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<blockquote data-quote="AT Hiker" data-source="post: 5300702" data-attributes="member: 10019"><p>I'll answer but you have to promise my wife will not be able to read this!</p><p></p><p>***TN- All my spots are at least 45-60 mins away, I hold a lifetime license, buy a LBL permit ($25) and just started back with FC too. Sometimes (rarely lately) will travel to E. TN to turkey hunt the mountains. Normally camp wherever I go hunt. Fuel prices dictate how often I hunt frivolously here.</p><p>KY- 45 mins from my house, $335 for the deer tag</p><p></p><p>Out of state- I apply for various tags in many Western states. Each state is different, some I have to purchase a license even if I dont hunt, just to apply for a random tag. Some I have to upfront the entire cost of the tag and get a refund when I dont draw, minus a application fee and the cost of the bonus/preference point. Wyoming has over $2k of my money right now (most of which wil be refunded if I dont draw), AZ just cost me a $160 license plus $30 for my elk/antelope application. AZ/UT/NV/MT/CO/SD/WY all cost me about $934 per year to apply and buy points.</p><p></p><p>If I draw a tag out of state- it will cost me the tag, last years MT antelope cost $233 (cheap for a western tag), fuel, wear/tear on truck, maybe one night in a hotel (most of the time its camping on public lands). I dont factor in food, because I have to eat whether Im hunting or at home. Splitting a hotel and fuel with a hunting buddy is the goal but not always do you draw a tag together. Fuel is a killer on these hunts, especially now. $500 per person on a 2 man trip to the Rockies with fuel prices the way they are is likely, its not a good thing and will slow stuff down and/or make you think and plan things differently. </p><p></p><p>Some hunts have tresspass/lease fees, some are public land and some are free permission to private lands. Those can fluctuate each year depending on what and where I hunt.</p><p></p><p>I don't do any guided or lodge hunts right now but I do have some on the radar if I can ever get my funding in order. Alaska Sitka DIY lodge or boat hunt, Wyoming wilderness horseback hunt, Mexico unguided Coues deer...those are all on my wish list. I'd rather spend my money on those experiences vs buying land here and having my money tied up in that. Im a roamer.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I try to keep my hunting spending below $4k per year, some years its super easy and some years I get lucky and have a pocket full of tags, high gas bill and need to replace a flat tire. I rarely upgrade equipment, if I do, I do it in years (try to at least) when Im not planning to travel. I don't golf or have any other hobbies like that ( I do like to backpack and hike, which uses the same hunting gear and only cost fuel), I dont have taxidermy bills, process my own meat 99% of the time, cloths shop at consignment stores, coupon shop at Kroger, etc...anything I can do to funnel money to my addiction of hunting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AT Hiker, post: 5300702, member: 10019"] I'll answer but you have to promise my wife will not be able to read this! ***TN- All my spots are at least 45-60 mins away, I hold a lifetime license, buy a LBL permit ($25) and just started back with FC too. Sometimes (rarely lately) will travel to E. TN to turkey hunt the mountains. Normally camp wherever I go hunt. Fuel prices dictate how often I hunt frivolously here. KY- 45 mins from my house, $335 for the deer tag Out of state- I apply for various tags in many Western states. Each state is different, some I have to purchase a license even if I dont hunt, just to apply for a random tag. Some I have to upfront the entire cost of the tag and get a refund when I dont draw, minus a application fee and the cost of the bonus/preference point. Wyoming has over $2k of my money right now (most of which wil be refunded if I dont draw), AZ just cost me a $160 license plus $30 for my elk/antelope application. AZ/UT/NV/MT/CO/SD/WY all cost me about $934 per year to apply and buy points. If I draw a tag out of state- it will cost me the tag, last years MT antelope cost $233 (cheap for a western tag), fuel, wear/tear on truck, maybe one night in a hotel (most of the time its camping on public lands). I dont factor in food, because I have to eat whether Im hunting or at home. Splitting a hotel and fuel with a hunting buddy is the goal but not always do you draw a tag together. Fuel is a killer on these hunts, especially now. $500 per person on a 2 man trip to the Rockies with fuel prices the way they are is likely, its not a good thing and will slow stuff down and/or make you think and plan things differently. Some hunts have tresspass/lease fees, some are public land and some are free permission to private lands. Those can fluctuate each year depending on what and where I hunt. I don't do any guided or lodge hunts right now but I do have some on the radar if I can ever get my funding in order. Alaska Sitka DIY lodge or boat hunt, Wyoming wilderness horseback hunt, Mexico unguided Coues deer...those are all on my wish list. I'd rather spend my money on those experiences vs buying land here and having my money tied up in that. Im a roamer. I try to keep my hunting spending below $4k per year, some years its super easy and some years I get lucky and have a pocket full of tags, high gas bill and need to replace a flat tire. I rarely upgrade equipment, if I do, I do it in years (try to at least) when Im not planning to travel. I don't golf or have any other hobbies like that ( I do like to backpack and hike, which uses the same hunting gear and only cost fuel), I dont have taxidermy bills, process my own meat 99% of the time, cloths shop at consignment stores, coupon shop at Kroger, etc...anything I can do to funnel money to my addiction of hunting. [/QUOTE]
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