Got $5k to spend on myself - what should I do?

[bowhuntercoop]

Rolex, or at least a solid chunk down on one. Won’t ever loose money and it will be passed down for generations.

 

[MallardSX2]

I would fund an IRA pointed at the S&P 500 and put it towards retirement and forget that I even had it.

 

[HuntHarder]

RF Beenos if you don't have them. Part of a BTX setup. Offshore fishing trip.

 

[Rock’N Tacos]

I would fund an IRA pointed at the S&P 500 and put it towards retirement and forget that I even had it.

My wife and I both have pensions and are maxing out IRAs.

 

[grizz19]

12 NL’s and be happy for eternity

 

[Rock’N Tacos]

Rolex, or at least a solid chunk down on one. Won’t ever loose money and it will be passed down for generations.

Interesting…not sure I am a Rolex guy, but maybe could become one?? Lol

 

[Rock’N Tacos]

12 NL’s and be happy for eternity

I thought those or the new 12x42 EL ranges would be a solid option. I could give my Kowas to my son.

 

[Joshk358]

I'd use it for a hunt or adventure of some sort.

 

[Thejet]

Couse deer hunt would be spot on that budget!

 

[BigMiss]

If I had 5k to blow after going on the hunts I wanted and upgrading gear I wanted to upgrade, I would go to the S2H shooting course. I am set on dogs and shotguns. Tags/hunts are bought each year regardless of all other factors other than once in a decade or once in a lifetime hunts. I don't have a ton of desire to own dozens of rifles, I like using one shotgun/rifle though I have multiple.

 

[roadrunner]

I’ll have to think about this. I generally just do whatever hunts I want throughout the year. I go to AK every year for a moose hunt, will hunt multiple states for elk or deer when I draw a decent tag. I have been averaging 30-45 nights out hunting the last couple years. Its not really enough for a guided hunt, kind of a weird inbetween amount.

Then I guess I'm confused on what your question truly is; sounds like you spend money how and on what whenever you please without batting an eye.

 

[Rock’N Tacos]

Then I guess I'm confused on what your question truly is; sounds like you spend money how and on what whenever you please without batting an eye.

When it comes to hunts, yes. I kind of do. Rifles, optics, etc. i usually buy everything used, flip/resell to get up to where I am. That is more of a habit from when times were tighter financially. Right now we are very comfortable, but that hasn’t always been the case. All my hunts are DIY, never paid a guide. I have never gone out and just dropped $3k on anything without selling a couple things off first. My Kowa 66a I purchased through a buddy who is a Kowa dealer at a significant discount. I flipped my 553 and was only out of pocket $1000. I think it is more psychological than financial limitations. So $5k to just spend on whatever isn’t a place I have been before.