EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

Whats the average price of money y'all spend on dogging that includes gun,ammo,dogs,vest,cut collors,tracking systems,food,hobbles,knives,gas

gun was a gift
ammo never use any
dogs i raise
vest and cut collars price at ugly dog (2 vests and 4 collars per hunt)
tracking system around 3k in 2 systems and 11 collars
food? for who?
hobbles for what?
knives, how many do you need? knife cheapest one you can find
gas, i always have gas that is one of the many reasons no one hunts with me

What are you looking for here dude you want to know how much it costs to start? If you have to ask, then you cant afford it. If you dont have it you dont need it.

Really what ya looking for here that might help with the answers people give, doing a paper, report or something?

Just bored thought I would see how much people spend on the sport

I've never added it all up and to tell you the truth would rather not know!  :laugh:
I will not run my dogs without $ set aside just in case a problem arises whether it's with the vehicle or medical. You never know what could happen!

Haha

I could go buy 2 boats and 2 waverunners for what I have spent over there years in keeping dogs around!!! Hell just dog feed run's around four hundred a month here!!!
Do all my own vet work!!
Use rope to tie everything!!
No Gun!!
Just a pocket knife to casterate with!!
Raise all my dogs!!
Gas who Knows!!

i could not agree with you more but if you must know here is a list

feed 100 a month
vest 100X2 just to start
collars make my own about fifteen my cost
leads make my own about 12 my cost
gas unbelievable 400 or so a month
gun ???? what is that never take one
Case pocket knife 100
tie rope get from work every week i figure the oilfield has plenty of money might as well use some of there rope
atv i borrow just cost a sow every now an then
tracking system>>>>>>>>lost two dogs already in less than a year even with collars on.....dont ask!!!!
time in the woods (priceless and a divorce on the way if i dont slow down )
beer _____300 or so a month

you do the math it aint cheap i believe im real cheap and i still cant afford to do all the nice fancy garmin and rhino and the high dollar vest and collars so how much do you spend

Alot but it's well worth it ;)

Everybodys expenses are going to vary, very much as you can see from some of the responses. How many dogs you hunt at one time and how many dogs you keep and feed. Most don't use guns, a few do.

Some things are assetts- Tracking systems, hunting trailers, four wheelers & other ATVs, Vests, Cut collars, ID tags & leads. You will hopefully get several years out of those things.

Then the Vets visits, Dog Feed, wormer, trips back and fourth to work dogs or hunt, will all change from month to month.

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What are you looking for here dude you want to know how much it costs to start? If you have to ask, then you cant afford it. If you dont have it you dont need it.

Really what ya looking for here that might help with the answers people give, doing a paper, report or something?   [/color] Wow, little harsh huh. I agree with Ugly dog, I have never figured up what I have invested in it, scared to, But I view it as an investment so that I can justify it. Probably somewhere around 10K conservatively. But it goes up daily.

i remind the fellas every once an a while when we cut the dogs loose.il say do you realize how much of an investment we just set free to run off after a big boar hog.gota love it!

Nicely put johnf, couldn't of said it better myself....

You do the same thing I do Johnf, my buddy always says what are doin?,,  When I am lookin at the dogs before I turn em loose, cause you never know who aint comin back.  But thats hog huntin, some hunts are fun and easy and it just takes one to put you outta of buisness.

cheap enough that you will want to do it the rest of your life! if hogdoggin was a drug it would be the cheapest one

i though it was expensive but then i got rid of my ex  8)and now figured out she was just expensive hog doggin is cheaper  O0

It can be as expensive as you want it to be. I love hunting and this is not too bad. I do not pay for deer lease but I had someone offer to cover my expenses to get hogs off their land. But I never keep track of hunting expenses or beer expenses. Do you keep track of how much you spend on women? Of course not because it is too much fun.

man if didnt have dogs i could have alotve really nice things...lol...but i love it more than the air i breathe....i tell the girls all the time at the feedstore if it werent for my dogs they wouldnt get the priviledge of seeing me so much...and if i ddnt spend so much money on my dogs i could build them the mansion of their dreams...lol ;D

If i was to add up all the money is spend it wouldn't be fun anymore. Just another bill.  I spend a hundred and seventeen dollars a month on dog food.  i have two vest and six collars. Vest are 80 a piece and collars are twenty. But i have hade the same ones since i started hunting three years ago. twenty a month on wormer and two much on gas.  I have a 85 honda that was given to me that i use to hunt. No tracking systems. just lay down a shirt and come back the next day. I have never lost a dog. Twenty dollars for a spaple gun and i get suture from a friend that works at a hospital.  Really dont need a vet.