No wives are allowed to view this thread (unless they hunt too)

[innergel]

$37.67 sounds about right. I'm gonna go with that number too.

[Rakkasan2187]

I refuse to add it up....I might stroke out or have a heart attack! Some things are better left alone! HA!

Thats called a heartastroke. I just had one when i thought about this thread.

[Sunrise]

Here's how I justify/look at it:

- I quit Skoal last January. That's one can per day at about $5.50 per can. Multiply that by 365 days per year and that comes out to $2,007.50.

-My deer lease is cheaper than that, so I guess I'm saving money.
-Wife should be happy with that. And that's what is important.

I can 1 up that. My wife smokes. That's about the same cost, so when she says something about my hunting expenses, I say, "It is cheaper than what you burn up every year, keeps me healthy, I share it with the kids, at the end of the year I still have a bunch of stuff besides cigarette butts and it puts gourmet meat on the table. When you stop smoking, we will discuss how much I spend on hunting." Now, if she ever stops smoking, I may be in a fix.

[coon007]

So I have a hunting problem, I can quit anytime I want to.

[elliscountyhog]

Average $6K/year and LOVE IT, and my wife knows that it can and may get worse if i decide to get another lease

[KSHogman]

There is no way im going to put that info on here !!!!!

[stuntriderant]

i dont really care how much it is a year, its worth every penny to me.

Thats me too.

[TX_Kevin]

The best thing to do when you start thinking about how much you spend on hunting, on the deer lease, and everything else is to decide to buy a ranch. Decide to buy a small ranch, say 150 acres - a ranch many on this board would say is too small to hunt.

By the time you tally up what you'd spend per year on your small ranch, even $5000 a year for a top-notch deer lease will seem like a bargain. If you want to make $15,000/year for a lease sound good increase the acreage of your small ranch to 1000 acres. Deer leasin' don't sound quite so bad then.

[Hot4huntin]

No way, no how...

We have a don't ask, don't tell policy at our house. Hunting gear just shows up and it is all good. We just enjoy the time outdoors with family and friends.

[KIDD]

This is exactly why my jaw dropped to the floor when the wife came to me and said that she wants a new bow Matthews passion and wants to hunt as well. So my billing my start doubling up by the end of the year if she's serious about it.

So far this year i have this hunt in may at the diamond c

Diamond C hunt
Hoyt carbon Matrix

these 2 alone is alot already and we're not to the taxi yet or deer season either.

[mnsmokepole]

Don't want to know!

[Danw]

Exactly, that's why I'm going to try to get her into knitting or something.

DON'T DO IT! I tried that logic and now she just knits in the blind! It gets really annoying and always starts an argument when I spray her foo foo yarn with scent killer.

[lilredneck]

My Brain Hurts!!!!!!

[Jp.]

I didnt do this when Jim started this,there is no way Im doing it now.

[ByronF]

Hello.. My name is Byron and I'm a huntaholic.!