Thread: $ value of harvested venison?

Surely it's clear CraigC's comments were tongue-in-cheek and the "likes" received were an acknowledgement of this?
That said I would put it out there that there will be a wide variation in terms of dollars spent on equipment and then also the resulting number of deer taken. The first few deer that I harvested would have been amongst these $2000 deer, and comparisons to shop prices at the time for pretty much any grade of meat would have been most unfavourable. Nowadays I think (hope) I've turned things around somewhat.

In answer to the original question; my figure is $5-600 — given that South-eastern Ruahine reds all seem to be tiny. The weights that PixieZ mentioned: 13kg+25kg of usable meat — these will be from a stag that comes from places other than where I usually hunt. The question might be; would I actually want to try (or be able) to haul 38kg of venison out of the Kumeti catchment? I suspect attempting that would rapidly bring my hunting days to a close.

Originally Posted by Puffin

Surely it's clear CraigC's comments were tongue-in-cheek and the "likes" received were an acknowledgement of this?
That said I would put it out there that there will be a wide variation in terms of dollars spent on equipment and then also the resulting number of deer taken. The first few deer that I harvested would have been amongst these $2000 deer, and comparisons to shop prices at the time for pretty much any grade of meat would have been most unfavourable. Nowadays I think (hope) I've turned things around somewhat.

In answer to the original question; my figure is $5-600 — given that South-eastern Ruahine reds all seem to be tiny. The weights that PixieZ mentioned: 13kg+25kg of usable meat — these will be from a stag that comes from places other than where I usually hunt. The question might be; would I actually want to try (or be able) to haul 38kg of venison out of the Kumeti catchment? I suspect attempting that would rapidly bring my hunting days to a close.

That puts me in my place posting crap when I'm too tired to notice what's really being said! Sorry craigc, for some reason I took you far too literally.