So how much do you have invested in your turkey hunting gear, not trips, trucks, quads, "collection items" or anything of the like but what you use to hunt with. Now some of my equipment plays double duty i.e. blinds, binoculars and such but it was bought to turkey hunt with.
Couldn't believe my number... lol but I'm in the range of $$$$, buddy and I were talking about this today. And this was just turkey
MK M GOBL
Hahah I'd rather not even think about it. Pretty large number. But so worth it
I don't want to make myself sick, so i want EVEN try to figure it all up...I just enjoy all the collecting ...i have to laugh...
Oh my...$$$$$.
Do not know and do not care, mine or yours.
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I'm sure your wife, girlfriend or significate other could give you a real close figure. LOL. Just as you could tell her how much money she spends on shoes. Just saying!
I figure as long as my bills are paid on time, my wife and children aren't going without and get to go on a good vacation or two a year,im not using a credit card i cant pay off every month, if I want it I'm buying it. Works pretty good!!! :funnyturkey:
Just what I carry on one hunt:
Guesstimate:
Box call-$90
Mouth calls-$50
Pot calls-$150
Vest- $125
Shells-$25
Clothing and boots-$240
Thermacell-$25
Binocs-$100
Gun-$300 to $1100 depending on which gun I carry.
But since I have two, three or a couple of dozen of everything turkey hunting, the total I own would be much higher. Wow, I don't remember spending that much! :funnyturkey:
Never give it any thought. $$$ don't make the hunt for me, but it can make some folks feel like hunters.
It is hard to figure since so much of it does do double duty. But w dedicated turkey guns w the chokes, calls, vests, dekes, shells, patterning supplies, etc just for the birds alone it's high.
It's all relative., outdoors is all I do, don't drink, don't get out to eat much, no sporting events, etc that so many dabble in. Nothing wrong w these things they've just never gotten in my way so the expense is more bearable
Quote from: guesswho on January 15, 2017, 03:59:37 PM
Never give it any thought. $$$ don't make the hunt for me, but it can make some folks feel like hunters.
Doesn't take $$ to make me feel like a hunter either, but takes it to get me where I'm going,takes it so my butt ain't sitting on the ground,takes it to keep the belly from rumbling, money makes the world go round whether we want to believe it or not. :jackson: :jackson:
Davidd9 hit the nail on the head!!!!!!! Who cares, as long as you enjoy yourself.
I was just wondering about this recently. Honesty, the only expenses I have put into hunting this year other than ammo was some Northern Flight Prairie Grass to go on my boat blind--which I managed to set on fire a week before duck season, but that's another story.
My newest camo is probably 12 years old. I have bought some of the realistic turkey decoys for bowhunt ing in the past few years.I killed two deer with 20 year old muzzy broadheads this year. Not that I wouldn't buy more stuff if I could afford it, but the bulk of my money is actually spent on out of state licenses and gas in the Spring.
Really not that much for me had the same vest for 10 yrs same Rem 870 I bought when I was 14 most exspensive thing I carry is probably my gps. If you think about it only has to be as exspensive as you want it to be
Year to year on gear really isn't too bad with turkeys (especially in comparison to ducks and snow geese)... I have what I like, I'll re-up with some fresh mouth calls each year and shells. What gets me with turkeys is the gas, tolls, camp fees, fast food on the road, OOS licenses and tags... it adds up and I don't want to ever calculate it out... And I wouldn't have it any other way!
Idk. I've accumulated stuff over the years. In the past few years all I buy is a license and some mouth calls.
I spend more on licences, tags, hunting club dues,gas and ammo than anything else.
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Quote from: Happy on January 15, 2017, 05:33:21 PM
I spend more on licences, tags, hunting club dues,gas and ammo than anything else.
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Same here for the past few seasons, I was just surprised at how much I've invested since I began turkey hunting and the amount of $ in gear I'm carrying most every time I go in the turkey woods. It can vary with gear carried, but I'd never stopped to figure that up.
I wouldn't change it for anything either. ;D
I'm going to say it's a lot but less than my bowhunting equipment. Both are less than bass fishing or waterfowl hunting. As long as I've been doing this I don't make major purchases that often. I'm spend it mostly on trips, and a little tss.
Gun/choke...$500
Tss...$100
Binoculars...$250
Camo...$200
Calls...$250
Vest...$125
Probably less than the average American spends on eating out, drinks, and movies and such. Not that I don't do any of that but we all find a pit to throw money into
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I've never attempted to add it up, probably never will. I never buy much turkey gear, just a few mouth calls and some shells. My biggest cost are tags and gasoline. Don't worry much about food, like a rutting buck, I'll eat when it's over.......
I have been a bird and waterfowl hunter since I was old enough to hold a gun... So if I consider equipment specific to turkey hunting...
Vest
Shells
Decoys.
Calls.
Out of the above list, I have probably spent more on calls... I have probably spent more on gas going hunting and scouting that all of the above combined.
I've been doing it for 26 yrs.....I absolutely love turkey hunting! It's an addiction!! I've spent many $ on it and never think about how much. As long as it doesn't affect what God has asked of me and doesn't harm my family....it's a great investment and I don't keep track of it.
Its a number I don't care to add up I like living in dark when it comes to turkey hunting costs
todays hunters spend most of their money on useless junk. what I carry turkey hunting, with the exception of my gun, will fit in the pocket of a flannel shirt. license and food saver bags are my biggest expense.
Quote from: appalachianassassin on January 15, 2017, 11:03:07 PM
todays hunters spend most of their money on useless junk. what I carry turkey hunting, with the exception of my gun, will fit in the pocket of a flannel shirt. license and food saver bags are my biggest expense.
Now that's a minimalist. I have to carry water and a thermacell or my hunts would end very soon. And I'm not sitting on the bare ground with no cushion or seat. I like to actually enjoy my hunting time. :toothy12:
yes... im an extreme minimalist. I use to carry all the garb, now I don't even carry a veil and gloves. I carry a trumpet around my neck and a couple mouth calls in my pocket. water is not necessary, there are springs everywhere I hunt. If a bird is a mile away gobbling, I want to travel light enough to be set up on him in 10 mins or less. ive been clocked at 4 min 28 sec running a mile. carrying all that junk really slows you down. and uh... no one enjoyes their hunts any more than I do.
Quote from: BABS9 on January 15, 2017, 03:02:45 PM
Hahah I'd rather not even think about it. Pretty large number. But so worth it
X2. My call addiction is getting worse though :-)
That sir is moving! At my best I was 5:06 on the mile. I like to carry some stuff on my hunts and I wouldn't trust the streams around where I hunt for water. Still, I like to travel light by today's standards and that let's me get back in and away from other hunters. Put a good sized mountain between yourself and the road and odds are that you won't be bothered.
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That's not for public knowledge, never know when my wife might be monitoring my goggle searches and stumble on this page....
Quote from: Muzzy61 on January 16, 2017, 09:43:23 AM
That's not for public knowledge, never know when my wife might be monitoring my goggle searches and stumble on this page....
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I worked up some courage while reading this thread last night and actually mentioned the amount I have invested to my wife. All she said was "it's not like you bought it all in one year". That seals it, I think I'll keep her another 31 years. :icon_thumright:
My wife buys all my hunting clothes and toys. Says it makes it easy for her to shop for me.
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I generally buy a new set of camo about every other year, a few mouth calls every year, and I buy several boxes of ammo of the same lot number as necessary. For no more than I shoot during hunting season, I have enough ammo to last me until I'm about 87 years old.
I have enough pot calls and box calls to last me and my nephews the rest of our lives.
What I need most of all is the time to use what I already own. My work always picks up around turkey season and I get screwed out of hunts I hoped to take.
Jim
I try not to think about it, heck every pull of the trigger is $10.
I don't know but it's not all that much. Now, it's just yearly tags and an occasional check to Hook's for some replacement mouth calls. Ammo as needed. My wife occasionally reminds me of how many "Butterballs" we could have purchased over the years just to keep me on my toes.
What I spend on turkey hunting outside of those items excluded is pretty minimal. On a cost-per-hour basis, what I spend is peanuts compared to some of the hobbies some people I know have. I can get an entire season of turkey hunting for the amount some folks will spend in a day for their enjoyment.
Buying filet and lobster for every meal I eat wild turkey would be exponentially cheaper, but they don't gobble.
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Quote from: davisd9 on January 15, 2017, 03:33:55 PM
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My thoughts exactly.
Never given it any thought. If it's something you love you'll never spend too much in my book.
50 years-many birds -at least 30 days a year.
way to much, and I've enjoyed every nickel.
Regards
turk :newmascot:
Most of my stuff does double duty. So I look at it as to what I expend Turkey hunting. Normally 3 shells and a bunch of sweat equity.
With the many memories & friends, I've made along the way, turkey hunting.
PRICELESS
Quote from: boatpaddle on January 17, 2017, 11:21:38 PM
With the many memories & friends, I've made along the way, turkey hunting.
PRICELESS
Well said and I wouldn't have it any other way.
It's the getting into it that is so costly. Once you've found the choke of your liking you don't have to spend all the $ on finding the right shells, or searching through tons of calls (mouth, pots, etc) to find the one you like. Once you get everything it's not as bad.
The price is irrelevant compared to the satisfaction you will receive from turkey hunting.
There is no price on what you love and love to do.
What you can pass on is your most valuable item. Some don't cost a dime
Not that much...gasoline, a box or two of shells, maybe a new call or occasionally a new camera or gadget. Heck I think I spend more money on video equipment than hunting equipment and I am still a tight wad with that as well.
I do spend a little more than usual when I take the boat to camp on the lake for a couple days. But the turkey hunting is good and there are fish too.
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I am pretty sure that I could have paid off my house with the $ I have spent.