I agree with the above statement. But if you've got the cake to burn and the $1200 set up feels right, more power to you. IMO it's what you get out of hunting, Not what you bring in to the woods. With that said I spend quite a bit on hunting but that's not the point.

Take Saturday the 18th for example. I spent 4 hours(only 4 hours) in a heavy rain waiting for it to let up so the deer would start moving. It never happened but I had a great day none the less. The sound of rain hitting the canpoy around me, the touch of fog in the woods, the big gray squirrel gathering nuts at a feverous pace as though he had no other mission in life made it all worth it. Every time out is diffrent. Yesterday morning I had a pileated woodpecker(I know I spelled pileated wrong, oh well) you know the 18 in tall woddy the wood peck looking birds in a tree 20 feet from me. He was working the tree over real good and making a racket at the same time. How often do you normally get to experience things like this?