stay solid in that positive mental mindset ;-)Please quit making me think what I spend.
I bet you buy a deer tag, probably a cougar tag, maybe a wolf tag and when the construction business is booming you probably spring for a bear tag. Got to be getting close to a hundred bucks!My elk tag in Montana is 20 bucks. mtmuley
I buy a Sportsman's with bear. It's criminal what it costs. Then a lion and wolf. Bout another 40 bucks. mtmuleyI bet you buy a deer tag, probably a cougar tag, maybe a wolf tag and when the construction business is booming you probably spring for a bear tag. Got to be getting close to a hundred bucks!
I met a guy last fall who just recently moved to Montana. Counting this years planned guided hunts and fishing trips he has taken, in the short time I've known him he has already spent more money than I've spent in probably 20 years or more. All his hunts are on private ranches for trophy animals.
I apply for three states every year but my draw success is pitiful. He mostly purchases tags on private ranches so no draw for him.
I probably spend at least 10 days or more to his one hunting but he has a lot bigger animals hanging on his wall than I do and I'm sure is success rate beats mine.
He's a great guy and if I had his money to spend on hunts I would probably land somewhere between what I do now and what he does.
For the most part just being in the mountains keeping in shape and scouting for criiters/areas to hunt keeps me happy. That's where I was yesterday , today and again on Saturday. ( Gotta take the wife to town tomorrow!! )
If you can round up 9 million, we can spilt 5000 acres of Montana and great elk hunting. mtmuleyMy ideal amount would be enough to buy a couple thousand acres. So it would have to be in the 7-8 figure income range. As of now I spend around $1500 a year give or take $1000.
Truth ! But Farmers Only ?Never had a hunting budget? Mayb why I'm divorced now?
Fuel sure adds up fast for me waterfowl hunting as well.I'm a time guy.
I'd love to have 2 weeks for the Any bull in Utah, the whole deer muzzy hunt, and both weeks of rifle hunt.
As far as budget goes and this is just yearly, not including guns, optics, etc
2 boys with me. Hopefully finding sales
New boots every year-$250-$300
Oldest got 3 pair camp pants, 3 t shirts, couple hoodies, jacket/coat. $. $350ish
Youngest got hand me downs if they weren't destroyed $100ish
Box of 300 win, box of 7mm-08, pyrodex, sabots, and case or 2 of 3" #2 12 gauge.
$450-500
Arrows $100
All their tags and stamps $250ish
$1500-$2000 in fuel by end of waterfowl
$700ish food for big game hunts
$200 or so for incidentals
$500 for euro mounts
That's just them, every once in a while old dad springs for a pair of socks or undies.
Reality is, our "budget" is more lifestyle. Clothes and stuff get used year round, trailers and trucks as well. We shoot year round.
Oldest is finally able to wear stuff more than a year, so maybe dad will get a new shirt.
I'd rather have the time, than tons of tags