Weaselthis
Well-Known Member
My son and 2 best friends have been hunting mostly CO but a few other western states also for 25 years. We started out day one & continue to share ALL costs/meat/chores/tags equally among the four of us.
Two vehicles' fuel/meals/motels there and back, one member's plane fare to Grand Junction or Salt Lake (he's from Arkansas), rental horses, packing out, cooking meals.
We pay one member's teenage daughter to pre-make/freeze ALL the meals for the trip we'll need in camp. Got a small RV propane stove, pop 'em in upon returning from the day's hunt & 45 min. later you're livin' large! We each pay her $200 for the weeks worth of meals.
To keep things simple and so no one's feelings get hurt we have a "CAN". It's an empty Folger's coffee can. At the start of the trip, we all "fund the can" with equal amounts of what we've learned will PROBABLY be the costs to get there. Upon arrival in camp, we'll fund it again to cover tags, plane fare etc. And once again if someone bingos we'll split the cost of processing.
Has worked extremely well for us all this time......well, except Donnie wanted to take $200 out of the can for some female company in Nevada one time. That dog didn't hunt.
We've also lent a hand 3 times over the years to help some poor soul get his elk off the mtn. and outta the woods. Got a bottle of very good bourbon one time, and heartfelt thanks the other two. Guess which times we all agreed were most rewarding!
Two vehicles' fuel/meals/motels there and back, one member's plane fare to Grand Junction or Salt Lake (he's from Arkansas), rental horses, packing out, cooking meals.
We pay one member's teenage daughter to pre-make/freeze ALL the meals for the trip we'll need in camp. Got a small RV propane stove, pop 'em in upon returning from the day's hunt & 45 min. later you're livin' large! We each pay her $200 for the weeks worth of meals.
To keep things simple and so no one's feelings get hurt we have a "CAN". It's an empty Folger's coffee can. At the start of the trip, we all "fund the can" with equal amounts of what we've learned will PROBABLY be the costs to get there. Upon arrival in camp, we'll fund it again to cover tags, plane fare etc. And once again if someone bingos we'll split the cost of processing.
Has worked extremely well for us all this time......well, except Donnie wanted to take $200 out of the can for some female company in Nevada one time. That dog didn't hunt.
We've also lent a hand 3 times over the years to help some poor soul get his elk off the mtn. and outta the woods. Got a bottle of very good bourbon one time, and heartfelt thanks the other two. Guess which times we all agreed were most rewarding!