She’ll never be in board with you paying if you have family land, regardless of how bad the hunting is on the free land. You’ve got a long road to hoe my friend. Sorry to hear that. Hope y’all can figure something out

First my wife is a teacher and seeing how exhausted she is, 10-12 hour days, when Friday rolls around each week I can understand how your wife could be hesitant about you taking off to go hunting. Second, how is the baby doing? Some babies are a relative breeze. They are rarely sick, by three months sleep thru the night and are basically pretty easy to care for. Then there are babies that are just sick most of the time and parents are up during the night getting very little sleep etc. So being a parent definitely is challenging and if you guys are dealing with a baby that's sick a lot you need to be home with her to care for it. And frankly missing a year and being there for the first couple of years is not really a bad thing but I would certainly take exception about the "bad father" thing if you're not there all the time. That's utterly ridiculous!

Just a little advice...make it a point to have date night a minimum of once a month if not twice a month! Give grandpa and grandma a chance to keep and love on their grand baby and you two relax and keep your marriage fresh!! Also make it a point for some alone time for EACH OF YOU! She needs it too. Also incorporate the child INTO YOUR LIFE! Do not make the child's life the center of the universe! Teach your child their proper place in your family and society...we seem to have lost our way in regards to this.

Above all PROTECT YOUR MARRIAGE! Never forget you two came before the child and should be together long after you raise your child.