How much is an ipod?

Xbox?

It CAN be expensive.....sure.

But I think I paid around $100 for the first bow I bought my son.....and it was a pretty good shooter (PSE Nova?).

We spent +/- $100 on arrows and setup......and he was basically ready to hunt (he had a cheap climber he'd gotten from an uncle....but I've seen them at flea markets, pretty cheap).

A license in NC is $40 (I think)....and as a youth he hunted free on mine (or he would have....he has a lifetime license).

Can't speak for other states.....but if a kid (or adult)wanted to bowhunt around my house....he could find some land.....private, at that. Public land is always an option...but it's a PITA to get to around here (even if one wanted to). But I think the price is right on those tracts.

I'd hate to add up everything I've spent on bowhunting......but it could be done a LOT cheaper than the routes I've chosen. Biggest obstacle I see to some getting into it is "other interests"....which have their own inherent costs associated.

Does it cost to "keep up with the Drury's" of the world? I'm sure it does.

Don't understand what's so sad about it. Who's to say what's right or wrong for a man to spend HIS money on? Never understood this line of thinking.