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    Cost too much to take into the woods......
    Let's see, I'm planning on getting some new equipment soon
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    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?
    Last edited by SK33T3R; April 25th, 2018 at 02:40 PM.
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    use all your old stuff..........free
    It isn,t how you do it,its how you did it

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    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"...........

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    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.
    "Everything is easy when you know how"
    "Meat is not grown in stores"

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    Spend it while you can!

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    Quote Originally Posted by SK33T3R View Post
    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?
    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
    The wilderness is not a stadium where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, it is the cathedral where I worship.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SK33T3R View Post
    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?
    WOW!! Just use your old stuff. Think of all the money you just saved for gas and Timmie's.
    If a tree falls on your ex in the woods and nobody hears it,you should probably still get rid of your chainsaw. Just sayin'....

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    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.
    If you keep doing what you've always done. You'll keep getting what you've always got!
    Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

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    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.
    Last edited by Doug; April 26th, 2018 at 05:20 AM.

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

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