Originally Posted by NebBuckHunter

No one is making you buy all that stuff. Rifle season I use a 60 year old .300 savage model 99 with an old tasco scope, a pair of carhardt work bibs, and sit on a five gallon bucket.....

Now I also have bought some newer guns, with bigger scopes, better binocs, trail cameras, deer stands, camo clothing, scent management stuff, deer minerals, compound bows, mehanical releases, rangefinders, bipods, popup blinds, scrape drips, etc. no one made me do it though. It just gives me something else to do.

It is what you make it...if your considering dropping hunting, and want to point fingers to blame someone, make sure you are standing in front of a mirror.