My wife came from a non hunting family, but hunting was something she had always been curious about. I took her on her first elk hunt when we were dating and she’s been hooked ever since. She’s been at my side for the last 5 years chasing elk, deer, pronghorn, moose, turkeys, ducks, geese, swans and cranes. She knows how to cut, cape, bone, skin, quarter, gut and pack all on her own, but I never make her do it unless she wants to. Her natural ability to shoot amazes me. Her first deer hunt, first 10 minutes of shooting light, shot a 180 buck in the X ring, twice, at 585 yards. Her first time ever shooting a shotgun at moving targets was on the duck opener. We had a flock of teal come in, we both jumped up, run the gun to the plug, I killed one. She got 2. Usually she out shoots me when she goes, but doesn’t enjoy the mud, cold and water very much, so she doesn’t go hunt birds as much as the other stuff.
I enjoy hunting with her a lot. When I get to go by myself, it’s just not as fun. I don’t have to take it easy when she goes with. She’s pretty tough, and while she might not be able to move as fast as I can through some of the terrain, she is usually always right behind me or not too far away. It’s been fun the last few years to share experiences with her that I’ve had many times a lone, and watch her experience it for the first time. Like the first time I called in a big bull for her and he was close enough you could hear him breathing, then he bugled in our face. She loved that.
women are pretty incredible. And honestly, I think are better at just about everything than a man is. If you allow them the opportunity to experience things, and give them freedom to grow from opportunity, they are unstoppable on anything they want to do.
