Just decide to go!

I don't mean to sound smart ass or anything but thats the biggest hurdle most folks don't get past. Decide that you are going, decide when, where, and what species. Then find out how much it costs and do whatever it takes to go.

Of course it helps to have a good job. And Kids will eat up your hunting budget in a hurry, so will a wife. So don't get married or have any kids. Of course I'm kidding, the biggest blessing in my life is my family.

The first big game hunt I went on was to Montana. It cost $3500, thats two years income tax refunds. I decided to go and planned to two years out. I had just gotten a tax refund and thought: "hey if I put this away where the wife can't find it I'm half way to a hunt" So thats what I did, that years and the next. It was an all mighty temptation to dip into my sock drawer at times but I kept reminding myself that it was for my "once in a lifetime hunt". That year I killed a mule deer and never got on an Elk, But I knew that it certainly wasn't going to be my only trip to the mountains.

This year I told my son that I would take him Proghorn hunting if he paid for his share. I knew that he could do it. He worked all summer long mowing, weed eating, picking up rocks, hauling hay, working construction, cleaning jobsites etc. In three month he had $1500 to go on the trip. I paid for his tag, and he put a thousand toward food, gas, motels etc.to go. He had a great time, and it meant more to him because he had earned it. From now on, I know that he will be proud of that hunt. And I am extremely proud of him for what he done to earn a spot on that hunt.