Oh Gayle I can so relate to "hunting" comments. However, IT is my favorite time of the year!!! 5-10 days of total "ME TIME".

The males in my family "bond" in August during Archery season! They too purchase and EAT food they wouldn't think eating at home! Bologna, white bread, Vienna Sausage, canned white potatos, beans and weiners....all I can think of right now.

As for the constant sports.....I am the guilty party at this house!

I guess I'm in the minority of guys. I've never hunted much and don't get into sports that much either. I've watched a total of about 15 minutes of football this month and even that has bigbabys knickers in a twist. As for hunting I have a lot more fun carrying a camera.

Ron

PS There's nothing wrong with my testosterone levels

I don't mind the NFL - the 'background' noise is great for doing needle work. I always associate this with beautiful fall days, baking. A nice change from repeats on TV during the evening.
My DH has never been involved in hunting at all, it's just the seasonal sports on TV and channel flicking to other shows if the game is poor.
As for me - I'm thinking Christmas.....

Fa la la la la, la la la laaaaaaa!

I don't hunt, but I do eat meat. I'm married to the original Mountain Man. He should have been born in the 1700s.

Dove season blends into grouse season blends into early goose season blends into an the extra early deer season which overlaps duck season (what a dilemma) blends into turkey season blends into another deer season blends into the real goose season (which might be over-shadowed by an elk hunt) blends into the big deer season blends into squirrel season while coyote and rabbit seasons overlap them all. (He doesn't hunt coyotes, but he does like to call them.)

Harry and Wes and tired, muddy, and giddy with joy from September through March. (Except for the deer seasons when Harry has to stay home with me.) Harry's not allowed outside of the fenced yard during any of the deer seasons. He's brown; he's big; he has long legs. He stays in with me.

I love deer camp week. I go on shopping trips; I eat cereal three times a day; I watch sappy movies. Harry and I host at least one "girls' night" and he gets his nails polished; too. If I feel really wild and crazy, I run to Fargo.

Wes and his buds eat like kings in deer camp. Wes takes his Dutch ovens and does the stacked dinner thing. His special potato dish is in the bottom Dutch oven; meat main course is in the second oven, home made bread in the third, and apple pie crumble in the top Dutch. All the guys specifically ask for his "country potatoes" when they are doing their pre-camp meal planning. For the big camp this season, after the hard freezes, I'm making home made breakfast burritos for two mornings. They can thaw and heat them in the Dutch ovens. That should be a treat. Hot breakfast with no wasted hunting time.

On this past weekends' hunt, I noticed that there wasn't one green vegetable nor one piece of fruit on their shopping lists. Tsk tsk. But I kept my mouth shut. Wes did take a couple six-packs of his V-8 juice. I was impressed!

The only sports Wes watches if the half-time show of the yearly Super Bowl.

Caroline,

Do your Guys have their own Camphouse or go to a different Lodge for each occasion?

I don't hunt but I enjoy Dove stuffed with Jalapenos wrapped in Bacon on the grill. Forget Geese or Pheasant. I really like Venison and it is really good for you.

My Daughter and her Husband Hunt/Fish, so I get a taste of all the different game. If we had a decent garden we wouldn't have to shop for groceries.

Don't paint Harry's toenails! Shame on you. Poor Baby!

Gayle

But Gayle; he luuuuvvvvs his red or silver nail polish! (Said in my best whiney voice! LOL) He gets silver polish at Christmas; it's not too girly and makes him look festive. It sets off his silvery markings! LOL

My guys don't do the Lodge thing; they're out there in tents or campers, sometimes alone, sometimes with a couple other guys. They rough it, cook over the fire (and in dutch ovens and Coleman stoves!) take tons of heavy duty cold weather gear, come home smelling like bears, and seem to have a blast.

I love pheasant, but don't care for goose at all. I love domestic duck, but to me the wild ones taste like pond scum. Venison is the best. It makes up 90% of our red meat for the year. We have it ground into burger with 25% beef round steak added to it. Not beef fat, just the lean beef. Makes it so yummy.

Oh well that's different. Heres Homey with his Silver Toenails and Turquoise Necklace. Before I inherited him from Mom, I took him to a "foo foo" Doggy Spa in Houston while I was babysitting him. He's very much a "Country Dog", all my Mom's friends got a kick out of his new City look.

Cute, Gayle.
Here's Daisy our Bassett Hound all prettied up one evening when bigbaby was bored.

{{!gwi}}

Ron

LOL! At least She's a Girl. LOL! She did a great job too!

BTW Ron. Your Testosterone is fine, you go on hikes with the Guys, but don't kill Nothin'. Your shootin with a Camera.

Gayle