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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
I'm not sure you are really understand "hunting". It isn't quite like people think it is.

Lets take deer hunting for example.

\*\*COST:\*\*Camo - $100-150 brand new (can be more)Permits - (IL) (resident $30-$50, Non - Resident $330)Hunters Safety Course - Online Free to take, $25 after you completeVehicle to transport harvested Deer (this ones tough to quantify, do you borrow a truck or do you buy one knowing you deer hunt, or do you throw a tarp and dead dear into the back of your honda civic hatchback?Knives for cleaning the harvest ($30-$100)Drag Bag (if you dont have an ATV or anything like that) ($25)Time away from work/school (you have to burn leave, your cost will vary)Firearm/Bow - Anywhere from $200-$2000, this is wildly variable based on season, state, and federal lawsAccess to a safe productive hunting location - Could be a DNR lottery, could be public land, could be privately owned land... this could be just another fee to hundreds of thousands of dollars...

This is not an encompasing list either. SO we could easily get into the Thousands of Dollars for a serious hunter.

And none of those dollars means your going to bag a deer. The number of hunts i have been on where the deer didnt get the memo? LOL. Lets just say Im probably 50/50.

Once, and this one REALLY stung... I missed my shot. It was muzzeloader season and I only had one round in the gun, cause muzzleloader. :) BOOM, and nothing. The deer looked amused, and ran off. (yes, I trailed it, no there was zero indication that I had so much as grazed the thing. I knew where my shot broke and it wasnt on the deer.

So yeah, hunting isnt what a lot of people think it is, and the fun part is the hunt. The harvesting... well, thats gross and messy and time consuming. :( For me, its the stalk. 100%)

EDIT: I forgot the 2AM - 3AM wakeup calls. :) Then if you dont have leave time from work, a full day at the old salt mine after that.
gpt
&gt;Once, and this one REALLY stung... I missed my shot. It was muzzeloader season and I only had one round in the gun, cause muzzleloader. :) BOOM, and nothing. The deer looked amused, and ran off.

&amp;#x200B;

I shot a deer with a .308 win and I swear to god, he just stared at me, shrugged it off and walked away.

Either I shot the spirit of the forest or that Deer knew how to do the Neo.

Either way, I respected that deer from that day onwards.