$500 bucks to blow - what are you buying?

[Torino]

Gas

 

[Heath423]

New handgun for EDC

 

[Button]

Hunting gear, fishing gear, or tools

 

[menhaden_man]

We got a gift card from work this year for a "thank you". I got a digital one so it can be used about anywhere. They expire in a few months so it's a use it or lose it. I've found myself in this odd situation of not knowing what to buy. Hunting seasons are over and I don't really need any gear upgrades. Xmas is done and over with.

So, you got $500 bucks - what would you do with it?

Dillon 550

 

[Traveler]

Arrows, Binos, gas

 

[Marble]

I'm boring...I would buy some of the same stock I've been buying. Trying to get the base I investment amount high enough to finance my hunts each year from profit.

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[bswanson2]

I'd either save it for a tag or go new hunting boots. Can't go wrong with having a spare! Kenetrek boots are my "go to" for hunting.

 

[Rob5589]

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Not sure 500 will get you two...

 

[wweaver]

If you have good gear, tags. The greatest gear in the world doesn’t do you any good if you’re not hunting.


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This is so true, we all have friends who spends thousands in gear. I have some hunting buddies who do this then say “ I don’t have enough to swing for all the state apps” we normally do 9 states for various game, then wonder how I draw every year in different states on draw tags only. Or they forget after five reminders.

 

[DuckDogDr]

Jealous… my boss buys us $200 to some upity steak house which is about 200/ steak.. still leaves me paying $200… for my girlfriend to eat with me… and I can cook the steak better … so goes to waste every year.

If I had 500 to blow .. I would buy some freeze dried food / ammo
Or use it to pay down a credit card
New boots
Gym membership for a year

 

[Britt-dog]

Just bought an Annealeze and 200 pieces of Lapua brass. Was closer to $600 than 5.

 

[ThisIsMyHandle]

I'd spend it on an experience. Night at a hotel and a nice dinner with the wife. Concert tickets. Charter fishing trip. Skydiving. Whatever floats your boat.

Yeah I’m with this guy. We live only a 90 minute train ride from Manhattan. $500 can get me a overnight in a nice hotel, dinner and maybe a show with my wife. Plus the added brownie points from her. It’ll work dividends for me down the stretch.


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[Sdonx]

Dryad Drey LL saddle with all the accessories. Looks like it fits my hunting style perfectly.

 

[TxxAgg]

DraftKings Sportsbook and bet the whole thing on the over at 49.5 on tonight’s playoff game.

This is why I don't bet

Rams 34
Cardinals 11

 

[WoodDuck]

Bitcoin

 

[.204smokechaser]

If this was my $500 I had given to me

1. Debt elimination if I had any.
2. What are my items on my wishlist? (A good fly rod and reel is my #1 this year)
3. Significant others to take on a mini vacation?
4. Charity. There’s still good charities out there
and I think there’s a place where $500 could go farther then what I could make it. Never ever seen kids’ eyes light up more than when a family friend opened up the suitcases with $500 worth of goods I donated when he went over to Africa for a mission trip to better communities and to help with reforestation over there.

 

[mbuster2]

You know inflation is here when you ask, "What would you do with $500?", and most of the answers are investment, stocking up on food, and ammo lol!

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

You know inflation is here when you ask, "What would you do with $500?", and most of the answers are investment, stocking up on food, and ammo lol!

Hopefully things look different after '22 midterms. I don't care what the ammo companies say, there is profiteering going on due to the speculation and fear about current administration's attack on gun rights. Get a majority in at least one house of congress and things may look very different on the "supply/demand" issue.

$500 is a tough number, because it's not quite enough for some things and too much for others. There are always projects to be done around the farm, so I would probably look at new welder or patching/fixing leaky roofs in buildings.

 

[SWOHTR]

Put your personal interests aside. Wife and kids need anything? Stuff around the house (water softener salt, water filters, air filters, etc)? All of the un-sexy stuff that you don’t like buying but need to?

 

[Brock A]

Dump in your IRA or Crypto. If you don't have them, perfect starting amount.