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Edit: so it turns out that every hobby can be expensive if you do it long enough.

Also I love how you talk about your hobby as some addicts.

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[-] luckyhunter@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Hunting. When I was younger, poorer man I used a hand me down lever action rifle and a $5 orange vest to fill my freezer with cheap venison that I would butcher myself. for less than $100 in licenses, ammo and packaging material I could put 3 or 4 deer in the freezer in 1 weekend.

Now, I have multiple gun safes full of various guns, all of them to serve "different purposes" like long range, brush gun, restricted weapons hunting areas, slug gun restricted areas, hunting shotguns, competition shot guns. Then there's the hunting gear, knifes, packs, laser range finders, reloading equipment, hunting lease payments, guide fees, out of state application fees.

Last year I shot 1 deer and paid $140 to have someone else butcher it for me.

[-] Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'd like to get into hunting. I'm getting my firearm license in a couple weeks. Going to get hunting license and plan to start soonest. Any advice for someone starting out?

[-] luckyhunter@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Get with a friend or family member who knows what they are doing and follow them around. You can look into dedicated hunting groups but that can be hit or miss. It's usually not hard to find a group dedicated to helping kids, women or veterans to get out and hunt, but if you are a grown man there's not much options.

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