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Help me spend my money
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01/11/17 10:16 PM
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Dalroo
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I have about $350 or so bucks between Cabela's gift cards and Club points. Problem is, I can't think of anything I need. Plenty of gear, clothes, feeders, cameras, glass, etc., so I am taking suggestions. What is something you've found that is useful, but maybe not coming to my mind.
I've considered -
1) a new cooler, but can't really justify price or weight of Yeti. 2) a green/red feeder nightlight for hog hunting. 3) just spending it on a bunch of ammo, but don't really need anything. 4) applying it toward a safe, but honestly think I can find a better safe for cheaper elsewhere.
I went over last night and walked around the store aimlessly with cards burning holes in my pocket, but left empty-handed. Thoughts?
Dalroo Deep in the Heart of Texas How about that Brandon!
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Re: Help me spend my money
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#6627893
01/11/17 10:22 PM
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SnakeWrangler
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A gift for a friend or your wife....ammo is always a good choice.....
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Re: Help me spend my money
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#6627907
01/11/17 10:26 PM
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Buy a gun for a kid or grandkids. Doesn't have to be top of the line, just something that is theirs they can use and enjoy. Maybe a .22 or something.
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Re: Help me spend my money
[Re: Dalroo]
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01/11/17 10:31 PM
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Another option, buy something you can re-sell for similar value, and pocket the cash/spend it elsewhere.
https://web.archive.org/web/20170223065011/http:/www.rrdvegas.com/silencer-cleaning.html
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Re: Help me spend my money
[Re: Dalroo]
#6627936
01/11/17 10:45 PM
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huntwest
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It's not that hard. I can spend 350.00 in 10 minutes at Cabelas. Just send it to me and I'll let you know what you bought when I get back!
Last edited by huntwest; 01/11/17 10:46 PM.
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Re: Help me spend my money
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#6627945
01/11/17 10:55 PM
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rickym
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A Remington 870 or Winchester sxp 20 gauge for the young ones to shoot
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Re: Help me spend my money
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01/12/17 02:24 AM
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A Remington 870 or Winchester sxp 20 gauge for the young ones to shoot Funny - I told my wife at dinner I should have bought an 870. Good suggestions all - thanks!
Dalroo Deep in the Heart of Texas How about that Brandon!
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Re: Help me spend my money
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#6628274
01/12/17 02:48 AM
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If you hunt from a box stand and don't have a Mr. Heater Portable Buddy Heater, drop $90 of your bucks on one.
If you can't laugh at yourself, give me a call. I'll gladly laugh at you. "I keep trying to see Nancy Pelosi's and Chuck Schumer's point of view, but I can't seem to get my head that far up my [censored]." Senator John Kennedy, Louisiana
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Re: Help me spend my money
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#6628339
01/12/17 03:17 AM
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ThermaCell heated insoles, maybe? Ozonics unit (lol hunting tv ads flashbacks)?
I'd go with ammo if I were you
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Re: Help me spend my money
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01/12/17 03:35 AM
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Save it and keep building points until you do need something.
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Re: Help me spend my money
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#6628686
01/12/17 01:28 PM
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Hunter Daddy
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Get that feeder night light and a $60 ice chest from Academy (if someone steals it out of the back of your truck then no BIG loss.) How about a dehydrator for jerky making?
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#6628693
01/12/17 01:33 PM
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Save it and keep building points until you do need something. This is the best advice, but is difficult to do. Make sure your gift cards don't expire. Good pair of hiking/hunting boots?
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Help me spend my money
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#6628710
01/12/17 01:44 PM
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Save it and keep building points until you do need something. If you're like me, invariably you will want/need a new scope for a rifle one day.
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: Help me spend my money
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01/12/17 02:47 PM
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If you've ever given thought to processing your own game critters, now is a good time to get into the tools necessary & Cabella's has a good selection of starter & better tools to offer...
To 2nd NP's suggestion. The Cabellas's line of Euro scopes & Optics are made by Meopta and have Meopta tags on the ones I've seen...another good upgrade potential...
Upgrade your Hunting Boot's ...the older I get the more important taking care of my feet it becomes...
Given your "play money"...I'd be like a kid in a candy store..have fun...but IMO I'd buy something that will give you Long Term Value and not just some frivolous "shiney object" trinket 'cause it's Free. Ron
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Re: Help me spend my money
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01/12/17 03:19 PM
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Save it and keep building points until you do need something. this!
"everyone that lives dies but not everyone who dies lived..."
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Re: Help me spend my money
[Re: Dalroo]
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01/12/17 03:19 PM
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2nd on the good boots. Think I spent around $225 on my Danners close to 20 years ago, some of the best money I ever spent.
Personally would skip the feeder light unless you are going to run it all the time. My experience with the magnetic ones you only put up when your hunting is it will spook hogs. Might be better off getting a red/green light rifle kit. I was in there last week and they had a decent setup on sale for about $100.
If there is nothing you need save it until something comes up you do need.
Shoot. Eat. Repeat.
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Re: Help me spend my money
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01/12/17 03:42 PM
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Stuff every hunter needs:
A good range finder Knife sharpening system (I like the belt sander type) Game cameras Meat smoker Vacuum sealer Pop up blind if you move around to different places to hunt AR500 steel target if you target shoot much Hunting pack Deer decoy - Its cheap entertainment to watch the deer's reaction the first time they see one
Silver spurs and gold tequila keep me hanging on. Pretty girls and old cantinas give me shelter from the storm.
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Re: Help me spend my money
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#6629110
01/12/17 06:13 PM
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Save it and keep building points until you do need something. Yep! (....but then again: "Man can't have too many guns")
HnF
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Re: Help me spend my money
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#6629236
01/12/17 07:17 PM
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Save it and keep building points until you do need something. Yep! (....but then again: "Man can't have too many guns") A man can have too many $350 guns(I am livin proof), save it up and get a nice one.
Shoot. Eat. Repeat.
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Re: Help me spend my money
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#6629262
01/12/17 07:31 PM
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Cabelas is having a great sale on clothes! Fill up your closet!
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Re: Help me spend my money
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01/13/17 03:25 PM
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Dalroo Deep in the Heart of Texas How about that Brandon!
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Re: Help me spend my money
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01/17/17 08:23 PM
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do you have a muzzle loader? in some counties that can extend your dear season by 15 days.
Greg Ziemer Sewell Lexus 214-597-6006 Life's short... Enjoy the ride!
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Re: Help me spend my money
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#6636863
01/17/17 09:31 PM
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Put some cash with it and buy an ATN X sight ll or Sightmark photon digital night vision scope for hunting pigs.
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Re: Help me spend my money
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#6636996
01/17/17 11:04 PM
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Ill give you $100 for it
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Help me spend my money
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01/18/17 04:03 AM
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Save it and keep building points until you do need something. Yep! (....but then again: "Man can't have too many guns") A man can have too many $350 guns(I am livin proof), save it up and get a nice one. Well said
LETS GO BRANDON
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