2500.00 per gun. How many deer do you get to shoot per year for that and how much does that come to per pound of venison ?
Don't start.
It's no wonder there are so many hunters that say venison is expensive meat these days. It isn't necessarily so.
If it's just about putting meat in the freezer, I could probably get by on less than $150 for three deer (if I'm keeping property taxes out it).
But I spend 15-25 times that in a given year because I like seeing and hunting different parts of the country as well as spending time with friends/family I don't get to see that often. And I've yet to come up with a formula to put a cost-per-pound evaluation on friendship and experiencing new things.
Public Land. 30-30. Brown its down. Complain about living in area with depressed wages.