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Well, I think the estimate is coming in for around $2800, which isn’t so horrible. I bagged a small Montana turkey hen a couple of weeks ago; it only took about fifteen minutes once I started “hunting.” But after plucking and cleaning, I went to get a bag of ice so the bird could ride in the cooler. That’s when I hit the doe. About 4:40, getting dim up here not far from the winter solstice, but I shoulda been paying more attention. Couldn’t salvage any venison, either. I’m still a bit sad about the deer, but we had the turkey on Christmas, and have some soup in the freezer.


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Posts: 2902 | Location: Helena, Montana | Registered: 10 December 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Couldn't salvage any of the doe, eh? That's too bad. Glad you got a turkey,though.


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I think you should spell that "Doh!" At least you're safe and had a good holiday.
 
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As long as you're OK then that's good too!

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Well, that first guesstimate was only labor. Turkey over $1,000 per pound!


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$1000 a pound? That's about what a deer usually costs when everything is considered.


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Years ago, in my squirrel hunting days, I told a neighbor that when you added up the cost of license, Management Area stamp, gasoline to and from the woods, and ammunition that I figured squirrel meat cost about $50 a pound. He thought for a minute and said "Next to bass, that sounds pretty cheap." And went back to waxing his bass boat.


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