Hunting for health, economy, and the ecology...

[laundry_queen]

9. One thing my ex used to do

is befriend all of the hunters, and find out if anyone who has killed something this year has any 'left over' meat from the previous year's hunt. Some people don't want to keep the meat for longer than a year and will gladly give it away to make room for the fresh stuff. We got a lot of moose meat that way. I didn't have many issues with frozen meat older than a year...although it didn't take me long to get sick of moose meat. I can't eat it now....

Fishing was something that, as a kid, I did off and on and we would eat what I caught, but it wasn't very often as my brother has a severe fish allergy (anaphylactic reaction) and would have to hide in his room with the window open while we cooked it. Now, as an adult, none of the lakes around here have anything big enough to keep. The only place I can fish and keep is our local town pond that gets stocked with trout every year. Dont' need a fishing license for it either. Those do get expensive.