Cost too much to take into the woods......

Cost too much to take into the woods......

Let's see, I'm planning on getting some new equipment soon
or
I'm a new bowhunter who wants quality...hmmmm

$1200 New bow
$ 999 Newest high-tec sight
$ 225 Nice rest
$ 160 12 Arrows
$ 100 Case
$ 80 Stabilizer
$ 180 - $400 for Broadheads for 12 arrows
$ 125 Quiver
$ 175 Release
$ 375 Treestand
$ 200 Boots
$ 600 Camo, rain gear(conservative)
$ 150 Fanny pack
$ 300 Range finder
$ 100 Cutlery
$ 150 Misc(calls, ropes, bowholder...etc)

$5,000.00 PLUS give or take!

I know I can get by on the cheap, but some go even higher,
I know I've forgotten a few things but this will do for now...
I'll inform my wife ... maybe?

use all your old stuff..........free

Likely the 5 grand is reasonable expectation,warranted if one-has no old to use-has money to spend on these items-want to go high with quality.
Otherwise nothing wrong with old and proven, if "aint broken why fix it"...........:(:(:(:(

New stuff is good when you have money, used stuff is good even if you have the money.... either way, it's more important to get out then look good...

Similar to golfers, when I first started I only had garage sales golf clubs, no fancy clothes or shoes and seeing all those other guys with the nice clubs, clothes, shoes and bags on the course used to intimated me..................until I seen them hit the ball :)

Tools even old ones in the right hands can do you wonders.

Spend it while you can!

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Originally Posted by SK33T3R

Cost too much to take into the woods......

Let's see, I'm planning on getting some new equipment soon
or
I'm a new bowhunter who wants quality...hmmmm

$1200 New bow
$ 999 Newest high-tec sight
$ 225 Nice rest
$ 160 12 Arrows
$ 100 Case
$ 80 Stabilizer
$ 180 - $400 for Broadheads for 12 arrows
$ 125 Quiver
$ 175 Release
$ 375 Treestand
$ 200 Boots
$ 600 Camo, rain gear(conservative)
$ 150 Fanny pack
$ 300 Range finder
$ 100 Cutlery
$ 150 Misc(calls, ropes, bowholder...etc)

$5,000.00 PLUS give or take!

I know I can get by on the cheap, but some go even higher,
I know I've forgotten a few things but this will do for now...
I'll inform my wife ... maybe?

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You forgot:

ATV - $10,000
Hunting Property - $100,000
Cabin Construction - $5,000
Windmill, solar panels, charge controller, deep cycle batteries, 1500 watt pure sine inverter, etc.. - $3,000

I think that puts us at $123,000

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Originally Posted by SK33T3R

Cost too much to take into the woods......

Let's see, I'm planning on getting some new equipment soon
or
I'm a new bowhunter who wants quality...hmmmm

$1200 New bow
$ 999 Newest high-tec sight
$ 225 Nice rest
$ 160 12 Arrows
$ 100 Case
$ 80 Stabilizer
$ 180 - $400 for Broadheads for 12 arrows
$ 125 Quiver
$ 175 Release
$ 375 Treestand
$ 200 Boots
$ 600 Camo, rain gear(conservative)
$ 150 Fanny pack
$ 300 Range finder
$ 100 Cutlery
$ 150 Misc(calls, ropes, bowholder...etc)

$5,000.00 PLUS give or take!

I know I can get by on the cheap, but some go even higher,
I know I've forgotten a few things but this will do for now...
I'll inform my wife ... maybe?

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WOW!! Just use your old stuff. Think of all the money you just saved for gas and Timmie's.

I never said I was buying all that new stuff.
My neighbour just bought a used bow for over $1,000.
He's getting arrows and other gadgets as the season begins to approach.

It was raining out and I seen that posted somewhere else and thought " Yup it sounds ridiculous"
but we all have friends who upgrade every year.
Just somewhat amazing how fast it all adds up.

12 arrows? 12 Broadheads? .... your buddy ain't ready for the Bush.

This is a good list for a deer Hunter, now try starting out at 45 hunting. Bow hunting Deer, and then gun hunting for Turkey and Waterfowl (decoys, trailer, calls)... and now Coyote hunting. Different gear for each species.


Mind you I could have continued with golf... membership at the club, new clubs, balls, shoes, clothes, winter trip to the Carolina's, sure adds up for a sport that is only designed to frustrate a person. In golf, you never win, you always are trying to better your last score, you are playing against yourself.


Yes, getting started at hunting has been expensive, but the reward has been ten fold. The meat, but more important, the friendships created.

Just think Fred Bear killed Deer with an old long bow wearing blue jeans & red lumber jackets sitting on the ground... lol

The first year I hunted the most expensive gear I had to buy was an Orange Vest and Hat :)

I guess it comes down to how much value is your spare time worth
between hunting and fishing gear I know I have easy $100,000 but do I need that much? probably not

Dan

The price of new flagship model bows has really gotten out of hand. I don't think i'll ever buy 'new' again. If you're around various forums and Facebook buy-n-sell groups, you can find anything and everything used for a lot cheaper.

You can choose to spend that kind of money but in no way do you ever have to spend that money. That is like British estate hunting money, wow.

The new Excalibur Assassin X-bow package is $1599.99 plus tax. OUCH!!

I used to upgrade every year to the latest & greatest Excalibur. I'm officially out of the upgrading game with this price tag. Now if a used one comes up for 1/2 price all bets are off...lol

For most these days time is the most valuable commodity.

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Originally Posted by Species8472

You forgot:

ATV - $10,000
Hunting Property - $100,000
Cabin Construction - $5,000
Windmill, solar panels, charge controller, deep cycle batteries, 1500 watt pure sine inverter, etc.. - $3,000

I think that puts us at $123,000

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Let me know where I can find these deals, I think you a little light on the prices especially for land and cabin build,unless your going to the middle of no where and doing all the work yourself,even then you probably do not have enough money even for material.

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Originally Posted by Gilroy

Let me know where I can find these deals, I think you a little light on the prices especially for land and cabin build,unless your going to the middle of no where and doing all the work yourself,even then you probably do not have enough money even for material.

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A backpack and camping gear is a heck of a lot cheaper,less hassle and more fun.

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Originally Posted by Gilroy

Let me know where I can find these deals, I think you a little light on the prices especially for land and cabin build,unless your going to the middle of no where and doing all the work yourself,even then you probably do not have enough money even for material.

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Cost me 4k to build my 16x20 cabin in 2011. Insulated with wood heat. Took a while but scavenged all the material in bits and pieces from kijiji and built it myself.

Electrical cost 2.5k in 2011. 200 watt panel, 400 watt windmill, most of it is 12VDC but there is a 1500 watt pure sine inverter that also has a charge controller built in. Only item purchased new was 200 amp hour deep cycle battery ($700). Battery will need replacement in 2 or 3 years.

Land price is what i paid in 2010 for 100 acres in 82a - about 2hrs from the GTA. No driveway or entrance. I burned about $1500 in fuel with my backhoe mining aggregate off of the property to build the driveway, parking area and prepare the base for the cabin.

Comfortable but rustic.

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Originally Posted by Species8472

Cost me 4k to build my 16x20 cabin in 2011. Insulated with wood heat. Took a while but scavenged all the material in bits and pieces from kijiji and built it myself.

Electrical cost 2.5k in 2011. 200 watt panel, 400 watt windmill, most of it is 12VDC but there is a 1500 watt pure sine inverter that also has a charge controller built in. Only item purchased new was 200 amp hour deep cycle battery ($700). Battery will need replacement in 2 or 3 years.

Land price is what i paid in 2010 for 100 acres in 82a - about 2hrs from the GTA. No driveway or entrance. I burned about $1500 in fuel with my backhoe mining aggregate off of the property to build the driveway, parking area and prepare the base for the cabin.

Comfortable but rustic.

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It is nice when you have the know how to do a lot of that yourself eh. We have put in 2 solar systems into camps now, grab parts where you can when you can and build when you have all the pieces.

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Originally Posted by Species8472

Cost me 4k to build my 16x20 cabin in 2011. Insulated with wood heat. Took a while but scavenged all the material in bits and pieces from kijiji and built it myself.

Electrical cost 2.5k in 2011. 200 watt panel, 400 watt windmill, most of it is 12VDC but there is a 1500 watt pure sine inverter that also has a charge controller built in. Only item purchased new was 200 amp hour deep cycle battery ($700). Battery will need replacement in 2 or 3 years.

Land price is what i paid in 2010 for 100 acres in 82a - about 2hrs from the GTA. No driveway or entrance. I burned about $1500 in fuel with my backhoe mining aggregate off of the property to build the driveway, parking area and prepare the base for the cabin.

Comfortable but rustic.

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You did very well getting land up in that area for that price even in 2110,your sweat equity will pay of very well.Good job.

Land was fairly cheap as unlike other parts of 82a mine is essentially useless for agriculture - either very stony or cedar swamp with pockets of quick sand here and there. Out of the entire 100 only about 2 or 3 acres are suitable for food plots and I currently have those areas planted in white clover. For my purposes though it is perfect, lots of deer, bunnies and grouse. Zoning is 2/3 rural and 1/3 EP so if I ever wanted to I could even build a permanent residence. The other factor that brought the price down is the frontage of the property is entirely swamp (about 5 or 6 acres). The result being if you wanted to put a driveway in you were looking at +/- 30k if you hired a contractor to do the excavation and grading work with trucked in aggregate. Before I made the offer I confirmed that I could get an entrance approval and got permission from the neighbour to get my backhoe onto the property from the side using his property. I than saved all the aggregate costs by mining it off the property (checked out the quaternary geology mapping to confirm that the property had gravel on site) and did all the grading/excavating and construction myself building the driveway from the inside out.

Don't forget a reliable pickup / vehicle to get you there - $50,000 +

It's all luxury in the end, we all know you can tag out with a $300 used bow and a pair of rubber boots.