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Author Topic: whats the best purchase you ever made for hunting??  (Read 1937 times)

Offline Jack Whitmire Jr

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Re: whats the best purchase you ever made for hunting??
« Reply #40 on: October 25, 2009, 07:26:00 AM »
Lifetime hunting lic -$300 - a yearly  sportmans lic is now $80 or more - lifetime is now $500- $700

Knee high rubber boots- deer quit busting  me after that .

Wool to keep me in the woods when it is cold .

My  little acreage to live/hunt on
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Offline ishoot4thrills

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Re: whats the best purchase you ever made for hunting??
« Reply #41 on: October 25, 2009, 07:35:00 AM »
Probably one of the best purchases I ever made was Byron Ferguson's book, "Become the Arrow" which he autographed at a shooting event he had in Louisville, KY. I was struggling with trad shooting at the time. After reading the methods in his book and applying them, my shooting improved dramatically in a few short weeks.
     
Also, the purchase of a "two man ladder stand" was money well spent. As this year, I killed a doe with trad from it and my 9 year old son killed his first deer(rifle kill doe during youth gun hunt weekend) from it also.
     
I also really like my cheap "Garmin Geko" gps. I don't use it all that often but it's there when I need it. It's only about the size of a small cell phone so it fits easily inside my fanny pack without argument. It's not loaded with unnecessary features and is simple to use and it gets the job done.
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Offline hvyhitter

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Re: whats the best purchase you ever made for hunting??
« Reply #42 on: October 25, 2009, 08:22:00 AM »
Gotta go with Mike on the Divorce!!!! That opened the way to good wool,good insulated boots, several bows,bowhunting in three states and nobody to question every penny!
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Re: whats the best purchase you ever made for hunting??
« Reply #43 on: October 25, 2009, 08:54:00 AM »
Whitetail Hunter in 1977....Yeah it was a compound, but it was the first bow I hunted with.  I literally ran hundreds of thousands of arrows through that old clunker and developed a love for arrows in flight.

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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: whats the best purchase you ever made for hunting??
« Reply #44 on: October 25, 2009, 09:33:00 AM »
I spent about $600 on the latest overdraw PSE wheelie thing in 88 or 89. Had a limb break as I was drawing on the biggest buck I had seen close up in the woods, 7 yds. This turned me against technology and I never shot a compound device again.

Shooting a friends recurve while my compound was being repaired, my earlier interest in traditional archery was rekindled. My journey through the ranks from recurve shooter to selfbow shooter and builder has been made possible by blowing $600 on a piece of junk. Best $600 I ever spent!

I hate to think of what my archery future might have been had I killed that huge buck with wheels. I probably would have fallen in love with technology and missed out on the great friends and experiences I have acquired in the traditional community.
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Offline Gordy

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Re: whats the best purchase you ever made for hunting??
« Reply #45 on: October 25, 2009, 09:55:00 AM »
It's gotta be my 6X6 Polaris ATV.... it gets me past the slow pokes and way back into prime Elk country before anyone else.   :smileystooges:  

That is ...if I had one...and if I ever went Elk huntin !   :biglaugh:
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Re: whats the best purchase you ever made for hunting??
« Reply #46 on: October 25, 2009, 10:24:00 AM »
Ok, it is a few years ago, but some hunting land that was very reasonably priced. I did not have a lot of money at the time, but I got tired of having to find a new place to hunt all the time and wanted to have a safe place to take my kids hunting. Absolutely the best purchase I ever made, well, except for a wedding ring- sorry boys, I got a jem on both accounts.
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Offline overbo

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Re: whats the best purchase you ever made for hunting??
« Reply #47 on: October 25, 2009, 10:32:00 AM »
SMOKE BOMBS,
Like the type you buy at 4th July.Use them to record wind direction durring the offseason
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Re: whats the best purchase you ever made for hunting??
« Reply #48 on: October 25, 2009, 10:36:00 AM »
My 8x30 Swarovski binoculars. Paid $300 for them 20 years ago. I carry them on every hunt.
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Offline Steve O

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Re: whats the best purchase you ever made for hunting??
« Reply #49 on: October 25, 2009, 11:12:00 AM »
PREMIUM Binoculars; I have Leicas, but it does not matter which of the "big 3" you get.  They are worth every penny.  Anyone who says they are not doesn't use their binoculars much.  

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Offline azhunter

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Re: whats the best purchase you ever made for hunting??
« Reply #50 on: October 25, 2009, 11:25:00 AM »
Spent the money to buy 15X Swarovski binos.  Hunting out here in the west it is amazing the game you can find when setup on a nice tripod. Everyone that looks through them when hunting with me says WOW the first time they look through them. I will now always advise buying the best pair of binows you can afford.
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Offline wingnut

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Re: whats the best purchase you ever made for hunting??
« Reply #51 on: October 25, 2009, 11:33:00 AM »
GPS every time.  Since they became available we have upgraded each time they come out with a better issue.

They have allowed us to orient in wilderness after dark and hunt elk all day without worrying about getting home at night.

Mike
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Offline Lefty

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Re: whats the best purchase you ever made for hunting??
« Reply #52 on: October 25, 2009, 11:37:00 AM »
Best purchase I have made, is a safety harness for my daughter, so she could spend time in the tree stand with me!
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Offline Rigs

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Re: whats the best purchase you ever made for hunting??
« Reply #53 on: October 25, 2009, 12:01:00 PM »
Dang Lefty!

I was truly gonna say the same thing!  So I'll just add to it...

Setting up my kids with cothes, hiking boots (for elk), rubber boots (for getting into the whitie country).  Ground blinds (so they can anyelope hunti with me).

My daughter Kassi (9), and son Connor(8) spend lots of time in the outdoors with me and their mom!

Happy hunting,
Jason
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Offline Tioga

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Re: whats the best purchase you ever made for hunting??
« Reply #54 on: October 25, 2009, 12:27:00 PM »
A hunting license for my wife.  :)
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Offline Sam McMichael

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Re: whats the best purchase you ever made for hunting??
« Reply #55 on: October 25, 2009, 12:46:00 PM »
Actually, it was a rifle! That's what got me into deer hunting to begin with. Later, I expanded my horizons, and took up bowhunting exclusively. However, if I had not started out with the gun, I probably would never have taken up deer hunting at all.
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Re: whats the best purchase you ever made for hunting??
« Reply #56 on: October 25, 2009, 12:58:00 PM »
Lefty and Rigs....ya got it goin' on fella's.
The best money I spent was:
1)sandwich bags for my lil girls PB&J "sammiches" and Doritos
2)hot cocoa for her thermos
3)buddy heater for her warmth

and a book of little white lies of why we didn't see any deer!

Guess even the dumbest deer don't like Dorito breath!!!     :biglaugh:
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Offline Bowspirit

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Re: whats the best purchase you ever made for hunting??
« Reply #57 on: October 25, 2009, 01:17:00 PM »
Internet access...all other purchases fell into place after I found the 'Gang...
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Re: whats the best purchase you ever made for hunting??
« Reply #58 on: October 25, 2009, 01:24:00 PM »
I would have to say my 4 wheel drive ext cab Dodge. I missed many a day hunting because of the roads and not being able to get to the woods. The V10 likes the gas but it will pull anything...Roy
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Offline Squirrelbane

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Re: whats the best purchase you ever made for hunting??
« Reply #59 on: October 25, 2009, 01:38:00 PM »
thrift store wool stuff.  :D
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