Not very long ago I wrote a post concerning the way, the present economy, has effected hunting on a personal level. Well the chickens have come home to roost around my house. I haven’t been over at my lease property for 2-1/2 weeks, as it cost me between $150 and $200 dollars every time I go. The finances just aren’t there, which has forced me to take some drastic measures!
In order to come up with some “cash reserves” I put several items up for sale in our local newspaper. Two shot guns, that I never used, went on the auction block, as well as a huge Colorado mule deer and a trophy whitetail. I also put my 2000 ranger supercab 4X4 in the want ads. The shotguns were a Mossburg pump, ventilated rib, gold trigger addition, in super condition, and an almost new Remington 20 gauge Express magnum. I sold them way to cheap! First guy that came over took them both, and I had 35 calls after that. I’m embarrassed to mention what I sold them for!
The mule deer was one I found on my Colorado elk hunt, so the attachment to this mount was minimal. It is a very nice rack and probably scores around 150-160. The huge 12 point, heavy mass, split G-2’s, whitetail was given to me by a friend, so it is void of any hunting memories. The first guy that looked at these took them both home for $700 dollars! The “kitty’s” growing!
Actually my truck went the same day, and I will miss it more than the other things, especially since riding my motorcycle is freezing my “buns” off. I can’t go very long without a truck, so am looking for a 2-wheel drive 4-cylinder that gets 25 miles per gallon. Yesterday my mother loaned me her Dodge Neon, which gets me off that bike.
My walls have a few empty spaces, my gun cabinet less guns, and my driveway is minus a truck, but a mans got to do what a mans got to do in order to pursue the “call of the wild!” My hunting fund is finally in the black, but now I have to see if I can find some “TIME” for sale.
Mike
I feel for ya Mike. I sold my truck last year and now I hunt out of a car. It isn’t the best scenario, but it allows me to still put some money away and still be able to drive to my hunting spot when I want.
Then I had a kid…..and that is a whole different money story.
Oh man! What a good day for you…I’ve been trying to sell my Dodge Ram 2500 for over a year now! Any tips???? Goodness, no one is buying big pickups out here it seems – and I can’t sell it for any cheaper than what it’s listed at because I still owe more than I can get from it. Oh well – that’s the way it goes. And for you, it sounds like you got a little something to work with now to get to the treestand and back a few times!