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Decisions
#5381950
10/27/14 02:53 PM
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TxsHunter99
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So my Wife gave me the ok to head out to the Lease on Friday because she knows how excited I am about opening of rifle season but I have some reservations. She said she wont be mad but she will "judge Me". I mean I have a two about to be three year old son and I dont know if Halloween trick or treatin is necessarily one of those must makes. I could go Saturday at 3 am and make them both but then I will be exhausted and may not enjoy as much.. What's a dad to do?
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Re: Decisions
[Re: TxsHunter99]
#5381960
10/27/14 02:56 PM
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Seadog
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That's a tough one man!!! I'm glad all our kids are grown up!!!
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Re: Decisions
[Re: TxsHunter99]
#5381988
10/27/14 03:05 PM
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Gone to Texas
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Family time trumps hunting IMO. If I were in your shoes I would go Saturday at 3 am, happy wife, happy life!
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Re: Decisions
[Re: TxsHunter99]
#5381993
10/27/14 03:07 PM
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banderabound
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With two boys grown and out of the house - I'd give my life for a night of trick or treating with them. Stay home Friday night - a 0300hrs wake up is nothing.
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Re: Decisions
[Re: TxsHunter99]
#5382007
10/27/14 03:10 PM
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Txduckman
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I am heading out late Sat morning with my boy. He wants to go to a party with friends Friday night. I enjoy Halloween and the friends I'll be with so am good with it. I have enough hunts for the next three months on the calendar.
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Re: Decisions
[Re: TxsHunter99]
#5382010
10/27/14 03:11 PM
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8pointdrop
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We're trick or treating and doing the haunted house Friday night. Then me and the boy are headed out early Saturday morning.
I agree family first, when I have to choose between hunting and the boys football games it's an easy decision.
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Re: Decisions
[Re: Txduckman]
#5382013
10/27/14 03:12 PM
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TxsHunter99
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Thanks for the input guys. I guess it's really an easy decision
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Re: Decisions
[Re: Gone to Texas]
#5382024
10/27/14 03:15 PM
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J.G.
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Family time trumps hunting IMO. If I were in your shoes I would go Saturday at 3 am, happy wife, happy life! Yup. Hunt the morning until noon, go to camp, eat, and take a nap until 2 or 3, get back out in the afternoon. Take it froma Fireman that is always woken up in the middle of the night and has to function the next day. A nap will help tremendously. I will be on duty Friday and will, hopefully get relieved early Saturday morning so I can drive to my land 70 miles away. I don't care if I'm up all night Friday I will be hunting Saturday.
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Re: Decisions
[Re: TxsHunter99]
#5382029
10/27/14 03:18 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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So my Wife gave me the ok to head out to the Lease on Friday because she knows how excited I am about opening of rifle season but I have some reservations. She said she wont be mad but she will "judge Me". I mean I have a two about to be three year old son and I dont know if Halloween trick or treatin is necessarily one of those must makes. I could go Saturday at 3 am and make them both but then I will be exhausted and may not enjoy as much.. What's a dad to do? Trick or treat!!! And call in sick Monday
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Re: Decisions
[Re: TxsHunter99]
#5382030
10/27/14 03:18 PM
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Grosvenor
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Thanks for the input guys. I guess it's really an easy decision Yeah, chances are if you're asking, you already know the right answer. I'm in the same boat.
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Re: Decisions
[Re: TxsHunter99]
#5382036
10/27/14 03:21 PM
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tShawnB
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What I did, buy him a bag of candy and take him to the deer lease with you. Problem solved. I had mine with me from 18 months on, diaper bag in one hand, gun in the other. Once he started walking there were no questions asked about Halloween or hunting, and he is still hunting and choosing to hunt over all else (besides baseball) 14 years later. She will get over it and if she don't there are others that will.
How come everybody I meet is a deer hunting expert?
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Re: Decisions
[Re: TxsHunter99]
#5382049
10/27/14 03:26 PM
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talkturkey
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... She said she wont be mad but she will "judge Me". First, this statement should be your first definite clue, and second, kids only grow up once...
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#5382050
10/27/14 03:26 PM
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scattergun
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I'm missing opening and driving 200 miles for my new grandson's first trick or treat. I can hunt anytime.
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Re: Decisions
[Re: TxsHunter99]
#5382054
10/27/14 03:29 PM
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whitewing maniac
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I dont sleep well the night before opener anyways. If I get 4 hours of sleep im doing good. If your on a lease then you shouldnt have a problem. If she starts using the kid card weekend after weekend then you gotta put the foot down.
My wifes trying to make me feel bad because she has to hand out candy herself this year. Being its on a Friday it will probably be busy. Kids are grown, in mid 20's, so i did my time. Do the right thing.
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Re: Decisions
[Re: TxsHunter99]
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10/27/14 03:59 PM
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Leonardo
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Re: Decisions
[Re: TxsHunter99]
#5382155
10/27/14 04:09 PM
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Radical1
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You'll never get back missed time with your kids, no matter what. Stay, go trick or treating, get up early and go hunt
“Life is tough, but it’s tougher if you’re stupid.”
John Wayne
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Re: Decisions
[Re: TxsHunter99]
#5382337
10/27/14 05:24 PM
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RossCravens
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I say get up and go early Saturday. I've got the 6-1/2 year old and the 3 year old (as of this coming Wednesday) all geared up to be walking through the airport and riding on the airplane in their Halloween costumes Friday night so we can go hunting Saturday morning. We should get to the ranch about 2:00 Saturday morning and we will head up the hill about 6:00...we can nap before the evening hunt!!! I am lucky and get to do both...If I were in your shoes I would be trick or treating then haulin tail to the woods!
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Re: Decisions
[Re: TxsHunter99]
#5382491
10/27/14 06:30 PM
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Dave B
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Why even ask this question? Go trick or treating with your family. Never get that time back if you don't. Suck it up buttercup and leave early Saturday morning. Can rest after the first hunt of the morning.
Last edited by Dave B; 10/27/14 06:32 PM.
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Re: Decisions
[Re: TxsHunter99]
#5382532
10/27/14 06:54 PM
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Schpanky
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no brainer....time spent with your kids is WAAAAAYYYYY more important..... been there done that.....trust me, being tired is cured by sleep....making momma angry is UNCURABLE!!!
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Re: Decisions
[Re: TxsHunter99]
#5382761
10/27/14 08:23 PM
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Gangly
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You mentioned that the wife wouldn't be mad at you, but she would judge you. With that being said, some people say that they would rather be judged by one than carried by six. I'm here to tell you, if that one judge is a wife, there are many people who would rather be carried out by six. An angry wife can make your life miserable for much longer than a deer season Spend time with the family, enjoy the moment, then drive to the lease after they crash for the night.
Last edited by Gangly; 10/27/14 08:30 PM.
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Re: Decisions
[Re: TxsHunter99]
#5382775
10/27/14 08:32 PM
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PMK
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leave at 3:00 am or leave after the kid(s) are settled into bed following trick or treating ... simple ... just be sure you pack and check your list twice well beforehand.
"everyone that lives dies but not everyone who dies lived..."
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Re: Decisions
[Re: TxsHunter99]
#5382793
10/27/14 08:44 PM
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rifleman
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I'm going trick or treating, have the kiddo in bed in his normal 9ish time frame, may push it to 10 so he'll sleep until 9 for his Gramms....and going hunting on Sat morning. Somewhere in there he's getting on his cow costume and being thrown out in the pasture with the real cows for pictures.
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Re: Decisions
[Re: TxsHunter99]
#5382797
10/27/14 08:45 PM
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QuitShootinYoungBucks
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A 2.5 yr old knows what TorT is? If it's that big a deal, and apparently it is to Mom, then do it and go to the lease at 0300.
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Re: Decisions
[Re: TxsHunter99]
#5382819
10/27/14 08:56 PM
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Hang with the fam for halloween, set the alarm for 3am. Kill the biggest buck you've ever seen!
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Re: Decisions
[Re: TxsHunter99]
#5382832
10/27/14 09:00 PM
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TXMachinist
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Kids first! Go after the TorT. You don't ever get those moments back once you miss them. They are TOO precious! I am a Pawpaw now and told my son he would not come to the lease until after he took his son T or T and he had no gripes at all.
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