If hunting was entirely about cheap meat I woulda quit years ago.
That ainβt no chit.
I bet deer meat costs $25/lb.
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Hell, I ain't even a very good hunter, and deer numbers are WAY down from where they were 10-15 years ago around here. I'm not a picky shot at all, and there's still a lot of years I eat tag soup.
There's been a couple I've been out every day of the season and not even seen a deer... still beats the schidt out of sitting at home, puttering around and waiting for ponds to freeze up for ice season.
I average 5 deer a season and spend around 200.00, license/tags, gas, ammo. Comes to less than a dollar a pound.