Since NO smart turkey guy with a wife or girlfriend would admit in an open forum TOTAL lifetime turkey equipment expenditures.... ::)
What is the approximate cost of your "average day" rig ??
That being everything you tote around the woods with you.
Me ??
Gun, shells, binos, box call, friction call, diaphragms, trumpet, stool, belt pack, camo clothing, boots, assorted miscellaneous small items.....
Approximate guess is +/- $1700
Quote from: Yoder409 on July 06, 2025, 10:55:12 AMMe ??
Gun, shells, binos, box call, friction call, diaphragms, trumpet, stool, belt pack, camo clothing, boots, assorted miscellaneous small items.....
Approximate guess is +/- $3500
Quote from: Yoder409 on July 06, 2025, 10:55:12 AMMe ??
Gun, shells, binos, box call, friction call, diaphragms, trumpet, stool, belt pack, camo clothing, boots, assorted miscellaneous small items.....
Approximate guess is +/- $1700
Replacement cost? +/- $1,600
Every day rig for me is about 675. One trumpet, 4 mouth calls, 3 longbeard xr's and my mossberg 835 I bought new 10 years ago for 400$
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And forgot about 1.50 worth of baby wipes and approximately 100$ worth of camo
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All in walking into the woods about $2500
Depending on which gun I decide to take that day...$3500 max I'd say
Quote from: paboxcall on July 06, 2025, 12:14:32 PMQuote from: Yoder409 on July 06, 2025, 10:55:12 AMMe ??
Gun, shells, binos, box call, friction call, diaphragms, trumpet, stool, belt pack, camo clothing, boots, assorted miscellaneous small items.....
Approximate guess is +/- $1700
Replacement cost? +/- $1,600
You can tell who hunts with cheap guns..... ;D
Depends on what trumpet I decide to carry.
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Quote from: davisd9 on July 06, 2025, 03:55:50 PMDepends on what trumpet I decide to carry.
Amen !!
A guy's rig worth could be highly altered by carrying a Farmer trumpet or a Cost box on a particular day.
Avg day around $2600. At times +/- $3000 easy.
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Well, since i have one of those high priced fox vests, it has gone up considerably. Running the quick numbers and including my gun and 5 tss shells and snacks. I am right around $1,800.00 all in with everything I will ever carry. Quick hunt or crappy weather it's more like $800 all in.
I try to make sure I carry less than a 100 dollars worth of stuff, just in case I have to make a run for it hunting with Crow and tal. With these two you never know if they have permission or not ...
Quote from: Greg Massey on July 06, 2025, 06:45:53 PMI try to make sure I carry less than a 100 dollars worth of stuff, just in case I have to make a run for it hunting with Crow and tal. With these two you never know if they have permission or not ...
If you had bought that 59.99 Propiels Pocket Fisherman and some weighted treble hooks like TAL suggested, you wouldn't have to go over the line to retrieve your gobbler.
I have more than 100.00 dollars in my hi-tech sneakers so I can run faster and jump higher.
I couldn't give 2 turds what some woman thinks about what I do but prob little more. I use good binos, and non Chinese guns. Maybe a more if I bring some camera gear
Gun $550. Purchased 1.5 years ago
Optics $275. Purchased 1,5 years ago
Shells $75. Purchased before the hunting season
Calls $30. Purchased 13 years ago
Pants $20. Purchased about 10 years ago
Layers for top and coats,etc $100. Purchased 3 to 10 years ago
Boots $35 Purchased last year
Hat $8. Purchased 15 years ago
Rain coat $125. Purchased about 25 years ago
Face mask $5. Purchased 14 years ago
Food and water $6.95. Per day
Gas $3.
That's roughly $860 plus ammo purchased strictly for turkey hunting. The rest is stuff I use for hunting other critters as well.
Quote from: crow on July 06, 2025, 07:58:24 PM....so I can run faster and jump higher.
I'd like to see that.
Quote from: paboxcall on July 06, 2025, 09:33:41 PMQuote from: crow on July 06, 2025, 07:58:24 PM....so I can run faster and jump higher.
I'd like to see that.
Well relatively speaking, that was only faster and higher than Ole Massey—-which isn't exactly the highest of bars to shoot for.
Gun and boots being the most expensive part of it all, probably $1400 or so purchasing it all new.
Buying it all new to replace today, probably $4000. Mostly gun and boots and I got a deal on the boots vs what they cost these days.