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rotor wrote:

cb1000rider wrote:

cyphertext wrote: I wouldn't pay $2000, but I could see $400 - $500 for a couple hour helo hunt, with the ability to go gather a couple up for meat.

I'd pay $500 for a few hours in a helicopter time.... That's probably not shy of what it costs to operate a piston (low end) helicopter for about 3 hours....

I have a helicopter rating (previous R22 owner) and am going to give some very rough estimates. Fuel for an R44, perhaps 20 gph at $5.50 per gallon $330 ( my estimate), insurance probably $50/hour (my estimate), engine and repair per hour $50 (my estimate), pilot salary ($30/hour- my estimate). Perhaps they can do it for $870 per 3 hours assuming, not figuring interest on the loan to buy one of those things which is probably close to a million. My figures are just a rough guess at raw cost if they own it outright, perhaps dad bought it with oil money or something. $2,000 an hour is more like a reasonable figure for someone that has a banknote to pay off.

cb1000rider wrote:

cyphertext wrote: I wouldn't pay $2000, but I could see $400 - $500 for a couple hour helo hunt, with the ability to go gather a couple up for meat.

I'd pay $500 for a few hours in a helicopter time.... That's probably not shy of what it costs to operate a piston (low end) helicopter for about 3 hours....

cyphertext wrote:

WildBill wrote:

baldeagle wrote:

WildBill wrote:

couzin wrote:I'm waiting for one of these companies to put a huey in the air, doors off, and shooters hanging out the door on bungees cutting loose the "pig" while flying at treetop. Yeeeehaaaa!

Do you want a hunt or a massacre?

The purpose of a helo hunt is eradication, not meat supply.

Why would you paid a couple of grand to eradicate hogs on somebody else's land?

Because I don't have my own land to eradicate them on? I wouldn't pay $2000, but I could see $400 - $500 for a couple hour helo hunt, with the ability to go gather a couple up for meat.