Thread: Positive hunting story in Stuff!

Originally Posted by deer243

Yeah it is, but its all abit B/S about fills the freezer for 2 dollars. Non Hunters might think its a cheap and easy way to get meat but we all know its not.
Hunting costs a arm and a leg, all the gear we buy for it costs a forture when you add it all up.
Each trip costs you in gas, supplies, shit load of hard yakka, time , in the bush and afterwards. Wear and tear and replacement boots, packs, clothes, gps, beacons, first aid gear etc.
Shit, it costs me between 50 and 70 dollars a trip in gas, supplies,other little costs, 2-3 dollars a round you use. Replacement battieries for the gps, freezer bags etc and sheer effort.
Hunting DOC land with low numbers of animals might be 3-4 trips before you shoot one.
That ends up a darn costly animal, you be better of money wise buying all your meat at the supermarket.
Of cause thats not why i hunt, theres more to hunting than getting meat., alot more.
Some people just dont get it , i suppose in a way the article did say theres more to hunting but alot will glance at it and think its a cheap way to get meat but the average guy hunting DOC land tknows heres nothing cheap about it but we hunt for alot of different reasons than just that.
Of cause if you dont make your own small goods, and heaps dont, that costs you a small forture as well. It meant well, but 2 dollars to fill the freezer could of worded it more fact based

3 to 4 trips is when you know what you are doing. A lot of people, myself included have gone a few years (and counting ) and not shot anything.

But as you said. There are many different reasons why you and everyone else gets out and about.