it isn't the daily rate, it isn't the trophy fees, nor the airfare, rather it is the Mercedes you have to buy your wife to get the green light.

oh well... at least I get to go to Africa. Of course now I only get to shoot impala.

...and the fact that once you've been there you can't wait to get back!

Damn! I hadda buy a Suburban.

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Originally posted by JTEX:
Damn! I hadda buy a Suburban.

A Lexus.

I just trade vacations with her.

2004 Hunt Northwest Territories
2005 Ecuador
2006 Hunt Zimbabwe
2007 Italy
2008 Hunt Zimbabwe
2009 Argentina
2010 Hunt Alaska or Zimbabwe

Works for us.

I am divorced, very single, and happy. I come and go as I please with no commands, demands, hystrionics, or tribute. Never again!!!

Supporting "she who must be obeyed" as she spends my precious money on our daughter's wedding. Just who the heck buys a bar where they serve candy to guests anyway?

Don't have to buy her anything as she loves Africa as much as I do. I did interview her for five years before we got married so that there would be no false expectations.

gunny,

That how you do it. Get a girl that's on the same page with you. As you know I have one too.

Mark

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Originally posted by gas57:
I am divorced, very single, and happy. I come and go as I please with no commands, demands, hystrionics, or tribute. Never again!!!

You betcha! No more bribing females to do what I want to do!

Gettin' single again just aint cost effective. Every time I think about what that would cost, I suddenly remember how much I love my wife.

All my husband had to do was get a new 7 X 57 made for me and I was ready to back to Africa.
We leave in 24 more days!

Hunting in Africa is so expensive because the wife is coming along to hunt as well. And, I wouldn't have it any other way!

Gee wiz, A Mercedes for one Impala Safari, hate to see what it will cost you for Big Game...

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Originally posted by Mike O':
Hunting in Africa is so expensive because the wife is coming along to hunt as well. And, I wouldn't have it any other way!

That is ABSOLUTELY the best of all possible worlds.

You guys just need to learn how to use the arbitrage opportunity available with the Mercedes. Buy her something like a CLK350 (around $30,000 used) and switch the 3 to a 5 - you now just bought her a CLK550 (around $50,000). Now, assuming if you buy her a $50,000 car you get to spend $50,000 on a hunting trip, you can now book a hunting trip worth $70,000 (the difference of $100K-$30K).

*Disclaimer: Hide all your receipts!*

A new house! Hell, we finally had to get a trophy room and house big enough to put all of our trophies in! (Hers and mine)

If it flys, floats, or f***s, it's cheaper to rent than buy.

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Originally posted by gbanger:
If it flys, floats, or f***s, it's cheaper to rent than buy.

Absolutely. Rent it.

You guys got off easy. It cost me a new house with a 400 square feet sewing room.

in my case, a Jaguar XK-8 convertible. But, she lets me drive it every time it needs gas or washed!

Rich
Buff Killer

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Originally posted by wjd:
Gettin' single again just aint cost effective. Every time I think about what that would cost, I suddenly remember how much I love my wife.

Ain't it the truth (not that it applies to me, I might add). I had a good friend who was very well heeled, details shall be deliberately vague, who had a "mid-life" crisis and hooked up with a younger and faster model (in both sense of the word)......after a few months of hiding and sneaking, he decided that he just was going to shed the old one and get the new one......told his wife and went and spent about 10 minutes with his lawyer who advised him to consult with his CPA.....spent about an hour with his CPA and decided the current wife was fine for his needs.......it DID, in fact, cost him a new Mercedes and god knows how much domestic non-bliss to get back home. Like the old joke, he didn't plan on spending what a divorce would cost.

I guess you have to find the right one. She gave me check for a Army&Navy double when we found one at a gun show. She was with me when I bought the safari I'm going on in October. When we were in Reno this year she had another check for a Francotti 10.75x68. I could go on. And when i buy a new keg for the tapper she even helps me carry up the stairs.

thunder stick, definately a keeper!

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Originally posted by thunder stick:
I guess you have to find the right one. She gave me check for a Army&Navy double when we found one at a gun show. She was with me when I bought the safari I'm going on in October. When we were in Reno this year she had another check for a Francotti 10.75x68. I could go on. And when i buy a new keg for the tapper she even helps me carry up the stairs.

She sounds like a keeper for sure!

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Originally posted by MARK H. YOUNG:
gunny,

That how you do it. Get a girl that's on the same page with you. As you know I have one too.

Mark

Mark,

I think you have the right idea. Now I just need to find a nice Alaskan girl how loves to hunt and fish as much as I do.

Brett

Am one day and a wake-up to leaving for a safari in Namibia. No wife to hassle or cause trouble. But, damn! I'm retiring next January for good and I could really use some company. Have never found the person who would hunt with me.
Max

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Originally posted by Badger Matt:
Supporting "she who must be obeyed" as she spends my precious money on our daughter's wedding. Just who the heck buys a bar where they serve candy to guests anyway?

WTF, Matt? Are you serious? A "candy" bar? Is that a joke?

I doubt it is a joke, in this day and age nothing suprises me when it comes to weddings. I live in rural Pa and a fellow I know spent one years salary (his and his wife) on his daughters wedding and guess what - hepled pay for the divorce 6 months later hum. I can't find a better definition of STUPID!

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Originally posted by Badger Matt:
Supporting "she who must be obeyed" as she spends my precious money on our daughter's wedding. Just who the heck buys a bar where they serve candy to guests anyway?

WTF, Matt? Are you serious? A "candy" bar? Is that a joke? Confused

Eric - Did I mention the wedding will take place in Kalifornia? Seriously, it's true. My wife and daughter think this is the most enjoyable way to spend money since they discovered designer purses. Heck, the missus and I were married 23 short years ago and I'm not altogether certain we even had a reception...but I know there was no "candy bar." Then it was off to our mini-pickup with no air conditioning to enjoy our honeymoon; a drive from Florida to Colorado in June. We lived for Friday nights when the local burger joint had 25-cent hamburgers, a welcome change from Ramen noodles and spaghetti.

Ahh, the things a father will do for his only daughter.

Damn,

You guys have got it bad. I am the captain of my ship.

Why just the other day SHE said I could be captain.

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Originally posted by Badger Matt:

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Originally posted by Badger Matt:
Supporting "she who must be obeyed" as she spends my precious money on our daughter's wedding. Just who the heck buys a bar where they serve candy to guests anyway?

WTF, Matt? Are you serious? A "candy" bar? Is that a joke? Confused

Eric - Did I mention the wedding will take place in Kalifornia? Seriously, it's true. My wife and daughter think this is the most enjoyable way to spend money since they discovered designer purses. Heck, the missus and I were married 23 short years ago and I'm not altogether certain we even had a reception...but I know there was no "candy bar." Then it was off to our mini-pickup with no air conditioning to enjoy our honeymoon; a drive from Florida to Colorado in June. We lived for Friday nights when the local burger joint had 25-cent hamburgers, a welcome change from Ramen noodles and spaghetti.

Ahh, the things a father will do for his only daughter.

Damn, Matt - not only do we need to go shooting soon, but we need to go DRINKING soon as well. We'll bring my wife - she's a foul-mouthed, gun-toting, hard drinking woman who knows the value of a dollar

Hell, reading this reminded me of our wedding 20 years ago - got married in the hotel I worked at by my manager, a Justice of the Peace, the reception was mixed nuts, punch I made, and a wedding cake my wife baked. She wore a $10 K-mart special white dress, and our honeymoon was a one-night free stay at a Marriott hotel nearby. My sister's wedding cost $25,000 and she got divorced 18 months later. WTF?

Eric -- If your wife accompanied you on your Namibian hunt we definitely need to have you two over for dinner for propaganda purposes.

We had a lovely dinner a couple months back with Mike (retreever), his lovely wife Sherry, his dad and his dad's girlfriend. Through prior arrangement, Sherry's mission was to sell my missus on the experience...without any mention of snakes. As far as my bride is concerned, there are NO snakes in Africa. Oh yes, and every accomodation was like a spa/hotel, right,...with chocolates on the pillows. Did I mention there were no snakes?

LOL - oh boy. That would take some doing, but maybe, just maybe . . . . I may have some awesome news soon regarding my wife and hunting in Africa. But, if we do have dinner, there are NO spiders in Africa, ok? NO spiders!

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Originally posted by Badger Matt:
Eric -- If your wife accompanied you on your Namibian hunt we definitely need to have you two over for dinner for propaganda purposes.

We had a lovely dinner a couple months back with Mike (retreever), his lovely wife Sherry, his dad and his dad's girlfriend. Through prior arrangement, Sherry's mission was to sell my missus on the experience...without any mention of snakes. As far as my bride is concerned, there are NO snakes in Africa. Oh yes, and every accomodation was like a spa/hotel...with chocolates on the pillows. Did i mention there where no snakes?

Last trip cost me a Denali XL. Oh well, at least it gets good MPG in the city. If 11 MPG is good.

Hunting in Africa isn't expensive AT ALL compared to what it costs us to live in between trips...

Hey, wait...I may be on to something here!

Mark

After my last safari, It cost me a corvette, she lets me drive it when it needs gas and washing,,,,The best money I ever spent! Who cares it gets 29 mpg with 415 horsepower,,,, putting my money down now for a hunt in 2010 to Aussieland for those big black asiatic buff's,,,, looking for the next place I can't live without in Africa as well.... maybe she will want a larger trophy room????

My wife is in the middle of a complete kitchen remodeling project as a result of previous trips and in anticipation of another one or two to come. Oh, and did I mention her girl trips to the beacch and the trip to Chicago just last week. And then there is the trip to Germany coming up in 2010. Oh well at least I get to go to Germany with her, but I would really rather go back to the dark continent. Maybe I will work in a hunt of some type in Germany.

H Kittle

We are going to SA in Sept. for our 40th anniversary. It was actually my Wife's idea! I think she was tired of me dragging her to the cold in Canada Moose hunting (she has a better record than I on Moose). Cheap at twice the cost!