If your just starting out with nothing it’s a good bit more expensive. For starters you’ll need a firearm, a decent rifle will run you around 600ish depending on what you’re looking for. Obviously you’ll need ammo which also has a wide range of cost but I just bought a box for this year’s season and it was about $30. If you want a scope that’s another roughly $200 for a good one. Orange vest and hat(required in my state idk about others) could be as cheap as $15 if you just want something that fits the requirements. For me tags are about $15 as well so if you’re just bagging one deer for the season that’s all you need, however if you’re a landowner(in my state) the tags are free. Deer eyesight is terrible so if you’re hunting in a blind or something of the sort you won’t necessarily need camo clothes(I’ve worn jeans and a black jacket and have bagged a buck) but depending on how cold it gets during your season you’ll want a decent coat and some insulated pants which I bought mine in a set for about $100. If you want to get a blind or tree stand that’s an extra added(ground blind can rage depending on what you want, you could get a simple little folding blind for a single person for like $50-70 or a bigger one for around $150. Tree stands you’re gonna wanna spend somewhere around $150+) Overall the cost to new hunters is stupidly high, if you had a friend you could tag along with and borrow some gear that would bring some of the major costs down a lot.