the 10K goose

[hayshaker]

m
abey i have to be a sportsman to under stand but i'm not . though i do go fishing once in a grest while
but to spend dough like that to shoot a goose is beyond me.
500.00 bird dog plus training
3,000.00 boat&trailer
600.00 shotgun
20.00 a box steel shot
licence&tags for priviledge of taking said goose.
gasto get there and back
meals
hotel sometimes
bar tab
all the right clothes
misc hunting paraphanaila
and when it's all said and done you spent about 10K
i can get a goose at walmart for around 21.00 just saying

[natertot]

Haha. Round here, all that is needed is gun, shells, license, and stamp. If you already have the gun (most do) it is less than $100. All the other stuff isn't needed, the geese here come right up to you!

[hunter63]

That an awful cheep sports man:
$1000 to $1500 dog
$1000 for training
Boat motor trailer 10K
4X4 truck to pull it 50K
$1200 shot gun
6 boxes of steel shot, various sizes $150
Herters wader coat $250
Herters waders $200

Sunrise on the marsh with the best retriever I will ever have......Priceless
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Don't get me started on turkey hunting.......

[kyratshooter]

I was thinking he was a little cheap on the dogs/training/upkeep myself.

And sport hunting can not be equated to anything except another recreational activity.

A trip to Los Vegas to gamble away one's income, vacation to Hawaii, France or Germany, perhaps the ski boat in the driveway down the street or the big swimming pool in the back yard.

Perhaps even the enjoyment of owning a house beyond the need of the occupants to the tune of a couple hundred thousand $$$ beyond the 500sq/ft survival demands.

I, myself, once caught a $5k largemouth bass and if I remember correctly the first egg my chickens laid was to the tune of about $500 in pen, chicken house, run, food .....

In other words, we each take our pleasures where we find them and no two people have to enjoy the same things.

That is one reason we are in the national Gun Control debate. Some folks just can not understand that there is pure recreational enjoyment in the shooting sports. To them it just does not make sense and all a gun is for is killing other humans.

[LowKey]

KYRat, I tried to rep you for that but I gotta spread the love.

[hayshaker]

hey hunter funny ting i thought i was aiming a little high no pun intended
i went to crab orchard WLR in carbondale,IL goose hunting 1979 used my uncles
10ga and it still cost 500.00 for 4days i guess that was cheap .

[hunter63]

Everything was cheap in 1979.....compared to now......LOL

[Batch]

Don't get me started on turkey hunting.......

Yup, LOL.

You don't often hear folks sit a round the campfire or table and tell the story about that time they bought a goose at Walmart for $21.

Two opposing views. One man drives to Walmart to procure a goose. The other uses the procurement of the goose as the excuse to enjoy the trip to get the goose. Call it the price of a passion.

[hunter63]

.....BUT they get really PIZZED when you shoot the goose at Walmart.....Even if you offer to pay....