Your hunting money

[Crusader]

My wife and I share everything, bank accounts, credit cards, etc. If she cared how much I spent, she could easily go and find out. I don't really care what she spends either as I know she has discretion just like me. Hell, when I was on my last hunting trip, she accidentally bought a $500 bottle of wine at a restaurant with her nephew and his wife in SC. Had she not told me about it, I would have never known.

Honesty and openness is the best way to go....

 

[Justin Crossley]

I'm lucky and my wife understands how much I like hunting, so it's never an issue. All our accounts are joint, so she sees all my spending. I think one of the keys is that I try to give her everything she needs/wants so there is never any reason she would worry about what I buy.

Her only expensive hobby (besides traveling with @Tanya Avery) is backpacking. And backpacking is really only expensive for her because I like to make sure she has the best of everything when it comes to gear. As soon as she started getting into it I told her to pick out any truck she wanted and then bought and tricked it out for her. We got her set up with a good pack, tent, pad, stove, a couple of sleeping bags, and everything else she needed.

Pretty sure I actually like buying her gear more than I like buying it for myself.

 

[JakeSCH]

When we first started making decent money to buy nice things, I went off the deep end on spending. My wife keeps the budget, no hiding from her but I did buy her model x to even things out.

 

[ThisIsMyHandle]

Why? My wife and I have an arrangement where I'm afforded a budget for my gear and 'adventures'

It's never been a huge budget, but it gets me hunting.

We have the same thing. I make a good living and get 10% of my yearly earnings that I can spend on whatever I want. No questions asked.


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[Ross]

40 years together this year…we always said two presidents in this hh and discuss all bigger purchases together….keep it level for each other and no worries to coming home with a redesigned home

 

[D_Eightch]

A co-worker and I were discussing the amount of gear we've acquired over the years. I had never put a pen to paper on the value of gear I've got stacked away in my little room. So one night I wrote everything down and looked up the prices. I was a bit surprised and it made me think I should probably have that list somewhere should something happen.

As far as ongoing expenses we each have a separate account that we have a monthly deposit go to from our main checking. Works great and there's never any issues. She does her thing and I do mine. People think it's weird that we do things separate from eachother. She knows I have no desire to sit next to a beach or pool drinking Mai Tais and she wouldn't want to go spend a week sleeping in a tent and crapping outside. Not to say we don't ever do anything together. We do family trips and the occasional couples trip.

 

[Jpsmith1]

We have the same thing. I make a good living and get 10% of my yearly earnings that I can spend on whatever I want. No questions asked.


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10% would be pretty awesome but between kids and health issues on both of our parts, that hasn't been feasible.

 

[Where's Bruce?]

BTW...my previous advice was sarcasm and my wife is not ignorant of the fact I have so much hunting and camping gear it fills my office, half the garage and a good portion of a 12X40 foot storage unit. Doesn't include the hunting vehicles.

 

[Kimber7man]

My wife and I have had one joint checking and savings account since we were married (be 30 years this summer). Plus 2 credit card accounts. We both have username and passwords for online access to all accounts so we can both see everything. It has worked for us.

 

[Kansas Bound]

Both should be on the same page or it will never work.

 

[KenLee]

I'd have to keep what's spent on actual hunting vs guns and ammo that are "collected" or the # would be insane to me.
The $ spent on food plots in 2022 was mind blowing with prices doubling in last 2 years.