Ean76 Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Is it only me who has a Mrs that is TOTALLY against shooting? She somehow agreed to me getting a licence and then a shotty but that is where she stops. I, like most others, are trying to get a glimpse of a permission but even if I did ever get one it has been made clear that no quarry is allowed either indoors or in the garden. At all. To make it worse I have no mates who're interested in shooting, so am on my own there... Obviously going clay shooting is fine as you come back with nothing other than a smile on your face but I really want to eat what I shoot - like my Dad did with me when I was 10 ish. We used to spend some quality time together rabbit shooting and Mum used to make some wicked meals from them. It's also been made clear that my kids (aged 9, 7 and 5) will not be allowed to come with me to the clay range to press the trap buzzer. "For better for worse" ........ my ar$e! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAULT Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 lifes a bitch then you marry one lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalway Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 (edited) . Edited September 22, 2009 by JohnGalway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Sounds as if she needs to be molded and educated by a Norfolkman . Send her to me for a couple of days and i will sort her out for you . Harnser . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Well just try to confuse them. I think the only reason my mum allowed me to get a shotgun licence is because she didn't udnerstand the difference between a shotgun and an air rifle when I showed her my air rifle, she thought the FEO was coming around to approve that and asked: Why is this man coming around you already have a gun don't you? If she knew how bad *** shotguns are she might have been more reluctant to get some, especially since I got three now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ean76 Posted July 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Sounds as if she needs to be molded and educated by a Norfolkman . Send her to me for a couple of days and i will sort her out for you .Harnser . Oh and she's a redhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSS Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 U are not alone. My girlfriend will eat the meat but doesnt want to know where it came from. Her excuse is "i dont like guns" Regards, Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 My girlfriend is steadily getting used to it. It's still deer that are the problem. It seems that Bambi is still too fresh in her mind... I'll clear it up with her one day with a stag carcass hanging from the garage, she'll soon get used to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heladoxa Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Just refuse to eat any of the meat she cooks unless you've killed it. That'll show her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Just refuse to eat any of the meat she cooks unless you've killed it. That'll show her Yeah, but she'll then refuse to eat your pork sword when you want your way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windy Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 my missus was a bit apprehensive about me popping a few woodies, being a real softie for our furred and feathered friends. However she also likes to eat well, and soon changed her mind about the woodies when I rustled up a warm breast of wood pigeon salad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notsosureshot Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 (edited) My wife is far from squeamish and shoots. However, she'd never seen a dead game bird before. I arrived in the kitchen with a dead one and she had a mild freak out. She then attempted to disect the thing. p-a-s had given me instructions which I tried to pass on, somewhat in vain. Long story short, one pile of feathers, a frying pan and some oil later, she was munching her way through a pigeon. She still insists she's not keen on it though and she's trying to persuade me to shoot duck instead. I would suggest that if your wife is a meat eater, that you persuade her to consider how animals which are shrink wrapped tend to spend their lives. For most, they arent happy ones. At least the birds you shoot have flown free and you're only taking them for the pot. Perhaps try preparing the birds in the field before you get them home, might help. If she allows chicken in the fridge, most of which live a miserable life, she must surely allow a game bird..mind you, that assumes women are logical. Hmm. This is something vegetarians and anti's (one in the same mostly) dont seem to get. Without shooters and vermin control there is nothing but damaged crops and you cant be a fully fledged vegetarian without cereal crop in your diet! Good luck. Edited July 21, 2009 by notsosureshot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanl50 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Hi lol My Ex hated guns, she put up with them and even bought me one once but because she didnt know what else to get me, mind you she run off not long after that, Guilt maybe? LOL My partner now of 11 years is a diamond she helps me carry all my gear down to the field set me up and comes back and helps me pack up, and its about a two mile walk each way ( shoulder op only using one arm at mo) She doesnt like to see dead animals but is fine to eat them same with anything I shoot really, but is totally supportive of my hobby IM a lucky chap !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 i have exactly the same problem with Mrs Mikee, she can just about put up with anything with feathers on it coming home as long as she doesnt see it processed, she and the kids will even eat a bit of pheasant or goose but anything with fur on is a real no no, last night the penny dropped as to my FAC application for .22 and .243, when she realised this meant that rabbits and the occasional deer might be hanging in the shed she went bonkers, she reckons if i shoot anything with fur on it it can only come here when processed and ready for the freezer, she had such a sulk on that she even slept on the sofa as she didnt want to be near someone so cruel. heyho mikee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeymagic1969 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 she had such a sulk on that she even slept on the sofa as she didnt want to be near someone so cruel. :blink: :good: That's got to be the best one yet My Wife is the same and wont even contemplate eating stuff that i've shot, but then again she does not mind me bringing home venison for me to pass out freely to her mates. She will however eat the Trout that i catch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 one night was ok i got to snore and **** and rollup in the quilt without getting elbowed in the ribs, but i dont want it to carry on too long :blink: mikee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swift4me Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 I used to see it n my store almost daily.... the wife who stood as far away as possible from the gun rack, shyly glancing now and then at the elk, moose, ducks and antelope on the wall... as if she was in a seedy porn shop with her minister. I'd often engage them with a few questions, and there were more than a few of them who ended up as shooters if not hunters not long thereafter. I think part of the conflict has to do with the familiarity between you two. I know you said none of your mates were shooters, but see if you can get her in front of a well spoken gunner at a party or something. If she hears it from someone else, she might understand a bit more. W all know it is irrational, but she knows how to argue against you too well obviously. If that doesn't work, then you'd better get good at not worrying what she says or thinks, or stop hunting. Tell her if you stop hunting, as she'd like, would she prefer you were on a stoll next to a divorced gal named Tina, or Trixie, or better yet.... SUZY! Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmiller Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 What about taking her for a clay lesson? She might actually enjoy it? I took my girlfriend for 2 lessons with a female instructor, it was when she started hitting them fairly regularly I decided it was better of her not liking them! She took to it anyway and bought me my first rimfire! Added bonus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 My other half doesn't mind me shooting, in fact she now encourages it as it gets me the extra exercise that I need! She was reluctant to eat anything that I shot but after working on many fruit and veg farms she now understands why rabbits, pigeons etc have to be culled. With that in mind she will allow me to bring meat that I have shot home as it takes away the idea that I am killing for killings sake. The only thing that she insists on is that all meat I bring home is field prepared. It sounds to me that your wife needs educating in a similar way to show her how the farmers and landowners suffer at the mouths of these hungry "Nice Little Furry and Feathery Creatures". The only thing that my wife insists on is that I dont tell her when I've been out and "Taken Out" any Foxes even though she realises that they kill poultry, lambs and song birds. Education (In my humble opinion) is the answer but unfortunately there will always be "Antis" and it seems that you have married one - You have my sympathies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPT1 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 My ex was a red head as well. No hair just a red head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 My ex was a red head as well. No hair just a red head. Hahaha Mate it sounds like ur Mrs Needs a Slap not an education :blink: Who's she to tell you what you can and cant do! So much for compromise! Start telling her she can't do the things she enjoys n see how she likes it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salop Matt Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 You have my sympathy there dude. Have to say my partner (silver pigeon) yes she`s on here Comes clay shooting and has her own gun but is veggi and wont eat what i shoot and wont shoot anything living either. I still get out shooting on the pigeon and bunnys though, usually while she`s horse riding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 I once said to me ex wife (who hated everything to do with shooting) I can either go shooting etc etc or prop up the bar in my local pub. I won! She's gone now, :blink: and my new wife comes with me when I go pigeon shooting and even plucks the pigeons I shoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 so you're sort of a pigeon pluckers mate must say mine is quite good but I put that down to being well trained something you have to do from the start before they get their feet under the table Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Oh and she's a redhead I like redheads. My wife isn't a problem about shooting. She's completely disinterested in it. As long as she doesn't have to be involved with it, she's happy. "I scored 92 on the clays today" "Oh, is that good, dear? You are going to have a shave before we go out, aren't you?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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