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My wife can shoot #5552764 01/20/15 01:54 AM
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I have always heard that shooting comes a little more natural for women, I believe it after this past Sat night. I was guilty for 20 yrs taking the daughters hunting and teaching them to shoot. People have asked the wife lately if she has ever shot anything and she replies that I have never taught her. With the kids being grown now and her and I going to camp this past weekend to clean up the RV and bring it home for summer fun, I saw an opportunity to teach her. I took her and the 22-250 to the blind for some jackrabbit target practice. She has never shot any gun other than a pellet gun. So we did a little lesson on breathing, eye relief, cross hairs and a dry fire. About 15 mins before dark here comes a rabbit. He comes out and stands with its back to us presenting her with a narrow target. Remember that she has never shot before, ever. She gets on this rabbit and BOOM, rabbit down. IM so pumped and she acting like no big deal. She hit it square in the back of the neck almost removing its head at 109 yds. I am hoping that I have found my new hunting buddy. grin


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Awesome!
And a word of warning; they'll quickly become 'her' guns .. . ..

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Your hunting expense just doubled.


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It is great having your wife hunt with you
Mine just started going out with me and we have a great time together grin

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We are married for 46 years and my wife showed little interest in hunting. She went with me once 20 years ago on a hunt in CO and shot a doe. Even with that she expressed little desire to go again. Didn't push her. We are now retired and bought our own place and rather than sitting in the cabin she has given it another shot. For the last 2 years I have a reliable hunting partner. Still waiting for the shooter buck however she has gotten a doe, a turkey and a nice hog. She has patience and is intense. She now shusses me if I sneeze or make any noise. Figures she now has a nicer rifle than me and attractive pink camo!!!!!

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That's awesome! Taught my girls to shoot with the same 22-250 I learned with 35 years ago. Ruger M77 and it's a tack driver and only gets better with age. My boy is next in line. Congrats to you for coaching and your wife for making a great shot.


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Best Hunting partner you will ever have up Just wait till she really gets into it and wants to learn more about guns and go to the gun shows with you. Then you can buy guns together grin who cares if they are "called" her guns as long as she lets ya shoot them banana



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Re: My wife can shoot [Re: 300j] #5553585 01/20/15 03:27 PM
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Love hunting with my wife! Good luck


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Re: My wife can shoot [Re: 300j] #5553609 01/20/15 03:36 PM
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My wife hunts as well...less grief about going to the lease now!
My niece can outshoot all the nephews and my boys. It really burns them up!

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its nice when the wife hunts. not so nice when she says she has to shoot first:(. i spend more time behind the camera filming her hunts that i hunt my self now, but hey atleast we enjoying the outdoors together.

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I thought we all went hunting to GET AWAY from the wives?


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Congrats on teaching your wife to shoot. A lot of memories to be made. I taught mine to shoot and started taking her hunting and now every time a new hunting catalog or sales flyer comes out, I always hear: "Look honey, there's a new gun that you can buy me". Love hunting with her and couldn't ask for a better hunting buddy.


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My wife's father taught her to shoot and hunt when she was a teenager.

She's a great shot. Probably better than I am, I hate to admit. On Saturday evening at 6:02 pm, with just minutes of legal shooting light left, she dropped a spike from about 145 yards with a perfect front-quartering shot that left him lying dead on the pile of corn he had just been nibbling on. Hell, I bet if I'd looked, the dang thing probably still had corn in it's mouth.

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Mine started about 3 yrs ago. She's killed hogs and multiple doe and this yr her first buck. The only bad thing about it is that dinner used to be ready when I got back to the house. I still is during bow season but once she can hunt forget it. You'll enjoy the time together.


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Awesome. Good for y'all. Looks like your hunting budget is about to double, and that's a good thing up


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Got some competition a new hunting buddy cheers


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Originally Posted By: poisonivie
Your hunting expense just doubled.


I would guess it tripled as everything for a woman will cost more. Regular clothes for women typically cost more just because.

Eta I wish my wife would go with me regardless of cost.

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Going through that now. Got my wife a rifle I REALLY like, too. cry

I'm just glad she wants to go with me.


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This is a good thing sir.up Now you know what to get her for Mothers Day!


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Re: My wife can shoot [Re: 300j] #5562345 01/24/15 11:11 PM
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Gonna be real easy to buy a new gun now. Maybe you can get a good deal cause you're gonna have to buy 2 of 'em........ up


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Your a lucky man..Wife and I been hunting together 34y..Best Hunting and fishing partner you could have ..Mine can shoot em, catch them, gut them and gill them and cook them..Bout all she cant do is load a 200# hog in truck (thats about twice her weight), she makes me do it! Sure makes it easy to spend money on lease/guns/boats/equipment( matter of fact sometimes ya gota hold her back..

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Originally Posted By: cva34
Your a lucky man..Wife and I been hunting together 34y..Best Hunting and fishing partner you could have ..Mine can shoot em, catch them, gut them and gill them and cook them..Bout all she cant do is load a 200# hog in truck (thats about twice her weight), she makes me do it! Sure makes it easy to spend money on lease/guns/boats/equipment( matter of fact sometimes ya gota hold her back..



Mine too! I like to say she's a good wife, mom, memaw AND she hunt's, fishes, cooks, likes to go camping & drives a Jeep! I have one word that describes her best - "KEEPER"


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