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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

loli phabay

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2. what if your harvesting meat from your pond and woods, is that not frugal as well

Reply to Flaxbee (Original post)

Wed Oct 10, 2012, 08:33 PM

Oct 2012

a great example is last year we shot and trapped 57 groundhogs on our two properties, this meat pretty much fed two of our neighbours for the whole winter, this year we only got a dozen or so but the rabbit population increased so this year we will eat more rabbits. Apart from the cost of rounds, i already have guns the whitetails we will take and squirrels cost pretty much nothing.

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A Guide to Eating a Plant-Based Diet [View all] Flaxbee Sep 2012 OP

Very informative. Thanks for posting! CurtEastPoint Sep 2012 #1

what if your harvesting meat from your pond and woods, is that not frugal as well loli phabay Oct 2012 #2

Yes, it is efficient, and while I'm not fond of meat, if what you do is humane Flaxbee Oct 2012 #3

depends on the traps you use. kill traps are pretty much instant when matched with the proper loli phabay Oct 2012 #4

Interesting positiveidea Oct 2012 #5