Money Well Saved

So there I was, shopping at Wal-Mart with my wife and son. I hadn't been out to Wal-Mart in a couple of weeks, so I headed over to the disgrace they call a sporting goods section to see if any turkey stuff was out. Wal-Mart had a small selection of slate and box calls, several mouth calls, a couple of choke tubes, and some fiber-optic sights. I looked at some of the slate calls pretty hard. My slate call is a hand-me-down from my brother. The first turkey call I've ever bought is a Quaker Boy Hurricane box call. I've killed three turkeys with it, so I don't believe it to be ineffective. Anyway, my brother has a lot more calls than I do. In fact, the reason I don't own many calls is mostly because my brother does own so many. I'll detail this in a future post- I promise.

Back to the subject. My brother gave me his old slate call when he bought a new one. I have always wanted a newer, better slate call. So I'm standing at Wal-Mart, checking out the selection of slate calls priced from $13 to $22. I'm thinking "you know, I ought to just go ahead and buy one. If it's no good, my son can use it in ten years." But my next thought was, "wait a minute. This $22 turkey call can't be any better than the hand-me-down slate call I already have and it's certainly no better than the box call I've put three birds in the freezer with."

Sometimes the best money you spend is the money you've already spent. Now I have more money for beer.