Fill in the blank: If I was wealthy ...

[Nick87]

Millions is vastly different than billions.

Millions would be plenty. Any more than that seems to turn people into wierdo mfers.

 

[huntin24/7]

Pay off my mortgage and the mortgage for a couple close family members. Retire. Remodel the house. Buy a modest place on a lake within about 4-6 hours of us. Invest the rest for the family’s futures. Go on some fun hunts and fishing trips.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

Millions would be plenty. Any more than that seems to turn people into wierdo mfers.

Saw a headline recently about how desired retirement savings for american to retire comfortably climbed over $2 million recently, so MillionS.

So the question remains.. 2-3 millions isn't what I picture as "wealthy" anymore but it used to be. It's a far cry from 100s of millions.

If I had $2 million, i'd do nothing different. Take John Goodman's $2.5 million in 2014 and make it 4 or 5 in 2026 dollars:

If it got beyond Goodman's "F You" money I'd buy a little more land and maybe and a nice tag every once in a while.

If we're talking avg guy who cant justify a guided out of state hunt typically and is splurging a bit like in the OP - A kodiak deer hunt, drop camp moose hunt, ranch archery elk hunt, or mountain goat hunt would be up there for value/experience. Maybe a NZ trip?

 

[Forkyfinder]

I would buy a bunch of auction tags and light them on fire.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

I would buy a bunch of auction tags and light them on fire.

Well that sounds irrational.

 

[Birdbander]

Ensure there was a through the ice spearing season for muskie on LSC, move to a small parcel of land with a new small house & garage in the UP.

 

[rjthehunter]

I would buy a bunch of auction tags and light them on fire.

I'd buy a bunch of auction tags so you couldn't waste them...

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

I would solve world hunger so the dreams of all the Miss America's can finally come true.

 

[Gellar]

I’d hire some of you peasants to be my sherpas as I do teddy roosevelt style expeditions to wherever my heart desires. My ADD may mean that we are in the middle of one expedition and I wake up one morning to abandon ship for a new expedition.

 

[the nikster]

I would put it all into some sort of perpetual dividend fund.
Interest only withdrawals and 33% of every withdrawal has to be donated to a worthy cause-however that is determined.

Or I could just bet it all on black!!