Something I have noticed over the years...

John Y Cannuck said:
Beware the man with only one gun. He likely knows how to use it.
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+2 on this, as I have met many like this over the years. :)

Then there are the guys that think they can buy accuracy and skill, and visit the range only on the day before a hunt, and expect to shoot at deer 400+ yards away offhand. And when they miss or wound and loose the game they blame the equipment. :rolleyes:
 
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Gatehouse said:
Optics- Gotta find the stuff, so excellent binos are key.
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Absolutely. I've known guys who'll put a $1,000 scope on their rifle but balk at binoculars costing as much. Good money spent on binoculars is money well spent. They can be used for other activities as well.

I'd can't justify a scope much beyond a Leupold Vari-XIII on a hunting rifle but have no trouble with a higher end binocular.
 
I like to use good quality gear, be it old or new.
The price of a jet boat for traveling the rivers up here can be costly to buy and maintain, but I also use it for fishing and other stuff.
If you want to hunt the rivers up here, it's an expense you must deal with.
I have seen guys buy a good boat and wreck it through either misuse or neglect.
Mine ain't the prettiest or the fastest, but it is stone cold reliable and like a good friend said
" Ya dance with the gal ya brung"!:D

I put far more emphasis on my boat than I do my truck.
My clothes and boots, as Gatehouse stated, have to be top quality, or else I'm miserable.

I won't use crap optics OR irons on my rifles, but do have some that are very old.

Cat
 
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I don't have a problem with old gear - some of it may work excellent. But I do scratch my head at lack of maintenance and preparation.

The worst are fisherman though. Use the same old line year after year....
 
Fall Guy said:
I don't have a problem with old gear - some of it may work excellent. But I do scratch my head at lack of maintenance and preparation.

The worst are fisherman though. Use the same old line year after year....
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There are MANY examples of old or "old styled" gear that works great.

Wool is still wool, and it still keeps you warm when wet. Wall tents work great.

A 1976 Ford/Chevy truck that has been well maintained can be far more dependable than a brand new electronically run $50 000 truck!:D
 
Claybuster said:
Absolutely. I've known guys who'll put a $1,000 scope on their rifle but balk at binoculars costing as much. Good money spent on binoculars is money well spent. They can be used for other activities as well.

I'd can't justify a scope much beyond a Leupold Vari-XIII on a hunting rifle but have no trouble with a higher end binocular.
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This I never understood...I spend countless hours looking through my binos every year. Most peopel only spend a few minutes looking through thier scope!:p
 
Gatehouse said:
A 1976 Ford/Chevy truck that has been well maintained can be far more dependable than a brand new electronically run $50 000 truck!:D
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And that's about as truthful as it gets. Plus if my truck breaks, I can fix it at home. I don't have to pull the cab off to do it. (Read: New F-150) As a nice extra, I can crawl inside my engine bay, and have room for a picnic and two friends while I'm working on it. Money won't buy you reliability, either in guns or vehicles. It will buy you luxuries that make you look cool in front of your friends though.
 
Gatehouse said:
This I never understood...I spend countless hours looking through my binos every year. Most peopel only spend a few minutes looking through thier scope!:p
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Good bino's are nice but....

Not everyone hunts big cutblocks in BC or hunts sheep. A 1500$ bino is a big waste of money hunting someting like deer around here and in no way effects the success or failure of your hunt.

What is important in one area ,quad, bino's, 4x4, camo, scope, may not be all that needed in another. Unfortunatly some inexperienced people get fooled into thinking that they NEED a "insert expensive item here" when what they realy need is to get out on the land and figgure things out for them self.
 
One of the most prolific Hunters I know uses a thuttythutty 336 that I wouldn't consider using as firewood and a tomato stake.

He knows it's limits, and to work within them.

For interests sake, he also drives an early 80's F150 with a topper built out of OSB. Looks like ####, drives like #### - but it works for him.

I can/do respect that.
 
Republic of Alberta said:
A 1500$ bino is a big waste of money hunting someting like deer around here and in no way effects the success or failure of your hunt.
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I thought that too until I was in a treestand during a shotgun-only deer hunt in Ontario using a loaned pair of Zeiss binoculars. Compared to the mid-range set I'd used before the light gathering and colour definition of the Zeiss allowed me to see things in the early light that I couldn't before.

And when my rifle scope is safely tucked away in the safe during the off season, the binos allow me to focus in on Argonaut cheerleaders in much greater detail than before.:dancingbanana:
 
Claybuster said:
I thought that too until I was in a treestand during a shotgun-only deer hunt in Ontario using a loaned pair of Zeiss binoculars. Compared to the mid-range set I'd used before the light gathering and colour definition of the Zeiss allowed me to see things in the early light that I couldn't before.

And when my rifle scope is safely tucked away in the safe during the off season, the binos allow me to focus in on Argonaut cheerleaders in much greater detail than before.:dancingbanana:
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You might as well watch the cheerleaders as the rest isn't going to be doing anything!

GO LIONS!!:D
 
Gibbs505 said:
You might as well watch the cheerleaders as the rest isn't going to be doing anything!

GO LIONS!!:D
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I was going to say something about the same, but seeing's how I lose track of the innings in a football game i figured I'd better keep quiet!:D
Cat
 
John Y Cannuck said:
Beware the man with only one gun. He likely knows how to use it.
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personally i don't believe this one, it seems that everyone that i know that only has one gun, rarely if ever shoots.

as to gear, if it came down to it, i would rather keep my nice field glasses and hunt with my $80 milsurp rifle. actually this is something that i do. i hunted for years using a wheel barrow for recovery of deer. for me a quad's use in hunting is game recovery.
 
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MiG25 said:
personally i don't believe this one, it seems that everyone that i know that only has one gun, rarely if ever shoots.
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You know, never thought of it but I have noticed that as well. I think that that saying comes from the time that a man could only afford one gun but carried it everywhere and used it constantly. That is not the same as someone who never touches the rifle from fall huning season to the next fall.
 
I am cofused now, I have a 60 thousand dollar chevy desiel pickup, 13 tousand dollar honda rubicon quad and the last 14 deer have fallen prey to a 1958 marlin 336 chambered in 35 remington. I don't carry binoculars because I hunt the thick cover spot and stock methods and most deer are taken under seventy five yards. I have rocky goretex boots that have never given me wet feet and the best raingear I have ever worn that actually keeps me dry in the rain and a suit that I don't sweat to death in I got at canadian tire in advantage camo. If it works don't fix it. I also shot most of those deer with factory remington 200 grain core locks before I started reloading for that rifle as everyone with a 35 rem knows how hard it is to get brass. prior to the 35 rem I used a old beat up '06 but was proficient with it. pratice practice practice. Before archery season I will fling arrows for a few hours everyday just to get proficient with the equipment again each year. if you spend enough time shooting whatever it is, it will become an extension of your right hand.
 
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