Share your "Hunting Items I've overspent on with no advantage"

[chippewawarrior]

Any Bino Harness. I have a love/hate relationship with them...all. I have tried Badlands, AGC, Kuiu, Marsupial (x2), SG, Kifaru. I buy them, try them, then sell them, all for a hit in the pocketbook. I keep going back to my original AGC, and it's not perfect either. Still looking for the holy "bino" grail.

I prefer stuff sewn by my wife, cause then it's the way that I want it. She made a stay on neoprene spotting scope case out of a $7 wine holder. It is awesome!

 

[Scoutfan]

Rifle scopes that don't hold zero.
A custom rifle -- my Savage Axis was made and shoots better.
Trying to many bullets trying to get just a little more accuracy or performance.

 

[JTabora]

I'm convinced rotomolded, yeti style coolers aren't worth the hype for average users. They hold temp a bit better but they're too difficult to move by yourself. I use my old Coleman's more because I can actually lift them when they're packed, as opposed to asking a neighbor for help moving a fully laden rtic.

 

[PanhandlePilgrim]

I think Custom guns are up there for me, all this prep and load work and i dont often get shots on animals over 300 yards. And then I bought a Tikka CTR that is just as accurate for 1/4 of the price ( i think my CTR may be on the exceptional side of accuracy even for a Tikka.) But man I do love my rifles and I usually get bored with them and change the barrel to something else before I shoot it out.

 

[Corymhoward]

Sitka base layers

 

[Sitkaspruce]

My Leica range finder. I have used it more for the "guess how far that is" game with clients and friends than actually used it to range an animal. But I do carry it still, just in case.....

My Winchester Extreme Weather in 270 WSM. Great gun and I have shot a lot of game with it, but for the cost of the gun and the Zeiss scope, everything I shot could have been killed with my basic old boring 270 win with the basic old boring Bausch and Lomb Elite 3200 . So it has become a safe queen for now.

Cheap ground blinds that last a year......

Cheers

SS

 

[chippewawarrior]

All optics that begin with a V.

Agreed 100%. I have 3 items from said “V” company. Through no fault of my own, ALL 3 have had to invoke the warranty clause. Doesn’t leave a ton of confidence in the product. I will say the warranty is wonderful, but in my experience necessary.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

Agreed 100%. I have 3 items from said “V” company. Through no fault of my own, ALL 3 have had to invoke the warranty clause. Doesn’t leave a ton of confidence in the product. I will say the warranty is wonderful, but in my experience necessary.

yep, all 3 of mine and 2 of them twice.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Man I could write a small book on frivolities haha bottom line is practice and determination kill stuff. Not gear. But it is nice to have nice things I know that for sure. I think most important gear is rock solid scope/ rings or any aiming device, behind that is binos and boots/ socks. Least important is name brand hunting clothing… really though with rifles and bows, most low end bows kill just as good as an RX7 and 90% of hunters (myself included) can’t shoot better than a decent ruger American gen 1 that prints .75 10 round groups…