this | CHRLIE::HUSTON | | Fri Sep 29 1989 12:25 | 12 |
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My wife knew all about it before we were married, she doesn't really
understand it but she is beginning to show signs of interest.
She even gets up at 3:00 to make coffee for my father/uncles when they
show up. She just goes back to bed when we leave. Come end of Nov
and Dec if I am around on weekends, she will toss me out so she can
study in peace. She tells me to go hunting.
Of course all this may changed in a year or two when kids come along.
--Bob
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487.29 | Honey,,can I come in now??? | GENRAL::BOURBEAU | | Fri Sep 29 1989 12:35 | 9 |
| re: .27
Red,
Once you retire, she'll probably get so tired of having you
hang around, she'll probably kick you out of the house often, and tell
you to "go hunting or something". You may even have to beg to be let
back in at night. :^)
George
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487.30 | What happened to prizes contributions | DECWET::HELSEL | Legitimate sporting purpose | Fri Sep 29 1989 18:43 | 8 |
| Didn't we all talk about having a pool last year where we all
contributed this year? There would be prizes for biggest deer
etc.
Did we drop that idea?
/brett
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487.31 | Thars dar in them thar hills | LUDWIG::STEVENS | Designated Drinker | Wed Oct 04 1989 05:18 | 10 |
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I was in Vermont this past weekend visiting my kids. I saw a total
of 6 deer.. Only one had horns but they were worth seeing...
I hope he's still around come opening day.... My neck
can't get much bigger than this... *Or is that, It DON'T GET NO
BETTER THAN THIS* Right Jim.... agagagaga
Jeff
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487.32 | How come? | BTOVT::LANE_N | Oh, no! Not another shortcut | Wed Oct 11 1989 14:19 | 3 |
| What? No female hunters?
Nance
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487.33 | | XCUSME::NEWSHAM | I'm the NRA | Mon Oct 16 1989 08:19 | 3 |
| Welcome to the conference.
Red
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