As many of you know my wife and I had a baby about a month ago, we're not rich but I make enough that she doesn't necessarily have to work. She just came at me when I got home and said she wants to work every other saturday, well if you guys have a brain then you know that duck season is right around the corner. This means that every other Saturday I couldn't go hunting because I'd have to watch my daughter while my wife works. I never though I'd complain about her wanting to work. I love my daughter and don't mind watching her, I really dont, but she says I can't take her to build stuff and work on stuff and I can't take her hunting. But that's like 9 Saturdays of duck season I can't go and I'm not sure I like that. She said "you can still go hunting on sundays" but we all know this really means we can hang out together on sunday. Guys what should a white brother do? I broke up with girlfriends for trying to restrict my hunting. But this is my wife and kid. I'm not talking about leaving her. I'm just really butt hurt. Fuck

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Talk to her boss and get her laid off


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1st Quit being selfish!!

2nd once they stop working, they'll never go back to work.

Trust me!!

Well....I hate to be the bearer of bad news but your life is about to be about taking care of the family. Hunting and fishing take a back seat to baby sitting, dance recitals and softball games. Doesn't mean you can't have a good time still but your plans will be getting adjusted lol

Fuk missing Saturday's if you work all week. My wife's a nurse and works the graveyard shift 3 times a week. I take care of our 10 month old boy starting at noon on Sunday-Wednesday morning by myself while she works and work 9 hours during the days while grandma watches him. It's a bitch to stay awake at work and by Tuesday my nerves are usually fried. Wife worked Saturday's before we had him. I told her she had to switch her first night to atleast Sunday, I've taken her hunting enough that she knows that I need to be oout on Saturday mornings. She's interviewing for day shift jobs now, thank God. It still sucks on Sunday evenings when my friends are deer hunting or shooting Woodrow's, but It'll all be worth it. Just gotta tough it out, he'll be able to tag along soon enough.

Shit like this is why I'm glad my job does nothing from October to April. I get to hunt during the week when all the dickheads are at work. Pair that with my wife having her own business and hardly working and I have a pretty good duck season. Having a newborn last year and a crappy bird turn out was kinda rough on my season but it was cold as hell and no birds so I didn't mind.


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Tell her to work during the week boom problem solved.


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It's called hunt during the week .. Gotta take care of the family first


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The moment you refer to it as "keeping" or "watching" your daughter, your priorities are upside down and backward anyway. That shit needs to be examined first.

I don't hunt nearly as much as I used to. One, because I'm on call every other weekend, and I like to spend as much time with my wife and little girl(about to be girls) as possible. Take it as an opportunity, not a chore. I'm ok with missing hunts. There will be more ducks. There won't be more of those irreplaceable times you get to spend with just you and her. They slip by fast. You've got about 10 years to get everything instilled into her possible, after that, you go from super hero to the devil himself in a lot of cases. Cherish it now... Even if it's changing shitty diapers and taking naps.

I don't even have kids yet, and I know that your heads thinking the wrong way!

Do what your heart desires, but don't come asking everyone on here years from now, how to get time back with your kids.

Its a once in a life time thing!

Let her work if she wants to. There's no reason to pass on an opportunity to earn and save more money. Never know when you'll need it. You're going to miss out on hunting, the good part is you'll gain that much more appreciation on the days you do get to go.

I hire women and can tell you that if a woman wants part time work has a young baby at home, and DOES NOT HAVE TO WORK---9 times out of 10 they will work a month and quit. So if I were you, I would get her to work as soon as possible. Have her start this saturday. And maybe if she is in that 9, she will quit soon. Now if she is the one of the ten, you will be getting lazy every other saturday while the little one is sleeping.

Yep around 12 years old that little girl will find friends then you will only be needed for $$$ then when you say no you'll be the devil enjoy the first 12 years and after that take any time with them you can get its hard once they develope a social life

The issue is I'll be hunting less because my wife says I cant take the baby with me lol. After more discussion the thought of her making only like 175 bucks a month for two days of work doesn't really appeal to her. I ove spending time with my baby girl. I just want my wife to let me take her with me. She feels guilty about not going back to work, she had planned on it, but after looking around. It would cost within $100 of what she made a week for someone else to baby sit an infant. So I just told her to stay home.

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Kids change your life forever. I haven't hunted but 2-3 hunts in the past 2 seasons. Between working to support the family and spending what little time off I had to see my wife and kids, hunting took the back burner. Life will always win.

^ above 100 posts is why i dont have kids yet. ill admit im still to selfish with my time to have a kid. i still hunt around 45 of 60 days of duck season.

That's why I'm waiting as long as possible. Being in college the semester break falls in the middle of duck season and I get to hunt 50+ days! But I know once I get a kid I won't want to hunt as much because I'd like to be with them. There will always be more ducks later on!

There will be a day when you wish you could hold your daughter just one more time (as a baby). As time passes you will realize how fast it goes by. Man up and keep her if it's needed. They don't stay little long.

I guess I'm very lucky to have an understanding wife and good job that I can make weekday hunts.

I hunt 3-4 days every week during the season. I'm home every night, go to kids softball games, swim lessons, pick them up from daycare and everything. You learn to work off a lot less sleep.

I don't fish as much as I used to, and when I do I take the kids.

I know the days are approaching that I will be too busy to hunt as much as I do, but hopefully by then the kids will have an interest in going with me.

In the few short years that I have been a parent I have figured out its all about balance, you (as a man) have to have your time in the boat and in the woods, and your wife has to have her time to do whatever she is into. (Hopefully those interests overlap)
Talk to your wife about it, let her know what you need, and she will let you know what she needs.

Above all else the kids come first.
I know the first few months are hard as a parent. Honestly the first half a year or so I had no strong emotions to my son. Once they start showing a little personality that all changes.
Cherish those moments and changes. It all happens so fast after that.

My kids are probably about the same age as you are now. All daughters and they all live in different cities, so we aren't able to all get together in one place, but once or twice a year (if I'm lucky). I can hunt as much as my work schedules allows. My wife and I are happy and enjoy the empty nest, but it's bitter sweet. I hope you listen to these guys and enjoy every minute you can have with your children now. Because a day will come sooner than you want, when you'll wish you had just a little more time with them before they are all grown up. And when they are you won't remember much about this hunting season.

Trust me when I say ( stay home ) Time goes by way to fast , Both my kids are teenagers and there getting to the point they want to hunt with there friends now and not me. Really sucks and its hard for me to let them go now. I missed a lot time time with them when they were little because I was in a touring country band and was allways on the road.If I could go back 35 years , I would throw that dam Guitar in the ditch lol.

Have to echo a lot of posts. Anyone with kids will have no sympathy for you bud. Your life has to change and your priority must certainly not be duck hunting. Every other Saturday is absolutely nothing. I wish I could hunt that much.

Many years ago, I had a little boy and girl. I hunted and fished as often as our family schedule would allow, which was reduced considerably from before they were born. As they grew older and took interest in playing ball and cheering or dance, my time became their time. I quit fishing and hunting and got involved in their wants. Coaching ball and playing taxi to rehersals and functions became my life. I knew that one day, my kids would be grown and gone and my time would be mine again.

Sure enough, my kids grew up and now have kids of their own. I laugh when they go on about raising kids....as I'm on my way to the river, woods or marsh.

Is this what I have to look forward to with growing up?? Not getting to hunt more than once a week??

I have a toddler and get to hunt 45 days a season. Even if that means shooting Woodrow's and making it back before her and the wife wake up. My wife is understanding and doesn't bitch too much about it. I also have a flexible work schedule and can hunt most mornings of the season. Just can't wait for the day I can take her

I can't explain it any better than all these men and their post. It's not the end of the world and sacrifices is just one thing you have to make with a family. I'm 30 and have been married for 12 years and last year just got to take my 8 year old daughter hunting, with moms permission of course . And yes she loved duck hunting with dad more than deer hunting with mom, lol. so I got me a new partner this year and will get to do a lot more hunting and making memories.

I just want my baby girl to go with me. My dad is a coon ass from Southern miss as am I and when I was my daughters age I was in a car seat in his boat or in a million coats in his deer blind. Mom is born and bred western kansas. She thought her family hunted alot until she met me, she thinks I have an outdoor addiction (which is probably true). She is also the one who told me to buy the mud boat and build it. She likes hunting and fishing with me. She is just hell bent that a 4 month old can't wear ear muffs and go hunting. Idk. Maybe I don't know the capabilities of babies

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Ya'll have all the kids you want. For the last 7 years after my youngest of three began college, I've hunted as much as when I was in high school and college, which was a lot. You'll have plenty of time later in life to hunt and fish.

Become a fishing and hunting guide, then u have to go….its your job.

As much as it sounds like a good time, don't take a 4mo old in the blind with you. My brother and I took his 10wk old son in the boat for his first ride last week and we put the boat in, and literally idled about 2mi and came back. Never got the boat on plane. Just looked for animals and enjoyed the view. Everyone went home happy. I'm not trying to tell you how to raise your kid but my opinion is that Id skip this year with the little one tagging along, hunt when you can (you'll enjoy it more) and consider taking your baby next year on an early hunt while the weather is still nice. I see guys loading up baby carriers in boats fairly often and it scares the shit out of me. Too much can happen when they're that small. My daughter will probably make 2-3 hunts this year, and next year we'll do a little more, and so on.. Don't rush it. You're talking about putting a pretty new human out in the elements... Consider all the possibilities. There's a damn good reason your wife isn't crazy about it. She just carried that baby inside her own body for 9 long months, then gave birth to it, that's basically been her life for the past year, she doesn't want anything to happen to her baby and you have to respect that.

Start out next spring and summer with warmer weather, go on some short boat rides, fish a little, start swimming, then really see if your little one is ready. The wind is hard on little ones, just be extremely mindful of the weather and how it effects a small child. Thjngs you wouldn't think twice about will ruin their day.

I think he's joking about taking the baby. At least I hope so. No way I would even think about taking mine yet and she will be a year old next month.


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No I was serious. I guess I have no clue how the elements affect babies. My wife is more grown up than me but younger as well. She's pretty great actually. I just have a lot of learning to do when it comes to babies and learning how to be a dad. I raised my little sister ( she's my niece but my family adopted her) it's different when it's your own. For sure

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if you're not aware how the elements affect a young child you should probably be spending more time with her and worry less about the duck blind.... Sorry if that sounds harsh man... Don't know any other way to say it. You and your wife need to have a conversation about it, not you and the guys on here...

I'm considering giving up duck hunting because I hardly have enough time off lately for my wife and kids much less duck hunting. Something has to give. So I'd rather give up hunting then miss out on my kids growing up and ruining my marriage. Maybe once my kids get a little older I'll consider picking up hunting again. Will yuck giving it up but I'd rather miss out on hunting then miss out on the family.