You know when you start a blog and blog once in awhile and then you start getting readers and you realize you have all these wonderful readers and you need to blog more and then things happen and you ignore your blog for a week?

Well I\’m sorry.  I really am …  but .. well …

I\’ve been running around my house with a shoe in smack position while a centipede roams my house.  I\’m still sleeping with my shoe and can\’t find the darn hairy creepy crawler thing with 1,000,000,000 legs.

That will crawl on me.

While I\’m sleeping.

Maybe I need to pack some heat like my women of the wild outdoor lady friends.

911 what\’s your emergency – Um hi.  I shot my toe with my pink bb gun trying to shoot a centipede and can you please send an ambulance but not the 5 blaring flashing lights firetrucks you normally send. K thanks.

What happened to Jody now?

She shot her toe with her pink bb gun again.

And after being away from home two weekends in a row I was so looking forward to spending time around the house and getting things done.  Including a few naps, movies, naps and catching up on my soap operas I\’ve missed for two weeks and naps.  And YAY it\’s suppose to rain this weekend.

Naps.

But then your husband has spring fever and insist on spending time outdoors with the indoors girl and he decides he wants to do a few projects … outdoors.  So you agree and decide let\’s get a fire pit.

Yay springtime cool nights and hanging around fire pits like Rex and friends.

But then while standing in the middle of the outdoor section of the store your husband decides we need new patio furniture.  And a gazebo.  That comes in three separate boxes.  With instructions.  And tools.  And you\’re in charge of reading instructions and handing over tools like you\’re some kind of craftswoman saying, “Mark is this the wrench thingy you need?”

“No Jody. That\’s a hammer.”

And then it\’s Sunday and you never got your nap.

And I only dropped the hammer on my toe once.  And we didn\’t even need a hammer.

You know those “coffee just doesn\’t seem to be working” kind of days and you\’re running late so you just grab the first pair of granny panties you can find and they just don\’t match you\’re shirt but it doesn\’t matter because you\’re married and whose going to see you\’re granny panties anyway?  Well it does matter.

Because eating … um … cupcakes and well … umm … wearing non-matching granny panties … things can happen …

In public.

When you bend over.

And hear “RIP”.

And if you were wearing a thong, it wouldn\’t matter.

Because ripped jeans are back in style.

But you eat cupcakes.

And wear granny panties.

So you swear you\’ll never eat cupcakes again.

And if I had a fire pit I\’d burn the grannies.

And make s\’mores.

Have a good day all …

911 what\’s you\’re emergency – Um hi. Can you please send the 5 blaring flashing lights firetrucks.  My hair is on fire again.

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Tags: centipede-roams, fire pits, granny-panties, hunting, looking-forward, outdoors, pink, three-separate

I have to admit, up until I started my blog I never heard of Field & Stream.  I\’m sorry.  I was just that kind of girl.  And now that I\’m an outdoor blogger, well, umm, I know about them.

My first encounter was last year when they posted a video with the Booth Babes From SHOT.  The video showed very cute girls in cute tiny outfits being interviewed by a F&S staffer asking them questions about the outdoors that F&S knew they couldn\’t answer.   And again this year pictures of the Booth Babes were shared.  It seems to be a yearly thing of TNA at the F&S.

And they have lots of readers.  And are very popular.

Then this happened:   I was minding my own business on Twitter when I saw F&S post this -

Contest: Enter for a chance to hook up with a @Fieldandstream cover model.

So I clicked on it.  Cause I\’m female and I\’m only a reader when they post hot girls so I can email my other outdoor lady friends and complain.  Well not really.  I take the make fun route.  Like, “Now don\’t get your thong in a bind but did you see F&S…”  It was kind of like that.

Field & Stream Contest Details:

You could win a date with a cover model.

And their cover models are:  A lure from one of their magazines or a hot model from Maxim.com magazine.  But what you are winning is just the lure from the F&S cover and you have to tell them why you would want to go fishing with their artifact and not the Maxim cover model.

And then it hit me.  I need a couple of hot outdoor males on my blog.  And then I could have a similar contest.

The Hunter\’s Wife Hottest Angler Contest:

What hot outdoor angler would you rather fish with?

Me:

If you pick me you are responsible for all travel expenses, food expenses, clothing expenses and taking my fish off the hook. And bring your boat. So I can learn to drive.  ‘Cause I know where the fishing actions at.  Just have a look at that bluegill.

Or our F&S Chip and Dale Anglers:

And if you pick my hot F&S outdoor angler guys, well, maybe you could take them shopping.  To buy them a shirt.  And for a waxing.  And maybe a bra.  I bet they would rock your boat.

“If you like it than you shoulda put a fishing lure on it … oh, oh, oh”

Have a great day all … and if you pick them, I won\’t be upset.  I promise.  I know my readers would never pick them over me just because they have a bigger rack.

Oh wait, that\’s hunting.

Please note:  This is not an official contest.  And that is not an official picture of a F&S guy\’s body.  It\’s been cropped.  And I borrowed their cartoon heads.  Without their approval.  But I think they\’re cute.  And if I had the chance to fish with them, I am not answering any technical fishing questions.

Win a F&S aritifact

TNA at the THW

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Tags: boat, booth, booth-babes, deer hunting, field and stream, fishing, general outdoors, hottest-angler, magazines, outdoors, stream-fisher, the hunters wife

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.

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Tags: business, entertainment, figure-the-darn, house, know-the-proper, outdoor-news, outdoors, outdoors-women, river, the hunters wife, women hunting, women of the outdoors

MyNature – Is your digital guide to animal tracks and wildlife in the palm of your hand for iphone or ipod 3.0 or higher.

A couple of weeks ago Rick at Whitetail Woods wrote about MyNature and because I think it\’s a great app, I thought I would write about it here as well.

I loved to explain how it all works but it is much easier to watch the video.

What a great tool to have when out in the field or spending a day out in the woods with your kids teaching them about nature.

And if it was designed specifically for The Hunter\’s Wife – I\’d love for it to say…

“Fresh bear track – you better hightail it out of there – NOW!”

“And don\’t climb a tree – bears climb trees.”

Rumor has it that soon MyNature app will be available on other phones as well.   I have a Blackberry so I will have to wait until then.

Blog: MyNature Blog with updates and tips.

Download: The app is priced at $6.99 – download MyNature app.

Interview: My good friends at Outdoors With Dan Small radio did an interview with Jeff Greco from MyNature.

Have a great day all … and happy animal tracking.  And hightailing it out of there.

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Tags: animal tracking, hightail-it-out, iphone-or-ipod, kids, nature, outdoors, phones-as-well, social media, video, watch-the-video, woods

While fishing around the internet I came across the blog Fishing With Dad.  I loved one of his recent post about his memories of fishing with his Dad and then I came across a picture of a Tiki Bar.  So I emailed Dennis and asked if I could share the story of his Tiki Bar.

Outback Tiki Bar story from Dennis:

My wife went away on business for the week before Mother\’s day 07 and I wanted to do something special for her for Mother\’s day.  The traveling was getting to her and my kids (me too but they\’re first).  I had been thinking about doing a bar on the deck so I decided to run with the idea.

Me, my four y/o, 3 y/o, and one y/o (she didn\’t help but was there for moral support, lol) built the bar, with a three tier roof to allow smoke out when cooking, smoking an occasional cigar, or if company smokes out the top.  I did the roof so it keeps rain out but is well vented.

We did it ourselves (from plans in my head), didn\’t even want to call a friend, wanted it to be from me and the kids.  I pinned beams half way up, climbed the ladder, unpinned, leveled and then bolted them in.  I did the bar to mimic stuff we saw while on our honeymoon.

She got home Mother\’s day, we had finished it that morning.  She was really really surprised and it\’s been a lot of fun out there since.

Dennis

Ladies how would you like to come home to this …

And this …

Dianne (Dennis\’s wife) is one lucky lady.  I personally think it\’s the perfect Mother\’s Day gift. Or birthday gift. Or anniversary gift.

“Where\’s Jody?”

“Out Back”

“Again.”

“Yep.”

“Did she come in from last night?”

“Nope.”

Have a great day all … and did you notice the parrot hanging?  lol  Polly want a tiki martini?

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Tags: built-the-bar, deer hunting, general outdoors, honeymoon, humor, internet, kids, memories, mother, outback-tiki, outdoor bars, outdoors, the hunters wife

Hunting is over and fishing in our neck of the woods has yet to begin.  Well, unless you\’re an ice fishing fanatic.  Which I\’m not.

Because I eat cupcakes.

Crack crack crack … broken ice.

So our house has been quiet from all the hunting and fishing smack until our fishing trip in April.  Our dinner conversations now include; work, politics, local politics and work.  As far as work issues, it\’s been one of those weeks.   I\’ve had a few things I wanted to write but it just didn\’t happen.

Our refrigerator is bare which means carryout. Sure I can pull something from the freezer downstairs like venison or maybe fish because that\’s what fills your freezer when you\’re married to the outdoors guy.  But I haven\’t been in that freezer in about 2 weeks since one of our dinner conversations:

Me:  Did you hear so and so on the radio this morning?  I am so disappointed.

Mark: No.

Huffing and puffing me:  Well…&^&^%

Mark:  Oh before you finish there\’s a coyote in the freezer downstairs.

Me: Huh?

Mark: There\’s a coyote in the freezer.

Me:  A frozen coyote?  In our freezer?

Mark:  Yes.

Me:  The whole body?

Mark:  Yes.

Oh help me: There\’s a whole body coyote in our freezer?  Standing on all fours … frozen? In our freezer? With head and all? In our freezer?

Mark: Jody

I\’m still trying to figure out how it\’s in there.  In a bag?  Laying across my meat?  Frozen stiff on all fours?

And I\’m not about to go look.  I\’m not.  I won\’t.

And I think I read online once a duck hunter\’s wife went to get a duck out of the freezer and it was still alive.

Oh what happen to you?  My husband had a coyote in the freezer and it jumped out and attacked me.

Oh heavens to coyote stiff mounts. That thing is not going in my living room.

Have a good day all … if that garage is good enough for my 6 pt deer well it\’s good enough for stiffy in there.

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Tags: coyotes, figure-out-how, fishing, freezer, general outdoors, hunting, local-politics, our-freezer, outdoors, the hunters wife, the-freezer

I wanted to thank everyone for entering the Eureka Sleeping Bag Giveaway.  So excited to see so many new people visiting.  Thank you all! And for those that left your link to your site, I\’ll be checking in.

Ugly Website Contest: There is still time to enter WebDog Services Ugly Website Contest. Do you or somebody you know have an ugly website? Win a FREE site re-design. No strings attached. And I will be the first to say, they are a great group! You won\’t be disappointed.

Outdoor Bloggers Summit Challenge: The Outdoor Bloggers Summit is hosting a challenge happening this week. They are asking outdoor bloggers or those that enjoy the outdoors to write about how to get everyone to play outdoors.

Starting next week, I\’d like to schedule a few guest bloggers. If you\’re interested, you can email me at jody @ thehunterswife . net. I hope to have a guest post each month along with your 125 x 125 graphic banner on my sidebar for the month. There is one condition though, your post must include humor. Have you fallen out of a fishing boat, maybe a snake crawled on you or you\’re finally admitting you heard noises while in your tree stand in the dark scary woods.  I\’d love to have some fresh faces here at The Hunter\’s Wife with fun stories.

And finally – I want to say a special thank you to my Twitter friends worried about where I\’ve been all morning. You know who you are and you all are wonderful friends!

Have a good day all … I wonder if I said I\’m sick they\’d bring me cupcakes? With sprinkles.

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Tags: eureka-sleeping, friends-worried, gear/apparel, general outdoors, humor, outdoors, public relations, tree, twitter, web development, website-contest

One of the guys I was looking forward to meeting at our sports show this past weekend was Conservation Mike of the Lake County Fish and Game. I\’ve heard Conservation Mike on our local radio…

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Tags: county-fish, general outdoors, guys, humor, lake, our-local, our-sports, outdoors, past, past-weekend, the hunters wife, the-guys, the-original

Doak Worley and Cory Glauner have now teamed up to bring you one of the most powerful and efficient hunting and fishing booking agency in the industry. Cory brings with him the best networking and technical skills in the business as well as a passion for the outdoors and experience as an outfitter himself. Doak brings age and experience and a passion for hunting and fishing. He has hunted all over the world and owns a very successful marketing company.

Our promise to you is to give you the best outdoor experience possible based on your particular wants and needs. We will match you up with an outfitter that will give you the most enjoyable experience possible.

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You have all known Cory for quite some time now. This post is to introduce me, Doak Worley. I was born in Farmington, New Mexico in 1956 and baited my first hook at age 4. I have been in the field hunting since I was 6, and I killed my first deer at 8. I had 40 deer under my belt by the time I graduated in 1974. I barely graduated because of my passion for the outdoors. I have been self employed for the past 35 years and I live, sleep, eat and dream Africa. So this partnership just makes sense.

I think every red-blooded American male has dreamed of going to Africa. So why don\’t they go? Is it to expensive? No, it\’s about the price of a good whitetail hunt. Is it dangerous? No, it\’s safer than climbing your tree stand. In South Africa you\’re not going to get eaten by a lion, and the whole country is Malaria free. Is it hard to get my rifle or bow in the country? Not really. We supply all the forms you need and help you with the process and always have a team member meet you at the airport to help you get through customs. You can even take your family with you. There are lots of activities for them as well. So why do most hunters never travel to Africa? I think they are afraid of the unknown. They just don\’t know what to expect. They just want someone they know and trust to lead the way. That\’s why we are personally escorting three hunts to South Africa in 2010.

• The first hunt will be a 7 day Rifle hunt to the Limpopo province in South Africa for a group 8 hunters starting May 6th. This is a 5 animal hunt for around $4,500. This is an all inclusive hunt (excluding air and tip).
• The second hunt is a 10 day bow hunt for 5 animals and has a cost of around $6,000 (excluding air and tip) for a group of 6 hunters starting May 13th.
• The Third hunt is a combo rifle and bow package and is a 7 day hunt. It includes 5 animals and has a cost of around $5,000 starting May 23rd.

*Any of the packages can have animals added and the additional charge will be from the trophy price list on our web site.

Check out these packages on our web site, and if you would be interested in joining Cory and myself in South Africa in 2010 Contact me.

Look for next weeks blog with the story and photos from my hunt in South Africa last May.

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Tags: africa, business, cory glauner, country, general outdoors, mexico, outdoors, tree