How much are you reasonably willing to spend on hunting each year?

[tdhanses]

That is the most gentle way I have ever seen a guy tell his wife to mind her own bidness. Good job!!

Haha, yeah sure that’s just what happened

 

[Joe Schmo]

I love the Dave Ramsey talk. If you don’t “Dave” then you probably don’t have any idea because you don’t have a budget or keep track of your money. Also money spent is be relative to your income and where you are in the baby steps.
e.g. 6k a year on hunting is much different for someone with a household income of 70k, two car payments and a student loan and someone who’s debt free except their house with a household income of 100k

 

[The Beard]

Well, I’m a gear junkie also so...
Never really deducted what I sell from what I spent so who knows.
$1-2k in gear/year maybe?
$3-5k for actual “hunting expenses”, tags etc...
I try to take at least 1 out of state trip every year, most years it’s 2 trips.
I put a little off to the side every pay check, so I don’t have to have “the” conversation with my wife!

 

[bummer7580]

I try to do an outfitted hunt out west every year. I try not to think about what I spend and definitely don't want to add up the cost in front of my wife. Years ago I decided that later in life when I am sitting in a nursing home wearing diapers the stupid smile on my face will be from hunting memories no one can take from me.

 

[wupterchook]

Probably around 2-3k for most years with in-state hunting only. Years I've gone to AK or Africa this year more like 20k.

 

[Newhunter1]

Last year I bought a quiet kat ambush, a new bow, three new blinds, a saddle set up...I spend to much.

 

[keller]

i built a house with much help from family and friends. hired out what I couldn't do. lived like a dog but not broke.worked 2 and sometimes 3 jobs so my wife {bless her heart} could stay home and raise our children till they got in school.then all of a sudden we were through that made the last payment on our house on my 46th birthday.first thing on my mind was #1 bucketlist hunt Kodiak brown bear found a cancellation hunt showed it to my wife she said you deserve it go.booked it sep 2015. killed a beautiful brown bear april 2016.got a full bear mount saved for next bucketlist dall sheep booked it.aug 2018 took the whole family to ak fished sightsee flew them home.then to hunting killed a 10 yo dall sheep.these experiences could not be replaced with any amount of money!!

 

[keller]

go to a nursing home and ask the residents which do you regret more. the things you did? or the things you didn't do?

 

[JD5521]

$4,000-$5,000

 

[fiskeri1]

This coming season will see two guided hunts in AZ and one DIY in WY. All told will probably push 30K. Doing it now while I can.

 

[badshot]

Damn, what I took away from this thread was that if I stopped buying new gear my total would be alot less. But if I turned that portion around I could do at least one out of state hunt every 2 years. Now to check into therapy to stop my new gear addiction.

 

[87TT]

I just bought a Vortex spotter on sale and some clothing, so about a grand this week. At 66 years old I'm going to spend what I want, when I want. Probably not going to go out of state so still not too bad.

 

[flyfishaz]

Usually about $500-$1000 but three years ago I spent $10,000 on an Africa trip that included some mounts.

 

[Tanya Avery]

That is the most gentle way I have ever seen a guy tell his wife to mind her own bidness. Good job!!

Lol, if he had actually meant that I ‘mind my own business’ we would have a bigger problem than how much he spends a year on hunting! He knows I was just teasing him. I don’t care how much he spends, and he doesn’t tell me what I can buy either.

 

[luch79]

Last year I spent $3000 but that included a remote fly in hunt. I also killed a bull moose a bull elk a black bear two white tail bucks and a mulie buck on that budget.

 

[SteveCNJ]

If I only hunt NJ its $700 for access to private land to hunt deer. Licenses for hunting(bow, muzzie, shotgun, pheasant and fishing) run about $325 for a resident. I do upgrade gear and clothes on occasion that can 500 to 1,000. Doing an elk rifle guided hunt in Wyoming the last week of September. $4500 for the hunt plus a tip for the guide, bought a new rifle/scope $3600, tag $1,317, Swaros $2,600. Going to drive, buddy is flying with his son so it will take me.a couple of days, add $200 rooms, $700 gas. I'm single and rarely eat dinner out (single biggest waste of $ imho). So this year, big $$ around 15k but turning 63 in a couple of weeks if not now, when...

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[Jackal7]

I hunt in multiple states and twice in Canada each year. Including my share of our deer lease, probably $5k -$7.5k each year, including gear. This year will be more due to an Alaska trip. My wife doesn't blink at it because I am self-employed and was the flexible parent while raising our kids because her job is sometimes 70 hours a week.

 

[BennyJack]

5-10k

 

[notchfir3]

$3000 Ammo included.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Do you mean how much to "go on hunts"?

How about folks who own land and are paying taxes on that land, replacing trail cameras, batteries, feeders, corn, gas and equipment for property maintenance, food plots, removing trees that fall over access roads, chainsaws, tractors.........that stuff adds up in a hurry. I'm pretty sure they (and certainly their wives) would consider that "spending money on hunting."

I know a guy who goes on multiple sheep hunts (with a bow) up in Canada every year......I can't imagine what the answer to this question would be for him