Interesting topic I heard today- How much money would it take to keep you from Hunting for 1 year?

Saw this on a social media site today. How much would someone have to pay you to keep you from Hunting for 1 year? This means no hunting, shooting, plinking, archery, animal photography, guiding, etc. for a full calendar year.



What says the THF?

Enough to live and hunt anything and everything I wanted anytime I wanted for the rest of my life plus about 10 mil on top of that.

Wouldn’t take much. I’m paying 50k a year for a ranch that I have only been to one time this year due to work and kids.

500K would probably take care of everything I wanted to do hunting-wise after the year was up. But if they would pay more I wouldn’t turn it down.

In the end you would do a helluva lot more hunting than you otherwise would. The most important thing money buys is time to do the things you want.

Only one guarantee in life and that is death. It comes at a time of its choosing, generally speaking. I wouldn’t bet a year of my life on an investment I might not be able to cash in on all the while robbing myself of time hunting with my family creating memories. A few extra bucks in the bank is nice....who wouldn’t take it? But....memories are more valuable in my opinion.

I’ll pass.......

I’ll bet I’m gonna live a year and longer against the opportunity to increase my hunting memories by a factor of 25x all day long.

Just enough to pay for whatever activities I would take up instead of hunting and related activities.

A new Skeeter and pay for me to fish wherever I wanted for a year.
I’d much rather fish El Salto, than fly anywhere in the world to go kill something.

same here ... the older I get, the more I realize how precious time actually is ...

I believe you belong over in the TFF sir....

This is my line of thinking.....I wouldn't say there wouldn't be an amount, but it would have to be very, very high. and even then i'm sure I would have regrets come December and I start seeing pictures of game taken


on the site where the original question was posted, a lot of guys were willing to give up hunting for a year for $5-10k

Man I hope someone comes along and makes me an offer.

One year? And I can't shoot, guide, or anything? I think minimum $50,000.

A million, give a chance to get a few surgeries to fix a few things.

Well if this year is as wet as last year, It would not take much....

I can see it now ill be dealing on both ends the $$$ on one side and with the wife on the other... ok babe I promise im going to make a huge compromise and devote a year to doing stuff with you, no hunting no ranch etc... wonder what I could get for that

So $5 Mil wouldn't do it? Lol.

You could buy a badass ranch for that much.....

I'd really have to think about it....I spend a lot of money each year on my land and hunting. I'd probably do it for an amount that would allow me to pay off one of my properties.

My point is you give me what I want or I ain’t giving up hunting lol

Lol its a pretty silly topic, you can want what you want all you want, but getting someone to pay you for it is a whole different story.

I could go a year without hunting as long as I could fish, but my 12 year old might have a different opinion

I don't think its a silly topic at all.


It is a gauge of how much hunting really means to you for you to give it up for a year. I started really thinking about it...it would take a significant dollar amount for me to give it up for even a year.



In my case, it would not only me giving it up but my kids as well. Gotta factor that into the price.

Not much. I didn't hunt at all last year due to my back problems. I'm probably finished up as far as deer hunting goes. Still trying to get in on a dove hunt for the fall.

Would the money be taxed?

nope. Cash money in your pocket

Not to hijack this thread, but to put some real numbers in what it takes to make us not do the thing we love. I have a cabin in Colorado that I spend every June & July at. Last year a week before my wife and I were
to go, a woman called and said she wanted to rent it for 4 months starting June first. That's $16,000 for me and I could really use the money. I said yes, and we did not go last summer. Two days ago she called and
said she wanted to rent it again for 4 months starting June 1st. I thought about it and thought about all the memories that I am not making with my wife and friends, so I said No. We are going this year.
So, in real life, $16,000 bought me off for one year, however life is to short and memories to precious not go that second year.

Is there an amount that she could have bought you off for another year? Say $35,000 this year instead of the $16,000...

For me, I know that there is a number but I will be damned if I can figure out what it is. There is too much emotional attachment to hunting to put a monetary value on it.

Simple it is a number that allows you to hunt as much as you want with out monetary restrictions going forward and for ever.

Probably correct...but I would still suffer

Pay me a $100 grand. I'll still show up to the ranch and be the the camp cook and chief bottle washer, help dress deer, hogs etc in return for some meat from each animal.

That’s interesting. We have a cabin in MT we spend 4-6 weeks at every summer also. Like you, I might be able to skip a year for the price of a good sheep hunt but, like you, probably couldn’t skip any more than that. Unless it were enough to buy a better cabin.

Nope, have to steer clear of it altogether. Hanging out at the ranch is not allowed

$50,000 would do it for me. Honest answer.

My current salary.....too busy to take much time off.....

Ditto

There is no tomorrow guaranteed

For one year...it would have to be enough where the following year I could knock out some of my dream hunts, desert bighorn Mexico, elephant, leopard, and Kodiak bear.

So 250k would take care of it and cover some more.

All it took for me was having my own business and a newborn

I went a year without hunting.
My father and I dove hunted (for what I found out later was our last time) in mid-September. He passed away in early December. For the next year I didn't go hunting as my sister and I cleaned up all of the things left behind and got my mom settled in a new place.
What's kind of strange, I didn't miss the hunting, I just missed the times with my dad.

Cool thread, very interesting read...
The high price of leasing almost kept me from hunting...
Fortunately had place were it didnt cost me anything & a WMA opened up 4 the public ta hunt...
That's a Blessing, most low-income workers cant afford leasing, nor have a place ta hunt, tis why...

"Am a proud supporter of WMA's...

Last lease was $200.00 per gun year round... Twas a family lease, way we did things in Minnesota, family & friends getting ta tagether 4 chance ta put some on d & in d freezer... We didnt have lease thar, land owners gave permission... Leasing was new ta me when hit , every one was doing it... Only reason got on lease twas the 24-7-365 affordable hog hunt, less than a buck a day, me at night with flash light off, reason they started calling me caveman at work, every one thought i twas ... Now it big Buck$ just look at the popular NV & Thermal hunts on this forum & youtube...
Started seeing others , that hunted with, starting ta go to neighboring states, due ta high cost of leasing, people getting out bidded, way b4 got on HF... & its changing here also, all about the Big Buck$... Thar b an old saying,
Ya CANT eat the horns, proubly by someone who majored in English, i got D- in grammar, deer shed thar so called (horns) , that's a differant topic...

As pappy once said :
" Thar b three types of hunters, tis like in d old west, got the ranchers,
s & then d ones in between... "

Ya my post ain't worth just another cheap post...

Thinken it would depend apone ones income...

Dis forum not like fb, ya dont have ta like me posts,
tis tough being at top of d ignorance list...

How much for the Pope to drop Catholicism for a year or if he was alive for Billy Graham to drop Christianity for a year? That much

I'm gonna leave this one alone.....

Assuming shooting competitions were still allowed, 8-10 grand. If no competitions, considerably more. I love to hunt, but i am more of a competitor, so i would need a clarification haha

Heck, having a newborn in the first part of October was almost enough for me.

To me it probably wouldn't take near as much as the numbers others are throwing around. Now if someone was offering a million bucks sure I aint gonna turn them down, but I'd probably not hunt for a calendar year for 10k, shoot I might do it for 5k. Its one season, not eternity.

Yeah I don’t think some are grasping that last sentence for some reason.

It’s like if someone said you would get an extra $100,000 at the end of the year if you give up $10,000 for this year only. It’s a no brainer if the money is right. Because more money = more time = more hunting than ever.

Nope, first sentence states it is not allowed

I am going to have to internet lawyer that question then, cause the question says no hunting, then the clarification is basically you have to sit on your couch for a year. Most target archery and firearm sports have zero to do with hunting.

That is a stupid question for the following reasons:

1. Nobody would pay anybody any significant amount of money just to NOT hunt
2. If they said they would, I would not trust that after a year of hunting that they would pay
3. There is no amount of money that anybody could pay me to do as I please with my spare time

“This means no hunting, shooting, plinking, archery, animal photography, guiding, etc. for a full calendar year.”


Internet lawyer away the terms were clearly stated. No loopholes.

So if my dog photobombs a pic I’m taking of my kids am I out?

no but you have to have a neighbor shoot the dog since you killing it would be a rule bust

I have more money now than I can spend so what would I do if I had more?

hunt·ing
/ˈhən(t)iNG/
noun
1.
the activity of hunting wild animals or game, especially for food or sport.



Target shooting is not remotely hunting. Sorry, the dictionary has spoken and you don't get to redefine terms. Your question is officially lame

^^^

You would make a poor attorney

My case is strong, your question is lame

No where near the same IMO. I am very content with the hunting I do now and the time I have with my kids, father and friends can't be replaced or bought.

Again, no one is asked to give up their life for a year. The hypothetical doesn’t say you can’t spend time with your kids, father, and friends. My price was 500K, for example. Spend all the time you want with them other ways for a year, take the $$$ at the end of the year, and then spend five to tenfold MORE time with them over the entire rest of your life hunting, fishing, traveling, or just hanging out with them in any way you choose. Money quite literally buys more time to spend with the ones you love doing the things you want. Your memory jar would be a heckuva lot bigger.

Of course, it doesn’t work if the amount is not large enough. But if the price is right, it’s a no-brainer in every scenario except one: if you had only a short time to live.

It’s a silly hypothetical, but it does exercise the mind.

I don’t know the exact number but I think I will know it when I see it

It is a silly hypothetical but it is an interesting exercise to evaluate the importance of the outdoors for different people

At different points in my life the answer would be different. Right now and at the ages my kids are at, it would take a lot for me to give up those experiences with them. While I agree it wouldn’t stop me from spending time with them, the outdoors and hunting is a big part of many life lessons I’m working with them on. Ask me again in 3-6 years and my answer would be different. Ask again in 10-20 years and even more so.

If it were give up hunting for the rest of my life I would feel very different.

Im patient, its not like if I give up hunting this year it wont be there next. I have actually proposed the idea of giving the ranch a year off periodically feeding etc. the same as always and giving it a year with no pressure and no hunting, I think it would be good to give the deer a break everything would be a little more mature when we get back, and we would probably have a stronger drive and more respect for it.

Unlike others on this post I haven't made all the money I want or could spend... not even remotely close

At this point, I think $250,000 would do it for one year. The next season is never guaranteed, but as I get older the chances of that next season statistically get smaller. Consequently, the price for me to give up that one year would get higher. When I was younger I probably would have done it for less money and I hope to reach an age where nothing would be enough.

And that's the point of the thread

With all the kid stuff we have going on, it won’t take much if anything at all. When the kids were younger, they didn’t have as much going on and it was easy to go out with them. Now that they’re in various year long sports and school activities we’re busy almost every weekend. At this point, we’re lucky if we can get to the lease 3 or 4 times a season. Heck, we have a beach house that we were supposed to spend the summers at. Worked great the first year. Now we’re lucky of we get there for a week or two a year.

I didn't hunt at all last year and somehow I survived, so I guess the answer is zero.

I have enough "stuff" that I also enjoy doing so I would take as much as I could get, And get busy with other "hobbies".