much, much easier today

My grandfather told me a story once that I will share, it happened in S. Arkansas during the 1940's

My grandfather was still a young man. He, his brother, and his father were plowing the fields in preperation of the winter crops. Their closest neighbor came riding up in their horse drawn buggy and told them that they had spotted TWO (2) sets of deer tracks in their field. The neighbors, along with my grandfather, his brother, and his father packed their sacks full of food and sleeping gear and set out after the two deer.....based on two sets of tracks. They ended being gone for three days, sleeping under the stars and eating whatever they brought in their sacks and never saw a deer. I guess I had a puzzled look on my face because he said that back then, two deer would be like a free side of beef, split between two families and they determined it was worth the effort to go after them.