The Life of a Hunter's Wife

So when Jared and I talked about when to get married he told me if I wanted to get married in the summer it had to be before August. I kind of laughed at him and said "Okay why."
His reply: "Well if we get married in August our anniversary will be about the time of the deer hunt and I'll be okay missing it one year but I'm not going to miss hunting every year for our anniversary."
Little did I know how serious he was!! Jared doesn't just hunt for fun, to him it's a sport and he takes it really serious! Did you know they make scent away body wash, laundry detergent and even deodorant! Jared even showed me this can the other night of elk urine he was going to spray all over himself when he got up to the mountains! Hopefully our house smells normal after hunting season is over!
We got married, came home a week later from our honeymoon and I was widowed a week after that. Jared packed up his truck and headed to the mountains for a week! I though for sure he'd be down to see me or at least call everyday but no. He texted me three times the whole week and only called me once to ask me to find a phone number. (I gotta give him credit though he came down a day early because he missed me, but then he went back up hunting the next night, ha ha). So what did he get after being in the mountains for a week, hiking in and out an hour at 3am and 4pm... Not even a shot off! Ha poor Jared is still waiting for an animal to come in. He goes up everyday he has off.
His brother in law that he went up with had a little better luck though! I came home from work late Tuesday night and Jared told me Mont had shot an elk and he was going to help track it. I didn't like the thought of him going up that late but I didn't want Mont to go up alone so I said okay. I went and laid in bed for a minute and Jared came in and asked me if I wanted to go up. I was so tired and my feet hurt but I'm always up for an adventure so I agreed. Mont picked us up about 11 and we drove for an hour to get there. We hiked in to where he had shot it and we looked for the blood trail. I was impressed at Jared and Mont's eyes, there was no way I could look on the ground and see two or three drops of blood the way they do! We followed the blood trail for awhile and I was getting really excited thinking we'd stumble on this animal any minute. Finally we got to a spot and Jared looked up and said "We're going to cross into private property in a sec." To which Mont replied "Looks like we're done for the night."
WHAT?!?!? We've been following this trail for a couple hours we can't just give up!! So of course we hiked down the mountain and drove back, didn't get home until 4am! I don't think I could personally do it! It was a huge frustration. (Mont did go up and find his elk the next morning though.)
Do I hate hunting? No! It's something Jared is passionate about and I support him completely in it! If it makes him happy then it makes me happy. And I'm actually really excited to go on the antelope hunt in two weeks. I just hope all his hard work pays off :)