Dick’s Sporting Goods $50 Gift Certificate Giveaway:

We have a winner for the Dick’s Sporting Goods $50 Gift Certificate:

#57 MNAngler is our winner:

MNAngler from Journal of a Minnesota Angler said, “Papa needs a new baitcaster.”

Well congratulations Papa!!! And enjoy that baitcaster!

Thank you all for playing!

This morning at 4:00 am I heard BEEP BEEP BEEP.  It was our alarm clock going off after my husband left for work.  And can I just ask what other husbands shower and leave for work before their alarm clock goes off?  Mine is probably the only one.

Well because of this and very little coffee, I totally failed my blog and my readers.  My Dick’s Sporting Goods winner was announced bright and early this morning.  Except, I wasn’t suppose to announce my winner until tomorrow morning.

So guess what?  I am selecting another winner tomorrow morning.

Are you confused?  I’m confusing myself.

Did I mention 4 nights this week my dog has needed to potty at 2 am?  I’m in lala land.

Be sure to check back tomorrow for the winner and also follow @dickssportcmo on Twitter for an additional chance to be on their starting lineup as mentioned in my post the other day.

Have a great night all … I’m taking a hot shower and heading to bed.  As soon as I let the dog out and unplug the alarm.

Dick’s Sporting Goods $50 Gift Certificate Giveaway:

We have a winner for the Dick’s Sporting Goods $50 Gift Certificate:

#49 from the contest:

deb C following dickssportcmo as missdeb1.

Congratulations!!!  And enjoy the snowshoes!

Thank you all for playing!

I have a reputation to uphold around here – I don’t go in the woods,  I don’t pack heat and I don’t know the proper way to hold a bow.  This one time at Cabelas, out of boredom, I picked up a bow like I was some hot outdoor chick scanning the woods to smack a critter when my husband turned around and said, “Jody you’re holding that backwards.”

And he went about his business while I stood there for an hour trying to figure the darn thing out.  In case you’re wondering, we had the same conversation last weekend.

If you’ve been reading my blog for any amount of time you know I have a fear of a squirrel attack.  Just as I step foot in the woods I know one of those flying trapeze of a squirrel with find it’s way in my hair.  Because I have big comfy nest hair for squirrels.

So when I read about Indiana B.O.W. – Becoming An Outdoors Women on the Women’s Outdoor News I thought this would be the perfect opportunity for me to … well … maybe … just … read about it.

That’s all I’m doing.

Just gathering information.

• It’s about 2 hours from our house and about 30 minutes from our river house.  (Oh deer)
• The cost is only $175 from Friday to Sunday. (I can afford that.)
• It’s in the woods.  (Blair Witch.)
• You sleep in barracks or a tent. (Friday the 13th made me sleep on the floor til I was 18.)

I’ll write more about the details next week.  It sounds like a very affordable exciting weekend for any female looking to learn more about the outdoors.

But what would it do to me?  My blog would never be the same.  Next thing you know I’ll be wanting to wear camouflage on my date night like I yell at my husband for.  Or competing at some clay sporting shot ‘em up.  Or having a camera crew follow me around in the woods.  That would make great footage … squirrel attack.

My non wearin’ camouflage painted nails hunter’s wife reputation will be ruined.

Because I know me … I cave to peer pressure and I’m very competitive.  My blog would change to smack em attack em and rack em.

What do you all think?

Have a great day …  maybe I could go there as a reporter or the entertainment.  And stay at the local spa hotel.

I only started fishing a few years ago and I fell in love with …

The beautiful sunrises…

The peaceful scenery…

Spending time with my husband …

Spending time with friends with big fishing poles …

The fish we catch …

The evening cookouts …

The guys that clean my fish …

And taking pictures of crusted fish guts on my leg …

Have a good day all … I think I might need to go tanning before our April fishing trip.  Or maybe I’ll just wear pants.

My husband and I were walking through the mall this weekend and I can’t express enough how much of a chore that is for my husband.  He will spend hours at places like Cabela’s but when it comes to the mall and shopping … let’s just say there’s nothing like shopping with Oscar the Grouch.

After a few hours of shopping, we passed a manicure/pedicure shop and this was our conversation …

Me:  I think I might get a pedicure before vacation and have a fish painted on my big toe.

Oscar:  For what?

Me:  Because it’s cute.

Oscar: Why have someone do something for you when you can do it yourself?

Me:  I know but there’s nothing like sitting in a massage chair having someone massage and tend to your feet.  I think you should come with.  It feels really good.  You’ll really like it.

And with that, my husband turned and looked at me with a serious face…

Oscar:  All you have to do is scrub your damn feet.

And I couldn’t stop laughing.  And I laughed some more.  And I’m still laughing.

So I ask my male readers – would you get a pedicure?  Feel free to answer anonymously.

Have a good day all … and I refuse to massage his feet until they are scrubbed by a damn professional.

Dick’s Sporting Goods $50 Gift Certificate Giveaway:

The wonderful group at Dick’s Sporting Goods if offering one of my readers the chance to win a $50 gift certificate from their store.

To enter the contest:

1. Be sure to follow Dick’s Sporting Goods on Twitter – @dickssportcmo
2. Leave your Twitter ID and a comment telling me what outdoor item you might purchase with a new gift certificate from Dicks. Maybe a new fishing pole, fishing reel, something in camouflage perhaps?

That’s it! It is that easy!

My contest will run from today, March 5, 2010 – Friday, March 12, 2010.

*** BUT WAIT … You could be one lucky participate …***

Dick’s Sporting Goods Starting Lineup Contest:

Dick’s Sporting Goods is also offering one of my readers a chance to be on the Starting Lineup where you will …

• Have a chance to try out and preview new products.
• Have a spot on an online panel of experts for one season (for approximately 3 months).
• Access to exclusive online surveys.
• A chance to sound off on all things sport.

What you need to do to be considered:

1. Follow @dickssportcmo on Twitter if you’re not doing so already.
2. Recruit people to follow @dickssportcmo on Twitter and have them vote for you by Tweeting @dickssportcmo your Twitter ID and stating why you should be nominated.
3. Vote for yourself by Tweeting @dickssportcmo with your Twitter ID and stating why you should be on the “Starting Lineup”.
4. Please note – you can only vote for the same person once per day, but you can vote for multiple people in the same day.

A sample tweet:  @dickssportcmo I nominate @thehunterswife for the #startinglineup because she needs her own camouflage.

This contest ends March 31, 2010

I’d love to see some of my outdoor friends as “Starting Lineup” winners.  There are several other bloggers giving away this opportunity so I hope we do what we can to cheer on our outdoor group!  My outdoor friends need to win this!!!

Contest is for US residents only please.

Thank you all and good luck!!!

This post is sponsored by Dick’s Sporting Goods and I did not receive any compensation to run this contest.

At a very young age my niece Addison started referring to our deer mounts as Bambi.  Around the time she started talking, yet not in full sentences, she couldn’t wait to take my hand and show me into her room just to dig through piles of kid’s DVDs. Without a word she found the one DVD associated with me – Bambi.

Many nights I’d rock her to sleep and just as soon as she was about to fall asleep, she’d raise her head and look up at the deer and whisper, “Him don’t have no legs.”  And quietly put her head back down on my shoulder.

Addison is 4 now and we still haven’t discussed how the deer became mounts.  We will leave that up to Mark to explain when it’s of concern.  At the moment, the girl is more concerned with my dog  …

Addison:  My dog Hoho is all black and how come Puddles is wipe and black?  Dogs are suppose to be black or wipe.  But your dog is black and wipe.  That isn’t right Auntie Jojo.  He’s reguarded.

Me:  He’s what?

Addison:  He’s reguarded.  He shouldn’t have spots all over him.

Me:  I’m not understanding you Addison.

Addison:  HE IS REGUARDED.

Me:  Retarded?

Addison:  Yes.  He is.  He really is.

Oh help me.  This isn’t a word that any of my family uses.  Some feel the word is appropriate while others feel the word is inappropriate.

Me:  Addison there are a lot of dogs that are black and white or brown and white or black and brown.  Like your favorite movie 101 Dalmatians.  Those dogs are white with black spots like Puddles.  Dogs can be many beautiful colors.

Addison:  That Gorilla Devila is mean.  (Cruella De Vil)

We’ve moved on to Gorillas.

Have a good day all … And just so you all know, she thinks I look like Snow Wipe.

Prior to our local outdoor sports show, I was asked if I’d like to give something away during their hourly giveaways. Some of the vendors provide tackle, fishing poles, gear, etc. What in the world would The Hunter’s Wife giveaway?

So I made these …

I saw the cute heart charms and key rings online and found bear, fish and feather charms at our local craft store. I put them in a box with my business card and wrapped a little cougar ribbon around them with a simple note card attached.  I thought they turned out cute. And I’ve had my keychain on my key ring for about 2 months now. Thankfully nothing has fallen off yet.

Just a side note:  One of the winners from the Sports Show is a nurse at an Illinois cardiology department.  She loved it!

With that, I randomly selected 2 readers from my post the other day and here are the winners…

#6 was Arthur from Simply Outdoors – Which by the way the guys over there have a new nice looking outdoor blog.  With outdoor videos.

#11 was Kaite from Freeze Me You Devil – Oh deer – After peeking at her blog, what a girlfriend she is giving her cowboy a new Wii Cabelas Big Game Hunter with the Top Shot Gun. And then I read this … “Nothing says Happy Valentines Day” like blasting the …

And then she scared me.

Congrats Winners – please email me your address to jody @ thehunterswife . net so I can send them out along with Samanthas.

Have a great day all!

So last night I’m having a conversation with my husband about our upcoming fishing trip to Barkley Lake Kentucky.  Apparently the Rootin’ Tootin’ Fisherman called and decided to hire a crappie fishing guide for one of our days there.  After many years of fishing with the Tootin’ family this would be our first year having a guide.  And with the 4 of us and only two allowed on the guide’s boat … we have a decision to make …

1. Should Troy and Denise fish with the guide and Mark and I follow with our boat?
2. Should Denise and I fish with the guide and Troy and Mark follow with a boat?
3. Should Mark and Troy fish with the guide while Denise and I take my boat off to fish on our own?  (I like this option.  I get to drive the boat!)
4. Should Mark and Troy fish with the guide while Denise and I go shopping?

It sounds like the best scenario would be for Denise and I to fish with the guide and Troy and Mark tag along with one of the boats.  If that were the case, Denise wouldn’t have a problem at all.  She’s a big girl.  She puts her own minnows on and takes her own fish off the hook.  But me … well … I have a problem …

Denise:  Here fishy fishy fishy.

Me:  Umm Mr. Guide – Can you please put my minnow on?

Denise:  Here fishy fishy fishy.

Me: Umm Mr. Guide – I think my jiggy thingy is stick in the brush?

Denise:  Here fishy fishy fishy.

Me:  Umm Mr. Guide Sir – Can you take my fish off the hook please?

Denise:  Here fishy fishy fishy.

Me:  Umm Mr. Guide – Umm my hook is stuck in my hair.

Denise:  Here fishy fishy fishy.

Me:  Umm Mr. Guide Boss – Can you please tell Denise to stop saying here fishy fishy fishy?

Umm yes … Denise thinks she’s all that and a bucket of crappie …

And her redears …

Have a good day all … I think I might be shopping that day.

Or maybe I should hire my own guide.

Or maybe I’ll just resort to, “Here fishy fishy fishy.”  Apparently it works.