[twoblink]

It's took me a year, to convince my gf that huntin' is cool.
It took another year, for me to convince her she should participate..

Hmm..

She looked at me and said "Sure, I'll shoot it, if you will fielddress, and freezer pack it."


:scrutiny:

Is this about the extent I'm ever gonna expect from my gf?

I want to hear your experiences..

[ksnecktieman]

Sounds ok to me, so you have to do some work. After she is hooked, make a hunting trip, and when you get there tell her you are tired, and do not want to clean anything, so just point her gun and say "bang" ( catch and release hunting?), or just shoot them with a camera?

Nobody likes the work part of their sport, but nothing is free. Is it such a burden that you will not do it to get her into the sport? I still clean all game when I take a lady hunting, then I expect her to do the cooking:)

[Bwana John]

My experance has been that males carry the spear, and females carry the firewood. This is because the weight of the firewood would cripple the male, and females would rather not carry the spear. My wife hikes in and gets my camp after I shoot my deer in the backcountry. My wife does like spearfishing, lobster, scallop, and abalone hunting, but does not like killing mammals.

[nico]

In the ~3.5 years we've been together, I've convinced my gf that hunting in general is good population control, wildlife area funding, etc. But she still doesn't like the idea of killing for pleasure. Anybody have any suggestions for how I could convince her otherwise?

[Art Eatman]

nico, if by "pleasure" you mean varmints and suchlike, make a point of learning about the population dynamics of wildlife and the interactions between predator and prey animals and man's interactions with both. It makes explaining the various facets of hunting much easier.

There's always the pleasure of meeting a challenge in acquiring good tasting meat, of course. I always found far more satisfaction in eating Bambi than I ever did with storebought cow.

:), Art

[nico]

By pleasure, I mean people hunting because they want to and not out of necessity (which is basically everyone). It's really hard to explain her position, partially because it's not entirely logical (which she acknowledges). But, she understands all of the impacts of hunting; economic, population control, etc. and thinks it's a good that people hunt. She just doesn't like the idea of being the one to do the job and being happy about it. I've mentioned the challenge/ accomplishment angle once or twice, maybe I'll push that a little more. I also tease her that once she tries venison she won't have any problem with hunting.

[dakotasin]

we eat almost zero store-bought meat in our house... we haven't been able to get completely weaned of the store-stuff, but we're getting there.

i'd rather my family not get the hormone-injected, gassed, dyed, fatty, non-flavorful, styrofoam-and-plastic wrapped garbage.
that's a big reason i hunt.

also, i am a student, so my family of four is making it off my wife's meager earnings, and whatever i can put together when there is time off from school. yeah, we are poor. in addition to tasting better, and being better for you, game meat is far and away less expensive.

it did take my wife a couple deer to figure out how to cook 'em up, but now that's she's got it figured out, i'll take venison steaks over beef every single time.

now, as far as the wife goes... my wife won't hunt most mammals either. she has hunted rabbits in the past, but it wasn't something she really got into. pheasants are another matter, entirely. she enjoys pheasant hunting, and does well w/ them.

so, my suggestion to you is to get your g/f out there after birds to get her feet wet. and, she may be like my wife, and absolutely never hunt deer, or antelope, or whatever, but she may really enjoy a bird hunt.

now... i gotta run! busted an antelope yesterday, and he needs to be cut up today! :D

[birddog]

My wife's been hunting deer longer than me, but I do the field-dressing. It just seems like the chivalrous thing, you know?

I also butcher the meat, but she does the freezer packing.

Works out well for us (for the past 17 years, I might add).;)

[twoblink]

"This beef tastes funny.."
"That's because it's not beef?"
"Bambi?"
"Yep."
"It still tastes funny."
"No hormone injections."
"Oh, that's why it tastes so good?"
"Want a second kabob?"
"Make that 2 skewers.." :D

That was how it went when I took a friend up to my other friend's house in Oregon. The meat tastes a bit more gamey, but tastes a lot more "fresh" and "healthy". I don't taste the chemicals, and the steroids.. It's usually tougher than store bought, but if you cook it right, it is also better tasting; and it's gotta be healthier..

My gf's the kind that isn't into "physical labor".. So looks like I'm dragging the buck back to camp :uhoh:

Bird huntin's a good idea... Some enough she'll carry it back... As for cooking, she doesn't even eat her own cooking, that's how bad it is.. I am the cook of the house..

I do miss Venison kabobs and bambi tacos...

[TallPine]

But she still doesn't like the idea of killing for pleasure. Anybody have any suggestions for how I could convince her otherwise? By pleasure, I mean people hunting because they want to and not out of necessity (which is basically everyone).
So it is okay with her to PAY someone else to do the killing for her ...?


Besides, as others have mentioned, chemical free venison is better for you and tastes better. (Although we can also get locally butchered beef that has never been in a feedlot)

[nico]

So it is okay with her to PAY someone else to do the killing for her ...?
yup, she completely sees the irony of it, but i think it's really just an emotional position (which she pretty much agrees with). I'm gonna take her trap shooting sometime soon. The range near us has beretta rentals so maybe a 20 gauge semi will be ok. She's never shot a gun, but i think she'll become addicted once she gives it a try. Maybe that'll lead to bird hunting, but I don't have a place that I go bird hunting. I'll have to look for one.