Totally agree. One of my buddies drives a $100k new truck and another drives a 23 year old Ford. Both get to deer camp every year just fine. Different priorities and different incomes.
I've been shooting a Gunwerks 28 nosler with a Revic scope for 5 years now.
https://www.hunttalk.com/threads/new-28-nosler.300218/
By far the most accurate gun I own. It was a gift from my brother so I can't comment on the price, but it's an accurate shooting bugger. Last year alone it...
We do a "boys" trip every year with my boys and several family members. The last few years we've stayed in Homer and went out with TNT Adventures out of Ninilchik. We do both halibut and salmon. We prefer the salmon fishing, but love to bring home halibut too. They process and freeze...
It was always our family tradition to go cut a tree together. This year with the boys away at college my wife asked if she could just get a small fake tree. "As long as I can still burn it in January," was my reply. Her idea of small and mine are very different...