I'm all about the meat. I keep track of how much each pound costs me too. After license, tag, and butcher fee (I haven't tackled processing them myself yet) I generally have an average of about $2.00 - $2.50 a pound, providing I tag two deer. If I tag more, the average cost per pound drops some. If my arrow is ruined during the hunt the average cost goes up some, etc... My wife will eat it but she still prefers beef. Because of this I normally only get 2 or 3 deer a year. If I can get her to switch to venison completely, I would probably try to tag 4 deer each season.