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How much "money" do you guys carry into the field? I don't mean cash, I mean in equipment. I was thinking about it and I carry around $1400 in stuff---tracking collar, shocker, shotgun and handgun. Sometimes when I let my dog loose I feel like I might as well have just safety pinned a few hundred dollars to his collar

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yep I know what you mean
$250 pup
$200 light
$100 dog box
$400 tracking system
$100 gun
$30 squaller
$200 shocking system
$60 snake chaps
$150 snake boots
+ a a free dog or 2.
nobody said it would be cheap. but I gess its better than buying video games or somthin.

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Jamie Williams

i figured around $2100.00 for everything i carry hunting including dog. lol thats not half of what i have "gathered" in the past few months. my wife tells me i need to stay off ebay. i had to pay for two things i bid from valley creek hunting supply yesterday that i forgot i had bid on!!!

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prolby 1500 to 2000 coon hunting.
probly 12000 after dogs, collars, other equipmment, and the truck while bear hunting.

OH YEAH, AT LEAST $60 in gas every hunt no matter what kind

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Wow, some things you just don't want to add up. Just on my BELT, I have:

light, $250
tracker receiver, $400
pistol, $350
GPS, $200
hip boots, $120
spare light, $25
add the pouches with bullets, bulbs, and magnets for collars, and it's pretty easy to see why my friends say I look like Batman with my utility belt.

That doesn't cover the $500 dog box, and probably close to $1000 worth of crap in the top of it, in the $20,000 truck, with a tank of liquid gold to ride around and hunt. I didn't mention the dog, because his value seems to vary from night to night.

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Rofl, Why my friends say I look like Batman.

Lets see here
truck--- $2000
dog1 and 21V belt light--- traded old gun for
dog2--- free
collars--- $8 a piece (2 collars)
boots--- $12 (wal-mart)
compass--- $6
gun--- my grandfather's old gun
dog box--- traded another gun for (was given the gun)
leash--- $12
a tank of gas--- $40
dog food--- $10 a week

I think thats about it...

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Wes Bivens

i guess i''m the poorest or cheapest hunter here.
my car is way past having any real value, maybe $200.00
pistol, $165.00
light 135.00, two years old
cur 75.00
cur 250.00
gps 165.00
backpack 72.00 three years old
boots 110.00
bibs 90.00
gas 20.00
most of this stuff will last a few years, so it's not that much really.
dog maintenance and care repair can cost a lot of money though.

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i remember starting years ago with a spotlight flashlight,rubber knee boots.piece of rope for a leash,home built plywood dogbox ,no door on it i just blocked em in with the tail gate.but coons brought $20 -$30 each. . now were hauling $2500 or more and coons are 4 bucks. gotta love the sport ..---------.................TC

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Yeah, but ain't it funny how those same friends that give you crap for all the stuff on your belt are the ones always saying " Which way are the dogs? which way is the truck/road; give me a bulb/ bullet; shoot that snake;my light's dead,let me borrow your flashlite."
One night a new guy was hunting with us and starting giving me crap about all the stuff on my belt, and as soon as we got into the woods he started wanting me to "break this out" or "let's see that work." I ignored him just long enough to get him agitated, and finally said "I don't see no f'ing Batman symbol in the sky, go buy yourself some hunting equipment." After the laughter of everyone else subsided, we had a good hunt and he didn't give me any more crap.

Lol, I know what you mean coleman.

you are totally right coleman !!! the value of everything i haul to the woods plus the value of the truck that i haul it in is somewhere around 5 to 6 thousand

Sir, please don't take this the wrong way, I'm not trying to insult or offend you. I can see the biggest part of your list is needed but, what's the backpack for? And $90.00 for bibs? I have two sons that are 6'2' or 6'3 and I bought both of them, along with myself, some bibs at Southern States for $45.00 a pair. They were the insulated type too. They have lasted for years and still going strong. $110.00 for boots are worth it if they are comfortable. I'd pay $500.00 for a pair of boots if they would be super comfortable. Are you sure you didn't get the bib price mixed up with the gas price?

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290-light
300-tracker+collars
110-boot/chap combo
and i hunt other peoples dogs for the most part so unless i happen to loose one then there free

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Funky Freckles (Freck)(the project dog)

300$ light
1500$ Walker
3500$ Bluetick
115$ waders
800$ dog box
550$ trackin system
125$ collars
20$ in gas each night
150$ pistol
12$ lead
20$ dog food (a week)

That should be about it lol