Hunters widow

jennifercurry1 · July 2015

Any October mommas out there have husbands/boyfriends who think they are going to go hunting the day after the baby is born?

This isn't a rant, I go along with my husband thinking he's going to use all of his 2 weeks off with me and our son to go hunting everyday. We shall see when our little man gets here

LiveNLove44 · July 2015

He may learn his lesson when he falls out of his stand due to sleep deprivation

DH hunts but since we already have DD, he knows what the lack of sleep feels like at the beginning, and he has already owned the fact that he may take the season off this year!

jennifercurry1 · July 2015

This is our first so he has no idea!! It's not worth the argument so I'll just keep letting him think that he's gonna be up for all of that lol

MrsN092714 · July 2015

I am with you! I have been complaining about the lack of meat in our freezer and am just hoping hubby can head north and get an early hunt in in September (EDD Oct30) as Rifle season doesn't open here until Nov 1. Originally he was planning on going out mid Nov but after telling him this baby might not arrive until a week or so into Novemeber he realized that wouldn't fly. Worst comes to worst my entire family hunts and we could get some meat off someone else for the year. I'm not worried about being a hunting widow this year but I'm sure I'll be a winter widow as sledding season approaches! He is determined to hit. The mountains as much as possible this year. Again, I'm hoping that once this baby arrives he will be wanting to spend a little more time at home. This is our first, my darling husband has no idea how wrapped around this babies finger he will be!

jennifercurry1 · July 2015

Bow hunting starts late September here, then late October early November is when I am a widow to deer season! Lol I usually go with him, so we will be one deer short this year but his dad and brother hunt also and have multiple freezers full of meat for us if we need it. He got his trophy buck last year, so if he's gonna go this year I hope it's just to get meat and not so much the size of the rack he's after lol it will be very interesting to see how it goes this year!

bbiutmcph · July 2015

With our first he was born end of September and he took that hunting season off because I had a rough recovery and becoming FTP for the first time was a whole new world. This is our third and I am pretty comfortable with him being gone the usual amount of time, obviously it could change depending on recovery and baby.

jennifercurry1 · July 2015

I have a feeling once our son gets here he's going to want to stay home instead of go hunting, or be too exhausted to go.

mccalisterbre · July 2015

That is an issue in our house, my husband thinks he will be hunting every weekend and I told him hell no, he can do bow season because that is before the baby but after the baby I want him home when I can have him......he went to boot camp a month and a half after our 1st was born and he missed so much with her, I dont want that to happen with declynn

jennifercurry1 · July 2015

It was an issue a while back ago, many many arguments over it. Then the further I am, he still talks like he's going to go hunting every morning, but I think he's going to find out real quick that he's not going to want to lol

mom4liak · July 2015

My hubby will probably be gone close to his normal amount. He takes our DS3 and DD1 with him and it is a great bonding time for them. Lack of sleep is pretty normal for him since he works 70+ hours a week during the spring and summer. We will see how it goes but it is always nice to get the freezer full of meat for the year!

jham201 · July 2015

My husband is aware that his hunting time this season will be very small and he seems ok with it. This is our first. He was in denial for a while when I would talk to him about not hunting much this season but I think that the further along the pregnancy comes and the bigger I get, the more real it seems to him. Today he told me that he didn't really plan on hunting in the fall anymore because he is afraid he might miss something. I think this baby girl already has her daddy wrapped around her little finger and she isn't even born yet!

scgirl1123 · July 2015

I made my hubby take a 3rd week off work. 2 for us and 1 for hunting. Due Oct 2nd. I know we need the meat. I told him it's perfectly fine to go bow hunting before and then rifle after. He NEEDS his time in the woods. I call him my caveman bc he's so very old school with outdoorsy stuff. He pretty bummed that I won't be hunting with him this year. I'm super bummed about dove season in september and not being able to go.....while I love the quite reflection time I get doing these....there's just no way I will be able to be away from my bundle when it comes down to it. I don't even think I could hunt in December. Freezer will take a hit but that's ok. Plus...the more he hunts the better off we will be for the year. I'm lucky to have family down the road who can help.

wchicagomom · July 2015

My husband hunts waterfowl come October. I'm due October 11th and I am still planning on him going. He barely sleeps as it is now and it's something he really loves. In the early season he is usually home right after sun up anyway. If he decides not to go that's one thing, but I would never take that excitement away from him. He loves it.

jennifercurry1 · July 2015

I do agree that my husband is the happiest from September-January the in April for turkey season. I would never tell him not to go, and I do know we'll need some meat in our freezer soon, just want him to make sure that he spends time with our son also, deer can take all day then waterfowl just early morning to sun up then he's home. Plus, I want that bonding time for all three of us since this is our first. I'm just interested to see what happens

BlueTopazBride · July 2015

I am not a hunter's widow, but hubby has a few hobbies that take him away all weekend. At first he didn't think that he would have to change his habits this year. When I told him I wanted him around a lot for the the first few months especially, he was surprised and a little upset he would be missing out, but I am glad we had the conversation.

He has come around, and I think he understands what we need. It took a fair amount of negotiation, and he won't have to miss out on all the mountain biking/flying/skiing in the fall and winter, but it will be reduced. I know that I'll want him home, and it was too much to leave to chance, to wait for him to just come around. I don't want to be the wife that says it's fine if he goes and does what he wants and then sits home resentful that he actually did it.

jennifercurry1 · July 2015

There had been times when he goes away every weekend and I get a little needy, nothing wrong with that just want to be with my husband. He found a place closer to home so he doesn't have to be so far away anymore so that will be nice this year.

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