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Outdoor Life

rrneck

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3. My dad and assorted uncles

Reply to Eleanors38 (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 2, 2012, 03:49 PM

Dec 2012

used to chase down rabbits and club them with sticks to sell the pelts and buy shotgun shells when they were kids. But that was a long time ago.

If you're an urban dweller I don't doubt its expensive. Country living would probably make it easier.

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Hunter numbers up, reversing two decades of downward trend. [View all] Eleanors38 Dec 2012 OP

I wonder if theyre just hungry? nt rrneck Dec 2012 #1

I think that's part of it... Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #2

My dad and assorted uncles rrneck Dec 2012 #3

There is nothing cheap about venison or fish-- digonswine Dec 2012 #4

My experience is completely different... Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #5

It is different based on location- digonswine Dec 2012 #6

If You're Deer Hunting In The Texas Hill Country.... Paladin Dec 2012 #7

Some corrections... Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #8

Like I Said..... Paladin Dec 2012 #9

Fortunate: An old hippy with hippy friends! Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #10

If You're In Austin, You Must Have Plenty Of Such Friends. (nt) Paladin Dec 2012 #12

Yeah, but we are dying out, or being overrun. Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #13

Don't Even Get Me Started About Austin. Paladin Dec 2012 #14

Well, 65 is coming: lower prop taxes, medicare! Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #15

here's my math AlecBGreen Dec 2012 #16

You're Benefitting From Unique Personal Circumstances. Paladin Dec 2012 #17

perhaps AlecBGreen Dec 2012 #18

That is a good deal in your case- digonswine Dec 2012 #19

But WAIT Berserker Dec 2012 #11