Just how much do those turkeys cost per pound?

[Jekemi]

OK, quick and dirty numbers.

If you spend the bare minimum, you might get by with $1,400 for your first bird, gettiing started anyway. That's around $70 per lb. for a 20 lb bird. If you get two birds the price drops to $35 per lb. Not counting gas or milage.

However, if you amortize your expenses over 5 years you are looking at around $14 per lb ($7 per lb. if you get two birds), or about the price of really good prime quality fillet mignon at the meat market. Not counting gas or milage. So, not bad really.

But, with the turkey you can feed the whole family; not so with $14 dollars of tenderloin. So, it's not really not such a bad deal.

[HoofsandWings]

I don't care if it is hunting or fishing, if in the back of your mind you are thinking, what is this costing me, then you will never fully enjoy the great outdoors.
Getting out with family or friends hunting, fishing or whatever is not a liability, it is a reward.  Sitting in around a fire at night, with friends or family, staring into the camp fire and no thoughts in your head, is mother natures way to help you recharge your system.  There is too much free stuff, to worry about the cost.

Since times are lean, money is something to worry about. My family, other than my wife is dead. My friends are dead or don't hunt. I really liked the campfires and still make them when I camp. I still have to go to the camp where I deer hunt. I have to spread the ashes of my last hunting partner of 25 years. I still have a picture of his last deer, which was a 8x9 whitetail.
Going into the woods hunting with an oxygen tank in your backpack and a tube up your nose, while shooting takes some skill.
He did that season after season.

[ctwiggs1]

So you take time off from work and have no vacation time and hunt opening week.
You get a turkey. How much per pound? $20? $30? $50? $75? More?
I know. You can't put a price on it.

Alright... who's wife talked you into this....