Most "meat hunters" use this title as an excuse to kill anything that walks. The so called "meat hunters" I know couldn't kill a racked buck if they had to. JMO

Of course not.

If it wasn't for being able to use most of the deer for jerky I would have to re-evaluate deer hunting for myself. At least find someone who liked it better than me.

I like the tenderloin, but the rest is mediocre at best. I know how to fix it ten ways to sunday, all the tricks to take out the gamey taste. But it still don't hold a candle to beef and never will as far as I'm concerned. working up a deer proper is a heck of a lot of work for something that's just ok.

Throw on top of that the cost
license and tags 80.00
if you pay for sloughter 55.00 per deer
gas back and forth hunting 75.00?
shells, arrows and misc per year. 100.00? not to mention if you buy a new gun or bow
and the work....the scounting...getting up at 4 in the morning and going all day on 4 or 5 hours sleep. the cold, the rain.

The meat is just a byproduct of hunting. But I'll always use it. You CAN make it taste good...but for me that's the deal...you have to MAKE it taste good. For me it aint naturally good

If it were only about the meat I'd just buy a beef every year

For me hunting is just plain fun

Of course not. Meat at the grocery store is much cheaper.

HOWEVER, for me, the meat is an INTEGRAL part of the hunting experience. I take pride in not only the successful hunt but also in the butchering, processing and cooking of the meat produced by the successful kill. Without processing and eating of the animal killed, the value of the hunt would be greatly diminished.

Now would I stop hunting if I could not eat the animal killed? That's a tough question I really can't answer.

Its not about the value of the meat...much cheaper to buy prime cuts at the grocery store and beef tastes better

But every bite of venison, I cherish much more than beef because of the effort put into it.

store-bought meat is full of steroids and other chemicals. we haven't bought meat(other than a little pork) since we have been married.(23+ yrs)

I know plenty who have killed big bucks so don't act like you are a better hunter than meat hunters.

I know plenty who have killed big bucks so don't act like you are a better hunter than meat hunters.