trickyasafox
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40 for the liscense? 
How much does it cost you to Hunt??
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$37 for the license ("Sportsmans license", which covers small game, big game, and fishing). Less than $10 for ammo to sight in the gun(s). Short (but difficult) walk (about 200 yards) back to my hunting area (my own property). Disable so I don't/can't go far. Hard or impossible to find land to hunt, other than mine, around here. So I take the lazy way.
Perhap a few dollars of ammo actually shooting at game (I suck, at least for deer, never seem to get a shot).
Perhap a few dollars of ammo actually shooting at game (I suck, at least for deer, never seem to get a shot).
grizz
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Well, hunting is my favorate past time. The actual tags I buy every year aren't too bad: $60 elk, $40 deer, $17 small game. BUT I spend a ton of loot on gear, food, beer, gas, etc. 
Hey, it's what makes me happy in life.
Hey, it's what makes me happy in life.
I am a Wisconsin Hunter btw.
-Small game is 18.00
-State(7.00) and Fed(15.00) Waterfowl + goose permit (I get the 3 dollar zone one) 25.00 (This allows me 2 Geese or 6 Ducks a day I believe, I don't duck hunt so I am not sure on it. There is also more restrictive goose zones in state.)
-HIP reg 0.00
-Gun Deer is 20.00 for the first tag, there are bonus tags that differ in price.
-Conservation Patron (Pretty much all state licenses, you need the fed stamp and special hunting permits still) 165.00
-Bear permits are lottery and cost a bit I think.
-I spent 36.00 on spring turkey
-Fishing is 20.00 or 18.00
-Phesant is its own quagmire of fees/times/regs
I spend around 130.00 on licenses a year. I spend about 300 dollars for deer hunting, maybe 10 dollars to dove hunt, 30 dollars to goose hunt and small game is around 5(money I spend on beer/shells/camo/snacks on top of permits).
-Small game is 18.00
-State(7.00) and Fed(15.00) Waterfowl + goose permit (I get the 3 dollar zone one) 25.00 (This allows me 2 Geese or 6 Ducks a day I believe, I don't duck hunt so I am not sure on it. There is also more restrictive goose zones in state.)
-HIP reg 0.00
-Gun Deer is 20.00 for the first tag, there are bonus tags that differ in price.
-Conservation Patron (Pretty much all state licenses, you need the fed stamp and special hunting permits still) 165.00
-Bear permits are lottery and cost a bit I think.
-I spent 36.00 on spring turkey
-Fishing is 20.00 or 18.00
-Phesant is its own quagmire of fees/times/regs
I spend around 130.00 on licenses a year. I spend about 300 dollars for deer hunting, maybe 10 dollars to dove hunt, 30 dollars to goose hunt and small game is around 5(money I spend on beer/shells/camo/snacks on top of permits).
rallyhound
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6k a year for property tax plus all the usual expenses.
sure makes public land seem like a better option.
sure makes public land seem like a better option.
Twycross
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Well, if we are going just by licensing and fees, then right around a hundred. I don't recall the exact numbers. However, I have put a fair amount into getting ready for the season.
~$400 for ammunition. I did a fair amount of load testing, and 7mm WSM ain't cheap.
~$300 in gas so far.
The rifle and scope I bought last year, and came out to around $600 combined.
I don't know how much I've spent this year on miscellaneous gear or food, but it's probably in excess of $300. I don't have an ATV or treestand. There are no costs to access the land I hunt other than gas.
~$400 for ammunition. I did a fair amount of load testing, and 7mm WSM ain't cheap.
~$300 in gas so far.
The rifle and scope I bought last year, and came out to around $600 combined.
I don't know how much I've spent this year on miscellaneous gear or food, but it's probably in excess of $300. I don't have an ATV or treestand. There are no costs to access the land I hunt other than gas.
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I spend well over $1000.00 just in tags that I put in for yearly. I usually get about half of it back.
If you add up the feed for the horses the trucks the guns and the hunters most game meat comes out to about $390.00 per lb as far as I can tell, and that's before I leave the sate much less the country.
I hunt because I love to do it. There is no way if you are honest with yourself that you are saving money by hunting for your protien in the field rather than the store.
Unless you are a homesteader in the exact middle of nowhere Alaska it is cheaper to buy your meat than shoot it. Which by the way makes each and every one of us a sport hunter by definition. And if you have a computer and an internet connection then you are not in the part of Alaska I'm talking about.
I do not try and figure out how much hunting costs me. If I ever figured it out I'd probably have to quit!
If you add up the feed for the horses the trucks the guns and the hunters most game meat comes out to about $390.00 per lb as far as I can tell, and that's before I leave the sate much less the country.
I hunt because I love to do it. There is no way if you are honest with yourself that you are saving money by hunting for your protien in the field rather than the store.
Unless you are a homesteader in the exact middle of nowhere Alaska it is cheaper to buy your meat than shoot it. Which by the way makes each and every one of us a sport hunter by definition. And if you have a computer and an internet connection then you are not in the part of Alaska I'm talking about.
I do not try and figure out how much hunting costs me. If I ever figured it out I'd probably have to quit!
Kurt S.
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You figure it out!
Every year:
$330 a year for east Texas deer lease
10 or 12 bags of deer corn at $4.00-$5.00 per bag
3 or 4 preseason trips to lease $25 round trip gas
7 or 8 season trips $25.00 per trip
2 or 3 postseason trips
1 good cigar per trip at $5.00 per cigar
1 shot of superior bourbon after each trip at $1.00/shot
deer processing $20-$30 per carcass
hog processing $0-40$ per carcass
1 box of .45-70 rounds sighting in and hunting $22.00
1 box of .25-06 " " " " " $16.00
1 box of .44 mag " " " " " $12.00
Texas combo license $59.00
Plus!
Good years
Texas Annual Hunting permit $48.00
Gas round trip Brewster County, TX to and from Houston $125.00 (gas to Elephant Mountain Wildlife Mgmt area included)
Motel in Alpine TX $35.00/night 3 nights
Breakfast at any gas station $4.00 for 4 days
Dinner at La Casita or Longhorn $10.00 for 3 nights
1 good cigar per day $5.00 for 3 days
4 draft Shiner Bock per night at the Railroad Blues avg $2.00/beer for 3 nights
Not having to deal with Houston- priceless!!!!!!!
Every year:
$330 a year for east Texas deer lease
10 or 12 bags of deer corn at $4.00-$5.00 per bag
3 or 4 preseason trips to lease $25 round trip gas
7 or 8 season trips $25.00 per trip
2 or 3 postseason trips
1 good cigar per trip at $5.00 per cigar
1 shot of superior bourbon after each trip at $1.00/shot
deer processing $20-$30 per carcass
hog processing $0-40$ per carcass
1 box of .45-70 rounds sighting in and hunting $22.00
1 box of .25-06 " " " " " $16.00
1 box of .44 mag " " " " " $12.00
Texas combo license $59.00
Plus!
Good years
Texas Annual Hunting permit $48.00
Gas round trip Brewster County, TX to and from Houston $125.00 (gas to Elephant Mountain Wildlife Mgmt area included)
Motel in Alpine TX $35.00/night 3 nights
Breakfast at any gas station $4.00 for 4 days
Dinner at La Casita or Longhorn $10.00 for 3 nights
1 good cigar per day $5.00 for 3 days
4 draft Shiner Bock per night at the Railroad Blues avg $2.00/beer for 3 nights
Not having to deal with Houston- priceless!!!!!!!
ReadyontheRight
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Let's see...
Land, vehicle, equipment, license, vacation, more equipment, clothing, food, coolers, campstove, grill, gasoline, ammo, gun, gun, gun, etc.
Probably about $1000 per pound. And well worth it.
Land, vehicle, equipment, license, vacation, more equipment, clothing, food, coolers, campstove, grill, gasoline, ammo, gun, gun, gun, etc.
Probably about $1000 per pound. And well worth it.
Actually - just about any location in Alaska and you shoot all your meat for the licensing costs, ammo and gas etc. The amount of available public land is staggering. Even one moose will feed a good size family for a good while - even the cheapest beef in the supermarket will cost you alot more per pound.
The only reason for hunting in AK to be pricey for anyone is if you are a non-resident. Then it gets expensive.
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In Texas, the Super Combo fishing and hunting license, with an Annual Public Hunting Lands permit and the federal duck stamps and all are around $100. If you want to pay for hunting on private land, that's additional, of course, but there is quite a lot of available public land to hunt.
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wishunter88
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Doyle just keeps raising the prices on liscenses... its about 25 for a fishing liscense now, and I dont even want ot know what gun/bow is at now... My Dad told me he paid 55 for just gun/bow, no hunters choic or anything... Were QDM so we dont really mind...
FireArmFan
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I'm from minnesota
I hunt whitetail every year, try to do some duck and goose, but i dont always get around to it every year, and do some occasional small game as well.
A Firearm Deer lisense is only $27 and it's half that price ($14) for a management antlerless lisense. Those are pretty reasonable prices for a couple of weekends of fun. Minnesota has pretty good prices for out of state too. We have pretty decent deer hunting and it's cheaper than out of state lisense's in some other states.
I already have all the gear and everything i need so maybe just a box of 30-06 shells and i'm good to go.
I eventually want to get out west and do some some elk hunting, but cripes is it expensive.
I hunt whitetail every year, try to do some duck and goose, but i dont always get around to it every year, and do some occasional small game as well.
A Firearm Deer lisense is only $27 and it's half that price ($14) for a management antlerless lisense. Those are pretty reasonable prices for a couple of weekends of fun. Minnesota has pretty good prices for out of state too. We have pretty decent deer hunting and it's cheaper than out of state lisense's in some other states.
I already have all the gear and everything i need so maybe just a box of 30-06 shells and i'm good to go.
I eventually want to get out west and do some some elk hunting, but cripes is it expensive.
I own a 4runner for non-hunting purposes.
Gas is less than $5 to and from my hunting grounds (private land).
Just did the cost analysis for archery equipment (new crossbow).
My deer and elk cost me $1.27 per pound for the venison after ALL costs (gas, new crossbow, 12 new bolts, licenses, etc).
I DO NOT fall into H&HHunters categories of $390 per pound or anything close to it. I live in Utah, in 40,000 person town.
Next year, when my archery equipment is already paid for it will cost me $105 in tags (one deer, one elk) and I'll harvest around 300 lbs in meat minimum. So, we're talking $.41 per pound (one weekend out, one dead deer and one dead elk season open at the same time... add in .01 per pound for butcher paper and freeze bags and I process it myself).
Gas is less than $5 to and from my hunting grounds (private land).
Just did the cost analysis for archery equipment (new crossbow).
My deer and elk cost me $1.27 per pound for the venison after ALL costs (gas, new crossbow, 12 new bolts, licenses, etc).
I DO NOT fall into H&HHunters categories of $390 per pound or anything close to it. I live in Utah, in 40,000 person town.
Next year, when my archery equipment is already paid for it will cost me $105 in tags (one deer, one elk) and I'll harvest around 300 lbs in meat minimum. So, we're talking $.41 per pound (one weekend out, one dead deer and one dead elk season open at the same time... add in .01 per pound for butcher paper and freeze bags and I process it myself).
Mannlicher
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I don't know of anyone hunting legally for free. Most states require a license, and that costs a few bucks.
I hunt mostly on private land, and all I pay is the gas to get there, the bullets I use, and the license fee.
I hunt mostly on private land, and all I pay is the gas to get there, the bullets I use, and the license fee.
swampgator
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Mannlicher said:
Forget about someone you know?
I'm as close to free as I can get. Hunting on homestead, no license required. Walk to stand, no gas. Ammo is dirt cheap, mostly purchased years ago and kept in storage. So if not free as close to free as I can get.
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BIGJACK said:
Way I figure is you're going to pay taxes and utilities whether you hunt the land or not, so I'm not counting them.
Tractor, equipment, food plots: property is working farm primarily, so again, those costs aren't figured into it.
Four wheeler I bought to have fun on year round, so that cost is out too.
Yep, the way I figure it I'm probably one of the luckiest guys here.
KMBRTAC45
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I now live in AZ but I hunt back in Michigan(da U.P. eh). This year I had to purchase all new hunting gear(ie:jacket, bibs...ect) my other gear was ooooooold. So here goes.
Hunting gear........................$735
Airfare................................$365
Out of state hunting license...$135
Total.................................$1235
But with all new gear I won't have that expense for quite some time.
Hunting gear........................$735
Airfare................................$365
Out of state hunting license...$135
Total.................................$1235
But with all new gear I won't have that expense for quite some time.
hobbeeman
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I was offered a Sand hill crane lease yesterday: $950
A lease for Quail:$1000
A lease for pigs, deer, turkey and dove (year round) $3250
I don't have the money for these leases. I have purchased the public land permit for Texas, but in this part of the country (High Plains of West Texas) the public lands are basically only for upland birds. If you see a deer or pig, you must have a special permit by draw, or else !!
I do not blame the landowners, they have taxes to pay and have been burned too many times by people.
In Texas, hunting is a rich man's sport.
A lease for Quail:$1000
A lease for pigs, deer, turkey and dove (year round) $3250
I don't have the money for these leases. I have purchased the public land permit for Texas, but in this part of the country (High Plains of West Texas) the public lands are basically only for upland birds. If you see a deer or pig, you must have a special permit by draw, or else
!!I do not blame the landowners, they have taxes to pay and have been burned too many times by people.
In Texas, hunting is a rich man's sport.
SoCalShooter
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I dont hunt in the PRK. Arizona costs me 250 for license and tag, not to mention I found a nice new pair of Leupold binos
I couldnt let them sit there by themselves.
I couldnt let them sit there by themselves.vmfrantz
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With this much money being spent, I cant believe there are so many groups trying to outlaw hunting? I could only imagine it would seriously cripple certain communities.
IllHunter
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Figures lie and liars figure...
This is a nasty topic and I must partake, don't tell mama, she'd pitch a fit!
I bought so much crap at Cabelas they sent me a credit card. For the last five years, I've bought all hunt/shoot and related travel, gas and motel etc on this card. I just added up and amortizing all equipment/ clothing costs over the five years averages just over a thousand a year. That will remain fairly consistent as long as I buy new guns/gear and use the old gear (extending amortization period). And I hunt public land mostly, the cost of gas has increased (duh) and with an overloaded SUV driving @300-350 miles is not free. The blown tire was included as was the oil/lube before the trips. Having all this s-it is most of the fun for me, it looses it's fun about one day into carrying it all on my back. The snowshoes haven't been used in three years but when necessary, they make hunting in deep snow a pleasure. So...they are available and are amortized over their continuing life. The future plans include exotic hunts which will blow this average away but will be counted as a debit to savings and a credit to Vacations.
This is a nasty topic and I must partake, don't tell mama, she'd pitch a fit!
I bought so much crap at Cabelas they sent me a credit card. For the last five years, I've bought all hunt/shoot and related travel, gas and motel etc on this card. I just added up and amortizing all equipment/ clothing costs over the five years averages just over a thousand a year. That will remain fairly consistent as long as I buy new guns/gear and use the old gear (extending amortization period). And I hunt public land mostly, the cost of gas has increased (duh) and with an overloaded SUV driving @300-350 miles is not free. The blown tire was included as was the oil/lube before the trips. Having all this s-it is most of the fun for me, it looses it's fun about one day into carrying it all on my back. The snowshoes haven't been used in three years but when necessary, they make hunting in deep snow a pleasure. So...they are available and are amortized over their continuing life. The future plans include exotic hunts which will blow this average away but will be counted as a debit to savings and a credit to Vacations.
MountainBear
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By the time tags, gas, food, and the inevitable new equipment you need every season, it usually ends up around $300 or so...
ecureed
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$200 hunt club fee, $40 NC sportsman license, $25 for a box of .270 Winchester Silvertips, $15 box of Winchester 00 buckshot
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