Yukon Mike
Well-known member
I don't know about you, but I feel my family pays enough for my affliction without having to actually pay for it in dollars. I really try to pay my own hunting expenses which is difficult when you give 100% of your paycheck to cover family stuff; there's just not much left for dad's allowance. So, I sell a few decoys to pay for new gear and shells. I know a lot of you have sidelines and lemonade stands to help put something in your fun money jar. But by far the biggest help I've found is a bit of creative accounting. Check it out...
Remember that year I went fly in sheep hunting ($800) and I was hoping to get a sheep not too big so I could sell the hide ($750) to pay for it? But I got a really good one so that trip went from $50 to $800 plus another $800 for the mount, plus I got a bear that cost me another $1200 or so to get rugged, then I bought a "new" Auto 5 and some GHG goose decoys, and... you see where this is heading.
I've been painstakingly keeping track of my decoy sales since then, and chipping away at this debt to the family. REcently it occurred to me that perhaps I should be balancing Jane's fun money expenditures against mine and use them as deductions from MY debt. Without the actual receipts one can't be exact, BUT according to my new calculations, I only owe $5.
Problem solved.
Mike
PS. This style of accounting will in no way keep you under budget, especially if you are married to someone who thinks a line of credit is the same as a savings account, but at least you won't worry about it as much.
Remember that year I went fly in sheep hunting ($800) and I was hoping to get a sheep not too big so I could sell the hide ($750) to pay for it? But I got a really good one so that trip went from $50 to $800 plus another $800 for the mount, plus I got a bear that cost me another $1200 or so to get rugged, then I bought a "new" Auto 5 and some GHG goose decoys, and... you see where this is heading.
I've been painstakingly keeping track of my decoy sales since then, and chipping away at this debt to the family. REcently it occurred to me that perhaps I should be balancing Jane's fun money expenditures against mine and use them as deductions from MY debt. Without the actual receipts one can't be exact, BUT according to my new calculations, I only owe $5.
Problem solved.
Mike
PS. This style of accounting will in no way keep you under budget, especially if you are married to someone who thinks a line of credit is the same as a savings account, but at least you won't worry about it as much.