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i went into excel and add some stuff i bought today.
After i buy my range finder in a week or so. I will have spent 1500 bucks this year on hunting stuff not counting gas or the work i am doing on my truck. I could spend another 1500 easy. good this is a costly hobby

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I'm not telling you nor my wife how much I've spent this year alone on bowhunting, and it's not over yet. ;)

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:)It happens!

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it only gets worse as you go.....let me be the first to warn you...

initially, it can be costly to aquire the gear etc thats "needed"

but then the "wanting" kicks in....

then the "wanting the best of the best" comes...instead of a 300$ bow you want the 700$ bare bow...instead of the 50$ arrows you want the 150$ arrows....dont worry, you'll see what i mean!

i never add up prices lol....my head might spin....i know if i sold all my guns and hunting gear and bow and all that id have a pile of cash.....even USED!


cant put a price on happiness and enjoyment....


nice thing about hunting is you can go out with bare necessities(weapon and license) and still be successful....believe me..i got a buddy that spends maybe 50$ a year on hunting...thats his license and shells....has more fun than anyone could imagine and always tags a buck...often a nice one for the area....hunts in jeans and chaps and a jacket and some orange...(drive hunter...never seen him sit for a second lol) but he has a blast and kills deer...then keeps pushing all season for everyone else...honestly has a ton of fun...

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Um, ya Rob, can you make sure not to tell MY wife how much I spent on just treestands alone? And you are right, it ain't over yet baby. I hooked into a side job today that will take me the rest of the way home and then have enough left over to silence the little woman for at least the month of October.[8D]

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I have a strict don't ask, don't tell policy. If my wife doesn't ask, I don't tell....

Even if she did ask I wouldn't tell.....

Wayne

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Ive made double this year over any previous years....and I not only spent every penny, Ive even cut my savings from those previous years in half. Having a steady gf for once, getting a newish truck, and still buying all kinds of hunting gear all add up big time. The more you make, the more you spend...its hard to save it back.[:o][8D]

I dont even want to think about what gas will do to me for this upcoming fall bowhunting, winter waterfowl, and spring turkey season in a big truck....Lets say by next mowing season, I will be rubbing nickels together.

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I mowed lawns all summer to afford this hobby, my lisence will be another 37 bucks that I will have to make, plus insane high cell phone bill, stupid iphone data plans. Its tuff with no help from parents and a seasonal job.

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Yes, it truly is quite an addiction. I have a little less than one year left until I get married. Can you say hunting shopping spree?[8D]

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Oh Man.... This year Ive made more money than ever, and also spent more money than ever....

These are my outstanding debts:

Car (for work[:@])
Insurance
Cell
ATV
Engagement Ring


Add In Hunting, gas, and taking the lady out to dinner....[&:]Im a 20yo guy getting married next year working two part time jobs andonly a little over$10,000 in debt. Thats less than a cheap used car.Soits not that bad... the bills do get paid on time... you just wont find me cruising around in anything newer than my 2000 chevy s10 for a long time. Most of my buddies i graduated with went out and got that brand new $30-$40,000 Truck. I'd rather have other nice things.

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lol i am lucky only one i got to listen to about my spending is myself and i am pretty open to how i spend my cash

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I think the sporting good stores and pro shops would be better off not listing the prices. That way when people ask how much they spent on it they can say i dont know and they wont have to lie about it.:D

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+1 :D

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At least now I know I'm not the only one spending piles of cash on hunting stuff.....

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cripes, it's been a rough year for me too - mathews dxt, quiver, case, sight, stabilizer, arrows, broadheads = 1600+
24' travel trailer for the hunting land = we won't go there....

moultrie i60... 3 ladder stands... sprayer for the atv for the food plots, 4 of those orange gutting gloves with the really long sleeves :)

my wife doesn't even want to know. i asked her if she wanted to know how much the bow was and she said no. she's awesome!

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I've tried to buy something, they just haven't made anything better enough. Most of the stores I go into have the same old same old and many of them just plain stink. I'd like to drive up to cabela's but the last 2 times weren't worth it at all. The archery depatment in the Dundee store is crap.

The only thing I'd like to buy are the new Lacross boots, them baby's look nice. Wouldn't mind trying the scent blocker boots just because they're light as a feather. It's like lifting nothing! Other than that there really isn't squat worth upgrading too.

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I don't keep track, anymore[&:]

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In the past year, I've had to start basically from scratch since I am just getting into bowhunting. I had some camo and boots from rifle hunting, but that was it. I went the CHEAP way by getting as much as I could from ebay, classifieds, bargain bin, or hand me downs from my brother or friends. I bet I still have at least $2,000 and counting in everything. Of course I know a guy that has about that much in his hunting bow, not including his target bow!

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I'm pretty lucky. My wife thinks all guns and bows look alike and wouldn't even notice a new treestand in the pile. The trick is dispose of all cardboard as quickly as possible and don't leave any Dick's or Cabelas bags around.
My standard answer is that oldthing has been around for years no matter what it is. Plus I don't flich when she orders a new couch or something. I just go for the ride.

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My wife used to tell me at the end of the year when she got the last Credit Card bill how much I had spent on hunting related stuff. LOL It was a revelation for sure at times.[&:] Good thing she didn't have privy to all the cash transactions I had. LOL AND, this never included things like 4 wheel drive trucks or gas[8D] It's better than spending it on partys and booze.

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i can top that when i was a kid my dad bought a jetski that need a engine. he bought it in aug we dropped a new motor in it. and fired it up in dec. He goes in the house and ask my mom if she wants to go to the lake. She says in dec. are you crazy what for. Then he tells he we have had a jetskit for almost 6 months. She never knew about it untill we got ready to ride it. And we did in dec and there where little icebergs around the lake.

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I bought a muzzleloader this year plus all the accesories. Between that and some other miscelaneous hunting stuff, i have probably spent at least $900. I would like to spend a bit morebut the wife is gettin on me. I really need a game cart since I will be promarily hunting public land and most of my stand trees are a good hike from the parking area. Besides being a long drag, the place is eaten up with poison ivy. I don't want to have to drag and handle a deer that has been drug though tons of that stuff. I'm super alergic. I can't wait for the first frost to kill all that junk.

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Bear hunting trip 1500, new boots 100, treestands 'bout100, gas who knows..., misc gear dont wanna know....

This is takin a tole on me!

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I don't even want to figure out how much I have spent.

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i had intended to get a tc triumph with a bdc nikon scope.
Which would have cost me another 800 bucks

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two weeks from tomorrow. if i get my fill i would get 2 with bow and my 3 three bonus tags. if i get my dad to hunt and he gets say 2 thats 60 a piece at the butcher for a total of 420.00 extra to get the butchered.
but i figure my gear and bow as thecost to hunt and the tags and butcher cost as the cost of a good quality lean meat you can not buy

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I had a bunch Of money$$ saved for a trip to South Dakota that fell through for the 2nd year in a row[:@]Not from my doing. I used that money for 2 LCD WIDE SCREEN TV'S for the family. South Dakota is not in the works anymore. I think I will start saving for a Elk hunt for my 50th birthday if I'm lucky!$$$$ and hunting go hand in hand and I don't care one IOTA!!!!!!!

Hatchet Jack

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buckmaster - I know what you mean. I'm a young guy too. Got outta high school and went straight into college. All my buddys went out and got decent jobs and imediately spent all there jack on sweet rides and houses.I'm in the hole with school bills,scrapin' out rent and drivin' my 96' Ranger.

But I allwasy find the money for hunting ;). Without it I'd loose my sanity. Gotta havea hobby to take your mind of things. I prefer to spend my money one those.

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10,000 for a cheap used car. not sure where your shopping at i bought a 2007 chevy long bed 1/2 ton for 10,600. with only 7500 miles. but it is not 4x4.

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Although in years past I have spent a lot not this year, I bought my licenses which was about $60 witth all the additional stamps. Also $140 on a half ton of shelled corn for some feeders I have but that's pretty much it......no new equipment or gear, no stands, no clothes.....I'm even using clothing wash and cover scent from last year.....every time I would consider making a purchase I would ask myself if I really needed it and most often the answer was "no".

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I think that's about what I've spent JUST on my bow this year. lol:D

I trying to save up to bu myself a car because I can get my license soon.:D I think I will buy an old beater volkswagen diesel (we make BioDiesel), I wont be able to afford a car and pay for gasoline..

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yeah I hear yeah I have spent a ton of money this year on just bow hunting I couldn't afford to hunt anything but deer I figure about another 2000 and I will be set pretty good for now any way the old lady is starting to get a little upset with me. She is wondering if I need help I just tell her you got to have this stuff. Then I get that wonderful look that women give you if know what mean.

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So far this year,I bought 5 custom recurves and 2 longbows--average spent on each one was $800[:-]Then add in about 3 doz carbons and other accessories and I'm hitting $6000