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Dear members of the board, I've got a question.

In my next column in Russian Hunting Magazine I'm touching on an issue of "hunting as an excuse". That is, a guy tells his wife he's going hunting, puts on his camo, packs up his gun and leaves home for a couple of days, but uses the time away to check into a motel with his mistress, or go wherever booze and loose women are available. In Russia it's pretty common; so common, in fact, that in just about every hunting and fishing lodge prostitutes and drink are only a question away. This sometimes makes life hard for people who really want to hunt and fish, and damages the image of hunters in the public eye, and... (go on for 1500 words and you'll get yourself a column).

The point is that it's a cultural question, and with every cultural question you've always have to check how it is in other cultures. with other countries.

Thus the question.

Assuming you've never done it yourself, how common or uncommon is this practice around you?

Humpty, because the US is broadly religious, among middle aged men that enjoy the field pursuits, I have not noticed any great amount of infidelity. Drinking, gambling, yes, definitely, but not much else.

I don't think we talk about it much here. It can be a very expensive hobby.

On an individual basis, well, I think circumstances vary.

But none of my grouse camps have resident camp followers. The nearby casino's may/may not.

You guys are so far ahead of us.

I'd also say fairly rare in the US. But I did hear a story about 4 agents from the Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation who took an annual Canadian fishing trip together. One year, their wives decided to fly into their fishing camp and visit them. They found that the agents already had female companionship.

Humpty,

There used to be a whore house in Sealy, Texas that was affectionately known as the "hunting lodge". I never visited it, but had some friends that seemed to be intimately familiar with it.

I was invited to attend a formal, long time deer hunting camp many years ago in Arkansas. There was hunting during the day, and lots of drinking and card playing in the evenings, but if there was a lady around, I don't recall one. It is possible that the cook and house cleaner was female, but that was all she did.

HHH

I recall that one.

No one I know has ever admitted to engaging in anything like that kind of behavior. i'm guessing we like hunting too much!

Anyone serious about hunting, would be too tired in the evening to do anything but sleep after the meal, a few drinks and a couple of rounds of cards, unless they're in their 20's!

I have heard of some men telling their wives they were going dear hunting.

Call me naive but I always thought that kind of activity was the stuff of fables or the extracurricular activity of wealthy old capitalists who's wives were old, fat, & dowdy.... never heard of it with the guys I associate with... but again, I may be very naive.

Several times I've gone on hunting trips with acquaintances and had them go out for an evening of drinking on the first day. I wouldn't go because too much alcohol is terrible depressant for me. However, invariably I'd find myself hunting alone the next day because everyone else would be too hung over. Damned fools! As for woman, I don't know if there was any of that going on or not since I was never there.

Steve