Warm Weather Predator Camo New Boots. Probably another pair of Irish Setters Bushnell Trophy Cam (I don't currently have a trail cam that works)
At least one x6c trail cam maybe two and another hang on stand. I don't have any trail cams. I bought a ladder stand and a hang on last year and love the hang ons.
Good stuff guys! I am thinking a set of camo, but I wanted to see if any other good ideas came up. I mostly stalk elk, no stands for me.
Good pair of Kenetrek Hardscrabble boots...and some new elk calls...those I can never have enough of..lol
Boots have been hard for me to spend money on lately. I have had some really expensive boots that sucked, and then some cheap ones that worked great. I just bought a $40 pair, I am looking forward to breaking them in and seeing how they do.
Camo accesories for my truck...can never have enough treestands and trail cams...i would like a camera where i can record my own hunt like vantage cam or something
I can honestly say I have never read anything negative on Kenetrek and last year was my first year in them. Up until then, I wore Danner Pronghorns, and though they are not a bad boot, nothing else comes close...IMO
New gear really doesn't excite me that much anymore. I have a good system, so at this point, I just keep replacing what I wear out. So, everytime I have spare dough, I usually just either stockpile the things that I really burn through, or pick up a few new trailcams to add to the trailcam army. If I had my way, I'd have my garage filled to the gills with the following items: I burn through these LaCrosse Alpha boots at an alarming rate. They're great boots, but they're really only good for a few hundred miles before they start getting holes in the rubber. I really wish somebody would come up with a cheaper, or more durable option. Confessions of a Trailcamming Addict: I actually collect coupons for batteries. Running 10-20 cameras is a labor of love which requires a constant flow of alkaline. Yum. My mineral concoctions (and transporting them from ag store to mineral site) cost me an arm and a leg. Brush pants will save you a pantload of money, long term, if you're a guy who does a lot of scouting. Never wear your good hunting gear out if you don't have to. I eat through a pair every year or two, depending on how the crotch fares on barbed wire fence crossings. Put all your hard mileage on a pair of pants that's made to handle it. $40 should get you in a decent pair, and they're made to handle all the abuse that you can dish out. Fact: Hunting gloves are overpriced, poorly constructed, and sometimes gaudy. Buy a good pair of mechanics gloves for all of your hunting-related activities, and save the wear and tear on your expensive hunting gloves for your actual stand time. You'll get 5x more wear out of a pair of mechanics gloves. They're virtually indestructible, and better suited for scouting runs, shed hunting, stand hanging, etc. Edit: Like Ben and Mike said - treestands. Lots of them. I go for quantity over quality, so long as it's comfy enough for me to spend a day in. I'd like to have 10-20 of them either in service, or ready to hang, at any one time. I've had good luck with the Boss XL stands that I get in 3-packs or 5-packs on Ebay. They're pretty big, and they only cost about $50 each, if you wait for the right deal.
