Comments on: I Can’t Always Be The Outdoor Supportive Wife

By: Wendy-Surf and Sheds

Wendy-Surf and Sheds — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:38:25 +0000

Jody!!! I have been out of the loop!! OH NO!! The eggs!! That DAMN fox!! I soooo wanted to see those eggs hatch!!! You have the proof on film, how crazy that was to watch the fox go right up to the nest leaving NO proof behind that he had ever been there! I am sooo sorry we did not get to see those hatch!! I was looking forward to it! Next time you will have to put up an electric fence!!!

By: windyridge

windyridge — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:42:31 +0000

Foxes aren’t dirty.

By: CDGardens

CDGardens — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:58:58 +0000

Sorry to hear that your babies didn’t make it this year. Maybe the momma duck will be back next year to bring you another chance to watch over them.

By: NorCal Cazadora

NorCal Cazadora — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:36:44 +0000

Jody, sorry I missed all of this. I’m very sorry about the ducklings. Those are heartbreaking photos. And while it IS the circle of life, it’s OK to take sides sometimes. The confusing thing about being a hunter is that I play both sides all the time – nurturing animals one day (or crying over your pictures), then going out hunting ducks the next (though not literally.

Nobody likes to see bad things happen to babies.

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:27:53 +0000

I am so sorry about the ducks, and just an fyi I am a hunter and I feel the same way about those ducklings as you do. He needs to get that tree stand up.

By: Jody

Jody — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:29:13 +0000

Cory, You are all such a great group to be around. I don’t think a non-hunter will ever completely understand hunting unless faced in that moment.

Stacey, Thanks for sharing who you are and what you do to my readers. I thought about linking to you. I should have. lol For the love of my “circle of twitter friends.”

Terri, You are so cute about my ducklings. Thank you.

Arthur, You’ve been reading my blog pretty much from the start. You get it. And you know Mark would love it.

henhousepottery, Birthday, anniversaries, labor, it’s all the same. When it’s during hunting season we are in trouble. There is something to be said about being tough. I think it takes a very strong person to face any kind of death.

Sherry, He ate papa bird? Oh my. I don’t know what I would do. I’d have an attack if I saw that. And nature can be very cruel.

Blessed, I was sick when I saw the Mother duck with her head down.

Rick, Thank you. I’m perfectly alright with lots of things. The circle of life is very true. But for me, I just don’t connect to it like a hunter would.

I am so very grateful for all the wonderful comments. Thank you all so much.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:26:22 +0000

First I would like to say sorry about the duck eggs. I don’t know what happened but I missed that news.
Second I would like to say that I am not making excuses but some of us hunters who have spouses that don’t hunt tend to forget how the other feels about certain things and that goes for me as well.

I hope that makes some sense.

By: Blessed

Blessed — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:30:05 +0000

I think Mark better hurry up and get that tree stand set up in the yard to bring you a fox tail hat soon. It sounds like exactly the kind of thing my Hubby would say…

Oh, and I’ve been mad at that fox all day long.

By: Sherry Kerr

Sherry Kerr — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:39:50 +0000

I’m a hunter, but I’m a total softie about the little critters in our yard. We have birds’ nests in some vines on a pergola right outside our kitchen window, so we get a good view of the birds building the nests and feeding their babies without alarming them. Last year we tried to do a little grooming on the vines, thinking we were far enough away not to cause a problem. Unfortunately, we caused a real fiasco that ended with our setter eating daddy bird. We were totally distraught. This year, we’ve let those vines practically crawl over the house to keep from bothering the birds, and even with that, one of the babies fell out. Yes, the setter was waiting. We don’t have the hearts to keep watching these bird mamas and daddies go crazy looking for their babies. It’s heart-breaking. I felt sick when I saw your photos, especially the mama looking for her eggs. Circle of life or not, nature is cruel.

By: henhousepottery

henhousepottery — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:24:26 +0000

Jody, I’m a female hunter (came to it late in life), and there are certain pressures, especially when your husband is die-hard, to say things like – “It’s Ok, I know I’m in labor, but I don’t want you to miss deer season.” I’m kidding, but only kind of. I get the whole circle of life thing, too, but I still want to kill the stupid damn feral cat that killed my chickens. Predators suck. Sometimes I’m a predator (um, not a great one, but still a predator), but that doesn’t mean that I can’t want to be a protector, too. Nothing says that you have to be tough all the time just because you hunt and/or support a hunter. Have a good cry. I cried for your ducks yesterday, too. Julia