How do you fund your hunts?

[elkmtngear]

So they highly encouraged me to get a decoy.....I said...\"Oh you mean like this thing\" as I pulled out the slip system. SCHWING! They about shat themselves with how real that thing looks and how big it is! First thing they said is...\"WHERE did you get that?!!!\" And, \"Ya..uh...that will work!\"

Great story Luke...that\'s beautiful!

I\'ve deff seen some bulls act retarded when they see the decoy. This is one of my favorite pics...taken by Jaquomo. This bull was actually about 5 feet from the SLIP decoy...Lou had to actually lean back to get it in focus! The stupid thing refused to leave, so Lou eventually backed out with the decoy shielding! :lol:

Many hunters prove you don\'t NEED a decoy every Season...but sometimes it can help you get a shot even when you\'re \"busted\".

But that\'s another topic...back to our regularly scheduled program.

 

[elky McElkerson]

I consult with businesses on their benefits package for their employees. Everything from medical to dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, meaning I have been fully immersed in ObamaCare for quite some time now. If your employer offers any sort of benefits package, there is someone like me consulting with them and handling the details of which carriers and plans to go with. My job also involves adding clients, meaning I have to convince businesses that I will do a better job than the person currently consulting for them, and then living up to those expectations when I earn the opportunity.

an Actuary?

 

[elky McElkerson]

Diverse group here!!

ME? State Civil Engineer. i do big bridge jobs mostly, and knocked out a tunnel.

to tell you the truth, i dont know how i fund my hunting. my wife does the budgeting. she makes the numbers work out. we keep saving for our retirement and paying for life..some of it leaks into the hunt funds.

BUT!! as you know, my wife just parlayed her shiny new nursing degree into a job..hahahhahhaha..giddy!! damn giddy!

 

[bnsafe]

registered nurse. ive done most everything in my time, including stress tests with the nuc med and ultrasound guys for a few years. but mainly op room stuff. usual every day stuff mostly but every once in awhile something cool like a gunshot wound or ruptured triple a. now that im older i dont need the adrenaline rush so im doing home infusions. i drive around alot and listen to books on cd. i dont have much vacation time built up this year so no need for money. but, we usually get a nice refund from taxes and split that for hunting funds.

 

[cohunter14]

I consult with businesses on their benefits package for their employees. Everything from medical to dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, meaning I have been fully immersed in ObamaCare for quite some time now. If your employer offers any sort of benefits package, there is someone like me consulting with them and handling the details of which carriers and plans to go with. My job also involves adding clients, meaning I have to convince businesses that I will do a better job than the person currently consulting for them, and then living up to those expectations when I earn the opportunity.

an Actuary?

A broker actually. But we can and do provide actuarial services as well.

 

[iccyman001]

Dan, I like the original question. I\'m a construction supt. so I at times have access to materials that have salvage value. I currently have enough copper in tube and wire to pay for this coming September\'s hunt. I have been able to cover the costs of all my elk hunts up to now in this manner. Now if only the cost of metals would go back up!

Interesting you would ask that question because I have often wondered if any one else does something like that.

Tim,

I have a very strict budget and pay with a lot of things in case. All of my change and 1s that I have left over after I purchase something goes into a giant glass jar and counted up before the hunting season. It usually helps a lot with food and gas on all of my hunts :upthumb:

The rest of my money I just budget aside every year. I have two different hunting accounts. My actual tag, food, traveling account and my taxidermy account.

 

[Lark Bunting]

Project Engineer for a company that designs, installs, maintains and operates the medical helicoptors. We are the fourth largest air operator behind United, American and Delta. We have a huge fleet. I manage the customer support team. I am stressed out every day I am at work and half the days I am not at work.

I wanted to be a PE teacher. My wife didn\'t think I was living up to my potential... I hope I don\'t follow in my grandfather\'s footsteps. He too was an aeronautical engineer and died of a heart attack before he turned 45. I have three years...

 

[Deertick]

I manage the customer support team.

I have a (stressed-out) friend who\'s an E.R. physician-manager ... he used to answer the \"What do you do?\" question with \"I\'m listen to complaints at the hospital.\"

Sounds like you listen to complaints OF the hospital(s)! No wonder you\'re stressed. Keeping people happy is a thankless, impossible job, but, as they say, \"Someone has to do it.\" :lol:

 

[Baby Huey]

I have a Civil Engineering degree. I am a Facility Operations Manager for CenturyLink in Denver, managing maintenance suppliers for preventative and corrective maintenance (HVAC, fire systems, roofs, electrical, plumbing, janitorial, waste, snow, etc.) - as well as all the other items associated with a facility, like someone that drove into one of my facilities while under the influence a couple weeks ago. I was also a construction project manager when we were Qwest building telecom facilities on the east coast - while based in Denver.

I have a separate bank account that I have a small direct deposit from every paycheck. Pays for the hunting and fishing gear as well as tags - the rest in that account is used as back up for emergency funds for the household.

 

[otcWill]

Carpenter. I work for the county doing mostly historic preservation, fixing up old barns and farmsteads

 

[JohnFitzgerald]

I sale heroine! :banned:

Serious, 6 years in college and 2 degrees allowed me to land a cake job in the computer science field.

 

[Zpd307]

I arrest heroin dealers.....

 

[iccyman001]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[JohnFitzgerald]

I arrest heroin dealers.....

Errrr....I\'m mean I sale herring.....you know......the fish. :clap:

BTW, thank you for keeping our streets safe.

 

[Zpd307]

herring sounds yummy, as long as it is in a cream sauce!