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Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
5. My experience is completely different...
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 04:25 PM
Dec 2012

As a person who also "does these things," my venison runs about $1.85/lb. This, after figuring in:

(1) Gas to ranches;
(2) Range fees;
(3) Ammo for season/practice;
(4) Share of food & beer;
(5) License, fees, etc.;
(6) Partial processing fees.

(My pawnshop rifle & scope -- $290 -- has long since "amortized" itself)

It would be good if there was more public land to hunt. But the folks who own the lands where I hunt do not charge anyone to hunt; they require something more dear of hunters: Respect for the land, cooperation and clean-up, and a good time. But I guess the Texas Hill Country is not as "popular" a place to hunt as I thought.

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