Is there a self-help group for hunting equipment addiction

[Meleagris gallopavo]

This topic has been on my mind lately.  I have a problem.  I tell myself every year that I'm gonna cut back on purchasing new hunting stuff, and every year I fail.  My drugs of choice are duck decoys and decoy rigs and turkey calls.  This year I purchased 30 new duck decoys and I've already purchased 9 turkey calls since Christmas (mostly diaphragms though).  I know I have "enough" of all this stuff and it's more than adequate to fulfill my needs.  Yet I make up hunting situations or come up with new ideas that I obsess over until I purchase what I want.  Sometimes I only use these things once a year (mostly duck hunting stuff).  My wife gets angry and I find myself devising sneaky ways of obtaining said "wants".  I know I'm not alone in this...

BTW, don't you think the term self-help group is an oxymoron?

[Tom007]

Trust me, there is no cure for this disease. Highly contagious, no cure...sad...but fun......

[jgard]

This place certainly offers no help for this disease.

[Meleagris gallopavo]

This place certainly offers no help for this disease.

That's for sure.  Like being in a trap house.

[Which Gun]

It's a true pandemic no mask can fix. My buddy and me just realized how much we've spent on fishing lures last year. I have another Holleran call on order like I need another. I feel your pain. I'm holding out on buying another turkey gun like the two I have can't get it done. There is no cure for me I'm afraid.

I feel that I'm just helping out the economy the only way that I know.

[ol bob]

Like Redbeard said its a disease is what it is.

[Turkeytider]

Trust me, there is no cure for this disease. Highly contagious, no cure...sad...but fun......

It`s a disease akin to an alcohol or other drug addiction.

[Greg Massey]

I have a cure for this disease, it's called enjoying what you do.. LOL.. I tell people i don't smoke or drink , so i guess i will just buy turkey hunting stuff.. LOL... But i can look back and remember raising a family , that i couldn't buy some of these nice turkey calls and guns. I remember i use to think 10 - 15 dollars for a box of copper plated lead turkey loads were high. Now i pay 40 plus dollars for 5 shells .. SO I HAVE TO AGREE GUYS, I'VE GOT THE TURKEY DISEASE... LOL...

[NCL]

According to the Chief Financial Officer aka wife I spend to much money on fishing/hunting supplies and equipment. She just commented this morning on my purchasing of fly rods, I only purchased three spey rods last years which certainly does not seem excessive to my thoughts. So I guess I am in this club also

[bbcoach]

We joke around about our wife's addiction to shoes and shopping but Really we have the same addiction, sometimes on a LARGER scale.

This is an addiction!  There is only one thing that can stop it and it's YOU and the word NO!

My Mom and Dad had a saying when I was growing up, "Don't Let your WANTS Hurt You."  I've done my Best to Heed this warning.

[Tail Feathers]

I don't know what cures it, but I'll stay the heck away from whatever it is when someone identifies it!

[PalmettoRon]

Hi Mileagris, I'm Ron and I'm a turkeyholic. It's ok. Embrace it. There are far worse vices. I'm tweeking right now just thinking of my drive to FL 6 weeks from today.

[2eagles]

Think the op's wife got into his account and wrote this thread. None of us hunters would ever write this.

[Tom007]

I have a cure for this disease, it's called enjoying what you do.. LOL.. I tell people i don't smoke or drink , so i guess i will just buy turkey hunting stuff.. LOL... But i can look back and remember raising a family , that i couldn't buy some of these nice turkey calls and guns. I remember i use to think 10 - 15 dollars for a box of copper plated lead turkey loads were high. Now i pay 40 plus dollars for 5 shells .. SO I HAVE TO AGREE GUYS, I'VE GOT THE TURKEY DISEASE... LOL...

Be honest with you guys...I hope they don't find a cure, and no, I won't take a vaccine for this "Turkey Virus".