That's a good way to look at it.
I'm just not entirely convinced that "Hunting as a way to feed the family" is entirely honest. Yes there are examples of people shooting a deer/elk/bear/hog in their backyard for the price of a resident tag + 1 bullet, but can we be honest with ourselves in...
Have you seen the price of literally anything (including inputs for hunting trips)? You'll never convince me that out of state hunts that are cheaper than Costco pork when comparing price spent for pound acquired.
I swear I've heard people say that people will never allow for any true "affordable housing" to come to fruition. If anything ever threatened home equity on a large scale, that would be disastrous.
Just curious, do you have any insight on what weekend would be best to go? Part of me wants to be there on opening Saturday, but I worry if there's still a chance for a late snow, and maybe I should wait a week or two.
For most of my adult life I have worked in a job to where I could not anticipate taking any vacation during the spring due to planting season. I could turkey hunt on days when we were not busy, but those were unpredictable when they would be and how much time I would actually get.
I now have a...
This summer we went and stayed in Cody. It was kind of a haul to drive all the way back to town at the end of each night. Next time I go I would do this-
- Fly into billings, drive the beartooth highway to cooke city to stay for night 1
- Drive into the park day 2 and stay somewhere in the park...
I've shot enough 2 year olds in the past. My new philosophy is also to hold out for 4+ year old, and fill the freezer with does, crappie, turkey or anything I draw a tag for our west. It can be rather frustrating though to have logged 30 days in the stand and nothing merited drawing back the bow.
Hunting here in Kansas. I haven't seen a deer that I want to hang my tag on. Seen plenty of 1-2 year old bucks. One that was 3-4 ish but had a spike on one side. Another that was clearly at least 4 if not 5, but he had broken off both antlers.
It seems that each year I push myself to try for a...
A little off topic here but I never once thought of going mountain lion hunting, but after hearing/reading/watching all things mountain lions, it kind of sparked my interest for them. Maybe a lion hunt will be a graduation present I give to myself (once grad school is complete)