Cost of Turkey hunting..

[Tenbears]

A LOT.....

Once you start spending usually it's more than you really need.

Buy the basics and you'll kill just as many gobblers as a big spender. Heck I've got maybe 1500.00 tied up. Half of the junk I
never used.

Just have fun.

 

[Fordman]

shotgun
choke
scope ( Ya dont "need" a scope. Many longbeards die to a bead/fiber optic sights every year.
scope mount ( Dont "need" unless you cave to the scope)
patterning targets (I been using free cardboard boxes for years)
turkey loads
vest ( worth its weight in gold)
snakeboots ( another optional item. When was the last time you heard of a hunter getting snakebit that wass not messing with the snake?)
a few calls
strut seat 100% Optional... your vest has a pad)
a decoy or two just in case
Thermacell ( Optional but darn nice to have)
Sawyer Permethrin ( A must have in my county)
rangefinder ( Optional, use your decoys as your range finder)
GPS ( Pure option, learn to read a map and they are CHEAP online)

 

[Buckblaster]

Funny stuff, my Dad started 15 years ago. He bought nothing but a box call and a slate call, headnet and gloves I think one foam hen decoy. Total of probably 50 bucks, he likes the cheap stuff. Add 2 boxes of shells, remington and winchester. He only bought those because he wanted to see which one pattenered the best. Oh yeah, he was shooting a remingotn 1100 2 3/4" shells with an Improved cylinder choke. His range was 25 yards and he killed doing this.

There was a total of $50 bucks spent that year and the only money spent after that the following years was a new box of shells.



You dont "NEED" anything but a couple good sounding calls, camo if you dont already have it, maybe a decoy or 2, and a box of shells. Throw in some bug spray and you can kill turkeys like anyone else.

 

[fastbs]

yall are making me laugh!
gun $350
shells $20
box call $25
slate call $20
mouth calls $10 for a couple
decoys $30

wasting away my life in the woods (as the wife says) priceless

 

[TheLBLman]

yall are making me laugh!
gun $350
shells $20
box call $25
slate call $20
mouth calls $10 for a couple
decoys $30

wasting away my life in the woods (as the wife says) priceless

And if you already have a shotgun, you just added up $105.
Take away the box and mouth calls, you're down to $75.

wasting away my life in the woods (as the wife says) priceless

:grin:
It is priceless.

Whether you choose to spend thousands on your turkey hunting, or just a few dollars . . . . .

 

[RussellvilleRob]

I think it is alot cheaper than Deer Hunting.

 

[Buzzard Breath]

I've owned all the junk at one time. Someone decided to break into my house and make it theirs. I now hunt with a shotgun, shells, couple of mouth calls, and something to sit on. Sure feels good not carrying all that stuff through the woods.