I don’t know, show me another source of meat that I can get for the cost of a resident deer tag($25), 1 tank of gas($80) and 1 bullet($2)
If I figure I get 50 lbs off of a deer then it costs me about $2.14/lb for meat, show me where I can buy beef for that cost.
Elk hunting is even more economical.
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First of all, I don't hunt because it's 'cheap meat' I don't live in fantasy world.
Secondly, the amount of money I spend in a year for hunting, which includes scouting and shooting is easily more than id like to say.
Now, am I getting better quailty meat? He'll yes, that's one reason I do it. But I mainly do it because it's the only thing that challenges me in my life atm, and it's my only hobby I have. I do it to keep myself sane.
Let's say with math I do some math work.
Spring bear if I get one, a say with 65# of meat?
Fuel $256
Food (for the hunt only) 50
License/tag (license was divided into 3rds due to me elk and deer hunting this fall hopefully) 15.75
Ammo (1 to confirm zero, and 1 to kill with no follow up) 5.80
Roughly $5.03 a pound.
Now that's not taking into gear, like my new backpacking tent, my new oack, upgraded stoves, etc. Looking at the whole equation of a hunt, hunting isn't cheap, unless you're going to your back yard and shooting a deer in a afternoon and calling it good.
Oh yeah, what about time off from work, if it's not PTO, or a weekend, you're loosing money there.
If I looked at hunting like I do business finances, I wouldn't do it.