that is beyond rediculous!..id rather miss out on a few years of hunting that animal than spend money like that..my wife to be would kill me if i spent 1000$ on something w/o kissin some serious butt beforehand, how could that guy justify to his wife that he "needs to spends 265,000 to hunt a mule deer"?lol..somme people got more money than sense i guess
Tax write off....
Cant wait to see the field pic with 22 guys sitting behind the buck.
They'll never feel the same sense of accomplishment we feel when we finally get back to the rig, after a tough hunt and a brutal pack out. No amount of money in the world can buy that feeling.
I agree Calvin but these guys are not about the hunt and getting dirty its about the brag they can afford it though. Do you think a guy that spends 265K for a deer is going to sleep in a tent.
If there is any proof of a man in a hunt it is not whether he killed a deer or elk but how he hunted it.
They'll never feel the same sense of accomplishment we feel when we finally get back to the rig, after a tough hunt and a brutal pack out. No amount of money in the world can buy that feeling.
Yes! You can't put any amount of $$$ on the sense of accomplishment of a high mountain buck hunt.
If that buyer of the tag were to scout the area by himself and self guide his hunt. That would be priceless for him for even a lesser buck.
If he has the money to buy the tag he has the money to scout it himself.
I'd Rather Have What I've Got...This One Was Killed On Coopers Creek WMA. Public Land Hunt. About mile Back In,And All Up hill.While Not a Real big Deer For Most Parts Of The Country, But A good One Around Here..Lotta Work But I Wouldn't Trade It For a 200" Bought Deer.. Other Deer Was Killed Over At My Mom and Dads. Mom Wanted To Know Why I Didn't Kill The Big One..I Just Don't Get The same Satisfaction Out Of It. If I Dodn't Find It Kill It And Pack IOt Out,,
Even a "tax write off" only saves so much money and not nearly the amount paid compared to the deduction.
Burns is almost right this time, except I think the "good old days" were a few years back and now we're just trying to hang on.
Almost right is pretty good, right??
Anybody with the resources to pay for those tags is in the top bracket so they are really only paying about 60% of the aution price with the writeoff.
Well, John Burns, it wasn't the tax advice I was giving you the partial credit for. It was more the enjoying what we still have, such as it is. Not your exact words however.
"Be sure you're right. Then go ahead." Fess Parker as Davy Crockett
There's the things in life that scratch that deep itch, really get down to the nougat of things... playing music, hunting, skiing, sex, are few of mine.
I don't begrudge Richie Rich his hunt, but I think the days I come out of the woods emptyhanded but knowing I did it right, I feel better than the day he wraps that $250k tag around the horn of his.... purchase.
However, this whole paying-more-for-better-hunts thing is a (potentially) very scary slippery slope, and THAT, I most certainly can "begrudge" about it!
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