Originally Posted by ALclearcut
Originally Posted by Mbrock

Do you need meat in your freezer?


It took me a long time to admit that 99 cent a pound pork shoulder tastes better, is easier to prepare/cook, and is 20x less expensive than any deer meat I have ever had. Hunting is for sport, not meat. I believe you still have an ethical obligation to not let game meat go to waste, but there is nothing logical for 99% of us in the modern world about deer hunting for the sole purpose of filling a freezer. I personally enjoy the process of cleaning, preparing, and cooking a deer, but that is part of the sport for me, not out of necessity. Find me a mountain man living off the land, roaming a national forest to kill a deer to get him through the winter, and I will tip my hat to him. The rest of us weekend hunters do it because we enjoy it, not because of empty freezers.


Great post and I totally agree. I hunt for the challenge of connecting with a nice deer on public land. I'll eat the venison but prefer beef.

"The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it." -- Henry Thoreau