buck460XVR
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Even at my age, with my experience and where I'm at, I could work 12 hours a day everyday. Everyday I take off to hunt instead of working cost me a minimum of $250 in lost wages. I'm not bragging, I bet most of us could find a second job instead of hunting that would put more meat and veggies on the table than hunting....even if it was just flippin' burgers at McD's. This is the difference between subsistence hunting(the way it used to be and still is in a few locales) and modern day hunting for sport. Used to be hunting was work, like working the fields or cutting wood for heat. Now for the most part it's recreation and the meat is just a by-product. Folks use to hunt for meat because there was no other practical way to get it. Now, it the most fun way to get it, even if it's not cost effective.
This thread reminds me of a friend of mine that reloads and casts his own bullets. He makes the statement he gets all his lead for free. I went with him one day to pick up his "free" lead. Took us most of a Saturday, about three cases of beer and a coupla Subway sandwiches for the mechanics at the garages, plus probably half a tank of gas. Now everytime he mentions his "free" bullets I just smile and remember the words of a song, "And ain't nothing in this world for free"!
This thread reminds me of a friend of mine that reloads and casts his own bullets. He makes the statement he gets all his lead for free. I went with him one day to pick up his "free" lead. Took us most of a Saturday, about three cases of beer and a coupla Subway sandwiches for the mechanics at the garages, plus probably half a tank of gas. Now everytime he mentions his "free" bullets I just smile and remember the words of a song, "And ain't nothing in this world for free"!