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Oh Bob !!!!! Grow your own
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Bob Denman
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Awwwww..... they're cute!! :thumbup:
ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
It's like going sport fishing in Alaska. One you buy the license, pay the charter fees, get it fileted and shipped back stateside etc.--you have some good price per #--if that matters. :yes::yes:
kep-up
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I have never found "sport" fishing and hunting to be, in any stretch of the imagination, cost effective.
Bob Denman
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If you add in the value of the entertainment, fellowship, exercise, and meat: it actually is! :clap: :2thumbs:
CA Railwhale
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cost effectiveness
I've never heard of ANY hobby that is cost effective. Hobbies are for enjoyment, not profit. I can buy a mass produced item far cheaper than I can build it, but I like to take pride in my craftsmanship and do things for myself.
kep-up
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Well let us see......
Fishing:
clothing, several of each of several types of fishing rod, multiples of bait and/or lures, flies, etc., licenses and/or special permits, boats; maybe several types, transportation for the boats, countless hours of research, on and on..................
Hunting:
clothing, many firearms dependant upon the type of game and distances involved, a large gun-safe to store the firearms, multiples of ammunition types and many many rounds of each, gun club membership licenses, ATV, 4X4 truck to gain access, boat-blinds-decoys if hunting waterfowl, different breeds of dog depending upon the type of game being hunted at the moment, hunting licenses and/or access fees, archery equipment and special clothing, flintlock guns and equipment, hours of research and preseason scouting, and if I ask my wife, she would probably come up with more.
Probably won't give either up until I can't walk anymore. (including wife)
Fishing:
clothing, several of each of several types of fishing rod, multiples of bait and/or lures, flies, etc., licenses and/or special permits, boats; maybe several types, transportation for the boats, countless hours of research, on and on..................
Hunting:
clothing, many firearms dependant upon the type of game and distances involved, a large gun-safe to store the firearms, multiples of ammunition types and many many rounds of each, gun club membership licenses, ATV, 4X4 truck to gain access, boat-blinds-decoys if hunting waterfowl, different breeds of dog depending upon the type of game being hunted at the moment, hunting licenses and/or access fees, archery equipment and special clothing, flintlock guns and equipment, hours of research and preseason scouting, and if I ask my wife, she would probably come up with more.
Probably won't give either up until I can't walk anymore. (including wife)
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ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
In most cases, you can come to AK for a dream fishing or hunting trip. That is the up side.
If you have to think about the cost--that is where reality check begins.
It's all about the fun and the experience--not the money.
If you have to think about the cost--that is where reality check begins.
It's all about the fun and the experience--not the money.
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Spyder_Cowgirl
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Gow Your Own and Cost
Hmmmm ... well, we grow our own beef. nojoke True, we are a small cow / calf operation already (with 5 to 7 breeding females in any given year). Every couple of years, we set aside a calf (usually a bull turned into a steer) and raise it purely for food -- pretty hard for the two of us to eat a whole cow (have done it once, and won't again). Our cows are primarily grass fed with the occasional treat of cattle or alfalfa cubes fed by hand -- so they are EXTREMELY gentle. Since we sell half the steer for the going rate per pound at the local livestock exchange (usually $1 to $2 per pound) and the party that buys the other half pays for their own processing, we usually end up with "free meat"!:yes: Add up the cost to raise / butcher and subtract the income from the sale of half .... we come out just about even.
So .... raising your own can be cost effective; but only IF you have the means to sell half ..... All the best .... Ann
Hmmmm ... well, we grow our own beef. nojoke True, we are a small cow / calf operation already (with 5 to 7 breeding females in any given year). Every couple of years, we set aside a calf (usually a bull turned into a steer) and raise it purely for food -- pretty hard for the two of us to eat a whole cow (have done it once, and won't again). Our cows are primarily grass fed with the occasional treat of cattle or alfalfa cubes fed by hand -- so they are EXTREMELY gentle. Since we sell half the steer for the going rate per pound at the local livestock exchange (usually $1 to $2 per pound) and the party that buys the other half pays for their own processing, we usually end up with "free meat"!:yes: Add up the cost to raise / butcher and subtract the income from the sale of half .... we come out just about even.
So .... raising your own can be cost effective; but only IF you have the means to sell half ..... All the best .... Ann
Bob Denman
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:shocked: Can you ship the meet North? :clap:
IdahoMtnSpyder
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Doesn't have to be a hobby to be cost ineffective. That's been the case for decades. Something like 60 years my mother decided to raise chickens for food on our not profitable farm. She kept track of all her expenses. After she had butchered and frozen all the chickens at the end of summer she tallied all the costs and determined it would have been cheaper to have bought them at the store. This was before the days of Walmart and huge supermarket chains with discount pricing!
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