I have some very nice pieces of gear with names like Leica, Schmidt and Bender, Weatherby, etc. Are they necessary? No. Are they worth the price? In my opinion, yes. I have hunted in my back yard. I have hunted on the other side of the world. I have hunted big stuff. I have hunted small stuff. I have hunted in an area overrun by other hunters cause I didn't have time to fly out to more remote country. I have flown to remote country and hunted for weeks and never seen another hunter. I have hired guides. I have hunted on my own.
hunting is my passion in life. In fact, the only reason I put up with the headaches I do at work is to earn money to pay for the next hunt. I have been blessed to earn a decent wage and I spend that money creating memories in the form of hunts. I do many many hunts that cost less than $100. I have also been on hunts that have cost in excess of $40,000. When deciding what I want to hunt next, I don't really worry about price other than the completely insane stuff like rhino, markhor, lion, etc. I do a lot of low budget hunts to maximize my days in the field each year within my means but I also try to take one trip each year that runs into the 5 digits. I don't eat out. I don't go to the bar. I don't smoke. I don't buy Starbucks. I scrimp and save and sometimes work extra jobs to put together the necessary $ to fund the next adventure. Some of my hunts have been successful beyond my grandest hopes. Some have been utterly disastrous survival expeditions. I cringe to think of how many dollars I have spent on hunting in my lifetime but there is one thing I know for certain. I do not regret one penny of the money I have laid out on my hunting memories. I choose to live life. Not horde money.
hunting is my passion in life. In fact, the only reason I put up with the headaches I do at work is to earn money to pay for the next hunt. I have been blessed to earn a decent wage and I spend that money creating memories in the form of hunts. I do many many hunts that cost less than $100. I have also been on hunts that have cost in excess of $40,000. When deciding what I want to hunt next, I don't really worry about price other than the completely insane stuff like rhino, markhor, lion, etc. I do a lot of low budget hunts to maximize my days in the field each year within my means but I also try to take one trip each year that runs into the 5 digits. I don't eat out. I don't go to the bar. I don't smoke. I don't buy Starbucks. I scrimp and save and sometimes work extra jobs to put together the necessary $ to fund the next adventure. Some of my hunts have been successful beyond my grandest hopes. Some have been utterly disastrous survival expeditions. I cringe to think of how many dollars I have spent on hunting in my lifetime but there is one thing I know for certain. I do not regret one penny of the money I have laid out on my hunting memories. I choose to live life. Not horde money.
