GMMAT inspired me!! How much do your deer cost?
 

Per pound?? is Jeff the only one to sit down and figure this out or do you others have it down to the price/lb.?

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if i factor in ANYthing and everything bowhunting related...well....lets just say i wouldnt wanna pay per deer or by the pound lol...lets just say i could probably went and shot a monster buck on some guided or canned hunt for what i paid for only taking 1 deer with a bow thus far...

plus time...im worth ATLEAST 10$ an hour..2.5 years of college now, im worth more than that to most employers...man i dont wanna know lol....

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To be honest, I really don't even wanna know.......gas/plots/farm equipment/archery toys/stands/taxes/clothing/beer for camp...............it all ='s more than I really want to think. I only have one deer in the freezer right now. I could have eaten at Shula's Steakhouse every day for the entire year and paid less I think.

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If you gotta ask you can't afford it.
And if your wife finds out the true cost it will all become a moot point because she will garage sale all of your hunting stuff.[:o]

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With out gas truck and 4 wheeler and with the 5 deer I killed this year I am at 5.10 a pound... If you factor in gas and 4 wheeler and truck and time, its rediculous...

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I was joking on the figure.....but if I sat down and figured it out.....I'd sell my gear, move to Palm Springs.....and live EXTREMELY LARGE.

It's pushing $20/lb......if I'm honest.

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I'll just say ........... "PRICELESS";)

Seriously, that is a wife's statement ....so I will also say ....... HEY JEFF ..... MAN UP! Don't ask anymore of those chick questions :D

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Now wait a second..You can't really do that can you? I mean sure you can put a number on anything but if you broke it down by enjoyment dollars.

I am comparatively speaking you and your wife go to a movie.

Tickets $20 (?)
Popcorn/drinks $20
Gas 10$
baby-sitter $20
Clothes $100
Shoes $80
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$250 for what .....1 hr 55 minutes of entertainment for 2

Not counting vehicle wear and tear..the gas and electricity to heat your house while your gone etc etc

We don't put everyday life into this type of scrutiny so how can you put killing a deer under this microscope?


How many hrs of entertainment did your hunting dollars provide?

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I actually put together a number a while back. I took the number of deer with the average amount of meat over a given time and broke down the cost to hunt over the same time frame. At the time, gas was cheap, I had an old bow that was only $200 new, I had the same arrows for several years, got broadheads on clearance, had no fancy expensive rain gear or bow accessories and was shooting several deer a year. It was very economical. I also had a good success ratio, meaning less gas burned back and forth to hunt.

Now if I calculated things out this year, with only 3 deer down, over 150 Hrs in stand meaning several hundred $ a month for gas, negative PTO (docked pay), many more gadgets and nicer gear, plus a NR license to boot. Well we’ll just keep that number unknown so I don’t jump from a bridge.

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You think THIS # is high. Price out what you're paying for "marital favors" and get back with me;).

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Jeff just like hunting..when your good at what you do ..they pay you! ;)

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It only costs me what it costs for processing. The rest I'm going to be buying/doing anyway so I might as well utilize the meat. My Dad hunts and doesn't even eat the meat, he donates it to Hunters for the Hungry (or me if I need it). So the cost of hunting is irrelevant to the cost of the meat.

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And just think you can shoot more than one deer to lower your per Lb. price ,But just piss off one wife and well.........sad day................very sad very expensive sad day indeed.

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Not muck at all. I've been using the same recurve for 10 years now, paid 300.00 for it. 150.00 in gas a year. Adozen arrows every 4 years. My snuffer heads i use over againafter shooting an animal and if i can't there 30.00 for a pack of 6.About .90 cents a pound.

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Bawana.....

I've got some buddies that would be a LOT better off if they'd justfound the first woman they met that they hated.....and bought her a house.;)

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It's funny how "herhalf" is aways the " half " with the house in it.

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Mine is easy: $enjoyment$/lb.:DThats all i need to know ;)

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You mean like "rewards" from your CC company?

Riiiiighhht.:)

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you that have calculated cost/pound ...... please turn in your man card ....

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This just seems silly to me.

If all I was interested inwas getting some good tasting meat I would just go buy a side of beef (I'll take a ribeye beef steak over venison any day of the week).

I don't think I could put a price on theENJOYMENT that I get from hunting but I do eat what I kill.

People spend tons of money on other hobbies like golf and that doesn't put ANY food on the table last timeI checked.

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I never said I wouldn't pay 2x as much;)

RE: GMMAT inspired me!! How much do your deer cost?
 

How much does it cost... not nearly enough. Now if they would give us a 12 month season so I could enjoy it all the time.... WELL... then it would be a righteous amount that would be just.

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Like some others said, I don't wanna know. I know its worth it though because of all the enjoyment is gives me:).

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nm

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Yall are right, im "just sayin". The enjoyment out of it rules the price outi understand if you did for the meat you wouldnt need a 08 Generel, range finder, swavorski binocs,or a Butt-Out,maybe Schultzy is the only one to fit ths criteria of price per lb.

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This year, all I have spent is about $45 for my general hunting license and bow tag. I got 95 lbs of meat off my deer. Gas was very little as I hunt within a mile or two of my parents where I would swing by most weekends anyway. Of course, in the last five years I have bought a bow, several rests, limsavers and other accessories, 2 doz. arrows, 3 packs of broadheads, fees for 3d tourneys etc.....that makes it greater, but since I take at least one big buck(100lbs of meat) and maybe a doe, its still reasonable. I save a ton by making a lot of stuff myself.

However i also consider hunting my 'therapy'......you want to consider the net savings of not getting billed by a shrink:eek::D?

I am MAKING money doing it (by not spending more on other things that I would be doing) and I am not even a pro![8D]


In the end and all sarcasm aside, you all have to agree...........PRICELESS

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i figured it out last year. i dont remember what it came out to tho. im planning on keeping track of all hunting expenses this year to get an accurate figure. then again maybe i dont want to know...

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Too much as usual.

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Well I have spent well over $5000 in just archery toys in the last 5 years. And I so not see myself ever limiting myself or cutting myself short in my hunting WANTS.

I have harvested about 700 lbs. of venison in these 5 years. I believe this comes out to about $7.15/lb.

I have also been married 5 years, spent hundreds of thousands of dollars. I harvested my wife at 115 lbs. LMAO........ that comes out to $2,500/lb.

All right I am done doing math..........

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I make sure NOT to keep track of all my hunting expenses… That way when the wife asks something like “how much did you spend on your hunting crap last year”…. I can honestly say that I have no idea.

It’s called plausible deniability :D

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Genious! Im taking notes Lol