Another Reason
10-23-2011, 04:57 PM
#11
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Posts: 550
Tag 24.00
gas for three trips 150.00
processing fee 110.00
Misc. Sundries 20.00
304.00 per approx. if lucky, 50 lbs. of boneless meat = 6.08 a lb. I can buy some steaks for that, on sale at the local Kroger. I average a deer about every three trips, is how i figured gas. I do process my own but, alot of hunters do not. It has to be a sport and someone enjoy it, because it gets exspensive when you add it up.
gas for three trips 150.00
processing fee 110.00
Misc. Sundries 20.00
304.00 per approx. if lucky, 50 lbs. of boneless meat = 6.08 a lb. I can buy some steaks for that, on sale at the local Kroger. I average a deer about every three trips, is how i figured gas. I do process my own but, alot of hunters do not. It has to be a sport and someone enjoy it, because it gets exspensive when you add it up.
10-23-2011, 05:02 PM
#12
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
Now see if I was like in Falcon's shoes.... I'd be living fat off the hog. It would be all I would eat for meat. I don't care what it costs to hunt. But in the last few years, I stick pretty close to home. And I hate to say this.. its not important if I get one or not. I just like being out in the woods. But the deer is a bonus without a doubt.
10-23-2011, 05:07 PM
#14
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Posts: 550
10-23-2011, 05:08 PM
#15
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 369
Now see if I was like in Falcon's shoes.... I'd be living fat off the hog. It would be all I would eat for meat. I don't care what it costs to hunt. But in the last few years, I stick pretty close to home. And I hate to say this.. its not important if I get one or not. I just like being out in the woods. But the deer is a bonus without a doubt.
10-23-2011, 05:10 PM
#16
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 9,557
10-23-2011, 05:21 PM
#17
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
10-23-2011, 05:26 PM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 2,037
When it comes to hunting I am a cheapskate. I usually hunt within walking distance of our home but sometimes will drive a few miles to my cousins place. We do our own butchering so that is basically free and to me the butchering is a big part of the whole experience. So for us the meat is a bonus.
Just don't figure the cost of my rifles into the equation, they are an investment.
Just don't figure the cost of my rifles into the equation, they are an investment.
10-23-2011, 05:58 PM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Yucca Valley,Ca
Posts: 2,496
Utah's deer tags with the license are a little over $300.00 for OOS folks.elk are quite a bit more.my buddy was hunting Utah this weekend and took a really nice muley..
