Yeah. Move to Wyoming. Live here a year to establish legal residency. $43.00!
Seriously . . . define "affordable". There's the non-resident licence, travel to get there, staying for at least a week, maybe a bigger rifle . . . And by this time of the year, there are a limited amount of states that sell licenses over the counter.
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I want to leave this world like my Grandpa . . .
Happy and asleep.
Not kicking and screaming like everyone else in the car!
What is affordable to one man may be but a far off dream for another. If you want to do something that seems unaffordable, do like I do and start a savings account and ear mark it "dream hunt" and then put money in it when you can. Eventually, you will be able to go on your hunt and not worry about spending money that you have to have to live day to day. It may take a year, two, three or more years, but when you get the money saved and get to go on the trip, it will be well worth it.
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It can depend on alot of things such as your expectations of the hunt, etc. There is something to be said for both Do it yourself hunts and outfitter hunts which will cost more. I've been doing the "Do it yourself"hunts as many on here do and it can be surprisingly affordable. For example, most years when I go to Colorado if I'm sharing gas costs from Minnesota we can do the trip for around $1000 per person. Meeting someone out there this year so I'm flying as gas is too expensive. Still probably cost around $1200 or so when all is said and done.
How do you define affordable?? It is very different person to person and also within the same person as lifes situations change.
Do what was mentioned, start a "hunting account" and put 5, 10, some amount in it weekly. It adds up. You may have to wait a few years, but the money adds up.
There are nearly endless acres of public land you can hunt elk on for the cost of the license and, in some cases,the luck of the draw. Find some books or other references on areas to hunt, how to hunt them, and what gear you will need to do it. The rest is up to you.
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"We cannot expect the Americans to jump from capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving Americans small doses of socialism until they suddenly awake to find they have Communism" - Nikita Krushchev 1959
One other thing, some times you have to make some sacrifices, in other words, you have to decide for yourself just how bad do you want to go hunting xxxx in the wild wilderness of xxxxx. If you really REALLY want to go, you can often change a few daily or weekly habits and save more money very quickly. For instance, I have a couple of co-workers who buy Starbucks coffee every morning at a cost of $5 or so. Figure that up over a month and it's $100/mo. for COFFEE for crying out loud. Or the people who don't take a lunch to work, instead they buy fast food every day at about $7. If a guy would take a lunch to work, you'd save money very quickly.
So, ask yourself, is there some little item that I buy on a regular basis that I could do without to save some money so that I can go hunting xxxx in the great wilds of xxxxx?
To reach a personnal goal often times there will be sacrifices along the way.
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I have friends who set in bars all the time smoking $10 to $15 a day in cigs.and eating out once a day for lunch ,ask me how do you afford it? Some big changes in their lives can change that.My left pocket is where I put my hunting money in ,the right pocket is for other things ,but it rarely has anything in it. You may have to work weekends and evenings to fill the left pocket. Goodluck
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As many have said, its a matter of where you set our priorities. Also, the more you research, the more you save. Often hunting with an outfitter will be cheaper in the long run especially the first time or two. I was lucky to have relatives in Canada and many of the good hunting states.
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