MA_PAdeerslayer
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The cabelas grinder is amazing. I have the 1HP as we grind ALOT of deer. And with sale and a coupon I had it was the same price as the 3/4 was regular. It flys thru meat. Fresh or frozen
For me it's high-end clothing (as others have already mentioned). Most of my hunting attire is military surplus.
1. High end "frat boy" hunting clothing. If you always match or camo coordinate.... come on. Are you hunting or trying to be a model for Bass Pro?
1.a Ozonics type contraptions.
2. High end arrows, micro diameter arrows etc.
3. Expensive trail cams
4. Super fancy release aides
5. Ultra expensive optics. I've always wanted a pair of Leica's or Swarovski's but there's no way I'm making a mortgage payment on them or greater. If I hunted out west I probably would buy a high end spotting scope.... maybe.
6. Buying the latest flagship compound bow every year. To me they are all way overpriced. Don't get me wrong I like my bows and sights (it is a weakness) but I still don't buy a new one every year.
7. Super expensive trad bows. The craftmanship and artwork is great but not practical.
8. Cheap replacement broadheads. Get durable heads and learn to sharpen them so you can reuse them over and over again.
See i use to say the same thing until I got "high end clothing". It wasn't the camo pattern, it was more the lifetime warranty along with i went all season without washing my clothes and they never smelled.
See i use to say the same thing until I got "high end clothing". It wasn't the camo pattern, it was more the lifetime warranty along with i went all season without washing my clothes and they never smelled.
I've got a Victorinox boning knife. I have the KitchenAid attachment but it kind of sucks. I'd like a decent grinder but don't need a $300-400 one. I'd like to at least be able to do basic cuts and grind burger. The KitchenAid attachment was slow going and I didn't want to burn it up and piss my wife off ha.
I genuinely prefer cheaper ones because softer steel takes an edge quicker. I'd rather hit a knife with a stone every time I use it and even touch it up as I work than have an overbuilt hunk of Asguardian steel forged in the heart of a dying star that takes an equally arcane artifact to sharpen.You don't need to spend on a fancy knife at all.
Knives is another area I can't justify high dollar expenditures.
Now a grinder is a thing I'm super-glad I finally ponied-up on. I used a kitchenaid attachment for almost a decade and the first time I used an honest-to-goodness LEM grinder it made me mad that I hadn't bought one 10 years prior. I also got gifted a foodsaver last year and while I was too cheap to buy it myself the first time I'd buy one tomorrow if the one I have got stolen or broke.….this post right here… and U don’t have to go crazy with the processing stuff either… a good knife, a grinder (or grinder attachment to a kitchen-aid mixer), and misc stuff like freezer paper and ground bags and you’re good!!!
I genuinely prefer cheaper ones because softer steel takes an edge quicker. I'd rather hit a knife with a stone every time I use it and even touch it up as I work than have an overbuilt hunk of Asguardian steel forged in the heart of a dying star that takes an equally arcane artifact to sharpen.
Now a grinder is a thing I'm super-glad I finally ponied-up on. I used a kitchenaid attachment for almost a decade and the first time I used an honest-to-goodness LEM grinder it made me mad that I hadn't bought one 10 years prior. I also got gifted a foodsaver last year and while I was too cheap to buy it myself the first time I'd buy one tomorrow if the one I have got stolen or broke.
Aside from that, give me a cheap filet knife and butcher paper and I can whack and stack a dozen or more deer in a season. But the grinder has been a lifesaver.
Those 3-5k electric bikes.
is an outboard motor still on your list of high end products you can't justify or have you come around on it?Ebikes are useless to me here in Alabammy. Every road here that I can drive an ebike on I can drive my truck. Even the mountain bike I bought used was a waste of money, really. It's sitting in the yard rusting away because down here the "no motorized vehicle access" trails are either so muddy or so overgrown with brush that a bike will function maybe a mile before you have to get off and scrape mud or pick brush out of the important bits. It got used a few times for duck hunting but that's about it. Super bummed because I bought a kayak trailer for it and got good at riding it. Made a 10ish mile practice ride towing the kayak and then chained the bike and paddled back to the house to go drive to pickup the bike. Super easy way to cover loads of miles in theory but in practice walking is easier and gets me to 90% of the same places.
Now a boat...that's been a better investment than the hickory creek, saddles, and the pacseat combined.
Honestly it's not even a matter of justifying. It's that there just isn't enough cash in the bank. Y'all need to buy more one sticks!is an outboard motor still on your list of high end products you can't justify or have you come around on it?
I was in that boat. So I started doing my own taxidermy eventually even went to a 12 week course for it.Taxidermy.
Ebikes are useless to me here in Alabammy. Every road here that I can drive an ebike on I can drive my truck. Even the mountain bike I bought used was a waste of money, really. It's sitting in the yard rusting away because down here the "no motorized vehicle access" trails are either so muddy or so overgrown with brush that a bike will function maybe a mile before you have to get off and scrape mud or pick brush out of the important bits. It got used a few times for duck hunting but that's about it. Super bummed because I bought a kayak trailer for it and got good at riding it. Made a 10ish mile practice ride towing the kayak and then chained the bike and paddled back to the house to go drive to pickup the bike. Super easy way to cover loads of miles in theory but in practice walking is easier and gets me to 90% of the same places.
Now a boat...that's been a better investment than the hickory creek, saddles, and the pacseat combined.