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.

 

[Rock’N Tacos]

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.

Are they charging $5k for the shoot 2 hunt course?

 

[logflame]

$5,000 in kids fishing poles and then just start walking around and passing them out to kids you see.

 

[Steve O]

Received an unexpected $5k as a thank you of sorts from my employer on top of other bonuses. I told my wife I was going to stick it in savings and the Wife said I should spent it on a gun or something. Thoughts? We are doing well financially and have a healthy savings account and retirement. I have everything I need and am pretty deep into the wants. I thought about maybe a custom rifle of some sort, but I have some that I really like already:

-223
-6arc
-6mm CM
-308 (browning bar dbm)
-6.5 PRC
-280 AI

All wear some sort of nigjtfforce. None of these are full custom and I could build a custom rifle or pick up a gunwerks. I have always wanted a Barrett Fieldcraft - so I could do that.

I was thinking maybe a nice handgun (all I currently own are glocks), like a Staccato maybe?

I just picked up a Kowa 66a a couple months ago, so am pretty set with a spotter, but am currently using the Kowa 10.5x44 binos. Mayne grab some NL Pures or the new 12x42 EL range TAs?

I don’t have a nice semi auto shotgun anymore, I mostly hunt upland and have been using a browning cynergy feather, so maybe a new shotgun is in order?

Anyway, what recommendations do y’all have?

Have not read all the reply’s or seen if you have added more detail but if I mostly hunted uplands, I’d pack up the wife and dog for a week or two and do a big road trip out west next fall and stay in nice lodges or resorts and pamper her along with seeing some new country and game birds.

 

[wapitibob]

put it away, some day you'll know what to do with it, without hesitation

 

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[Mr.Ktm]

Go to Kodiak Alaska and do boat trip deer hunt

 

[BigMiss]

Are they charging $5k for the shoot 2 hunt course?

Nope. But with ammo and travel it gets up there.

 

[WoolOverAll]

Get some bespoke outdoor gear and flex on the commoners.