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Question on money and gear

Yeah, that is a very scary thing to me.

Matthew 6:21
"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

Be careful while owning all these things and make sure they don't own you.
 
I don't want to add it up...it would pay off the house which is about all we owe for now. We are in out thirties, and I'm proud we have accomplished that. We have both tried to be frugal while accomplishing that goal. We do joint accounts, seperate money gets messy. We do however do an allowance each week. Gas, lunch out furing work week, personal crap like clothes and such come from the allowance....so you want to drive to your mother's who you just saw 2 days and spend an hour for nothing....cool, take your car and be careful. You need lunch money cause you overslept for the fith day straight and were in such a hurry you froget to get your lunch out of the fridge....cool, take it out of your allowance. Me on the other hand I do everything I can to make my "allowance" to stretch and buy quality gear. I make bag and accesories for external frames on the side to create myself extra play money. It's how I can afford the "good" stuff.

I'm a tinkerer and much like someone else said I like to perfect stuff and move on to the next area to perfect. Don't have to have the newest, just quality crap that works for me.
 
The quality venison I can get in the freezer this year will hopefully offset a portion of that cost.

My local, grass fed, non-hormone half cow (185lbs) is $1,600 ($8.65/lb), If I can get 150lbs of meat in the freezer this year, that's $1,300 less my wife and mom are going to spend - and likely a better product. Or maybe it's just wishful thinking.
 
Yeah, sometimes when I think of it I get a funny feeling in my stomach but we only live once and we are a long time dead.
 
I used to be really cheap when it came to hunting clothes, bows, and hang on tree stands. Most of my friends all are. I even used to pick on people that bought $200+ pants and jackets. "all that crap isn't going to shoot a deer for you."

Then a few years ago I was sitting for the fourth time in a row, back hurting, cold and wet when it hit me. So I bought a better jacket, then some pants and so on. Suddenly I can now be comfortable all day regardless of most weather conditions.

So what have I spent? I don't know and I don't care. I'm still spending throughout the season and beyond. You can't put a price on comfort.

As far as my wife goes she doesn't care. I busy my ace daily to get what I want and to give my family the life they deserve.

Plus if you think hunting is expensive get involved in motorsports. A $1,000 in a pulling truck or racecar won't get you much.
 
If I find something I want I try to wait til its on sale and then buy it. I save a good bit that way. Cant count all the money I've spent on hunting and don't want to... it would probably make me enjoy it a lot less! :sweatsmile:
 
in fishing and hunting alone i have over 100k... i bought the full size truck to tow the fiberglass boat, the best of the best with sticks, stands, camo, camping stuff, backpacks, boots...

Its bad bad
 
I spent over 2k this summer alone on fishing tournaments all over the northeast

better than heroin
 
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