Just curious to see how many contests everyone is planning this year. All the talk about hard times and bad economy, I'm wanting to see if it has really put a damper on your plans
Well I plan on doing about the same number of cookoofs this year as last which is zero. The po folks got shut out of this particular hobby years back. I put the pencil to it several years ago even before the commie democrats messed up the economy and gave us high gas and food prices etc. Time you figger in the fuel..entry fees..refreshments..meat..food gas and assorted other neccesities...a close one cost 400 buck miniumum. Could prob bump that to a thousand easy nowadays especially if they happen to hit one when gas is 4 bucks. Now if a person hit the money each time they went that would not be a problemo..but unfortuantly that aint the case with most folks. If you ever notice the ones who can do it for living do it a bunch. I'm speaking 40 contests a year min. It just like shooting pool..the mo pool you shoot the betta a person gets (considering they have a bit of a natural knack for it to start with). Now for them who can afford it to just go have fun a few times a year at a close one... figgger in the long run it be cheaper than Gollfing most likely. Now for them rich folks out there..I take all this back
I will probably do Mike's contest in Boston NY, Franklin, and Oink. Maybe even Nelsonville. We'll see. It's a long way off and with my dad...who knows what the future holds.