Thread: How much do you spend on gear?

Originally Posted by Freezer

Is this you @oneshot? If so it looks like you might spend a bit more than a 303 and a swannie.
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haha no that's not me, just a bit of a coincidence with the name.

Day walk today:

Boots $600
Swazi jacket $500
Day pack $200
Binos $2000
Range Finder $1100
EPLB $500
Camera $500
Gopro $600
Knife $200
Multi tool $150
Diamond Steel $100
Rifle $3000

Around $10k this morning and I saw two hares!

So yeah - it can be an expensive game.

Originally Posted by craigc

Day walk today:

Boots $600
Swazi jacket $500
Day pack $200
Binos $2000
Range Finder $1100
EPLB $500
Camera $500
Gopro $600
Knife $200
Multi tool $150
Diamond Steel $100
Rifle $3000

Around $10k this morning and I saw two hares!

So yeah - it can be an expensive game.

No Wonder you saw nothing, apart from ya Swazi Jacket you were naked!! Glad i didnt go LOL

Hamish

The reason I work is to enjoy the fruits of my labour and have fun in my hobbies.
If I want it and can afford it I'll buy it.

If I want if but can't afford it. ........... fuck it, that's what credit cards are for.

Originally Posted by Nibblet

The reason I work is to enjoy the fruits of my labour and have fun in my hobbies.
If I want it and can afford it I'll buy it.

If I want if but can't afford it. ........... fuck it, that's what credit cards are for.

+1 on that.. I'm up to 17-18k been almost a year iv been hunting. I never asked to like nice flash new things. I was just born that way haha

Scope
Rifle
boots
can

I don't buy hunting clothes,, it's all CRT type gear apart from shorts.

Originally Posted by Adam1984

+1 on that.. I'm up to 17-18k been almost a year iv been hunting. I never asked to like nice flash new things. I was just born that way haha

What the hell have you spent $18000 on in a year of hunting ?

I cant afford one of those fancy rifles with a bolt, just have to settle for my single shot rifle. does the job though

Originally Posted by Zamkiwi

What the hell have you spent $18000 on in a year of hunting ?

3 rifles
90 & 60L packs
tent/cooking
Dog
sleeping bags
spotting scope
2 lots of boots pants/jackets
gps

the list goes on buying gear for two people sucks it up faster..

Originally Posted by craigc

Day walk today:

Boots $600
Swazi jacket $500
Day pack $200
Binos $2000
Range Finder $1100
EPLB $500
Camera $500
Gopro $600
Knife $200
Multi tool $150
Diamond Steel $100
Rifle $3000

Around $10k this morning and I saw two hares!

So yeah - it can be an expensive game.

Holy Shit!

Back in the day when I was paid piss poor bought the '42 'smelly' 303, bought the excellent swanny which is still going 44 years later...altho the feckn thing is getting smaller, (should take it back and complain eh.,)...that year 1971 traded the old scouting kapok sleeping bag for a good kiwi made one with hollofil the first off the rank...!!!! Jeez even I'm too old (good old 1946 vintage) but noone of my gear has let me down ever...

Spend what I can when I can really, have discussed this with friends before, a trip in the mountains can look like:

Pack: $400
Boots: $400
Rain jacket: $250
Thermals: $200/300
Gaiters: $40
Food: $30
First Aid Kit: Free/ $1000 (I won this for being top in my first aid course haha)
Bivy bag: Gifted
Etrex: Gifted
Sleeping bag: Gifted
Gloves: $10 (They're warm and waterproof but too small)
Sunglasses: Gifted
Toiletries: $20ish?
Camera: $300 or $400 depending which one I take
Range finder: Gifted
Cooking equipment: $100-ish
Blaze top: Gifted
Survival gear: $40-ish

Most of my gear is second hand though haha, and only my boots/rain jacket and pack are recent purchases. Everything else can be up to 15+ years old!

And since I don't have a gun of my own I usually borrow and chip in for ammo

Originally Posted by Aly

And since I don't have a gun of my own I usually borrow and chip in for ammo

What rifle and calibre would you have if you had a choice

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

What rifle and calibre would you have if you had a choice

Not sure, I haven't played with enough rifles to have a set choice! Goat hunting with a .243 has been fantastic and I always seem to get spot on shots, and I've also enjoyed hunting with a .270. Both remington makes.