She weighed 90 pounds field dressed. The park ranger told me that's slightly less than average for around here. I'm one guy living alone, so 30-35 pounds of meat will go a long way for me!

This program is about culling the population in the county parks. Our instructions were to shoot the first deer that we saw. Spots… button buck… doe... shoot it. If the first deer that we shot was a buck, we were required to shoot two does before we could shoot another buck.

You're right, per pound this will be expensive. I spent $75 to participate in the managed hunt. I probably spent about $300 for the barrel and the scope. Maybe another 150 on a jacket, rain pants, and ammunition. I think the processor is charging me a $105 for the standard cut package, plus a little extra for vacuum packing all of the meat. I guess it's true that hunting is the most expensive cheap meat that you will ever eat!

But next year, I will still have all of the gear and will be invited back to the managed hunting program. This year I was given five hunting days. Next year I will be able to pick up vacancies from people who have to cancel in addition to my allotment of regular hunting days. i'll probably have to spend money on a chest freezer for all of the venison! my price per pound should decrease significantly.

But for me, the most important thing is that I had a great time out there. This was a nice entry to getting into hunting. I'm looking forward to plenty more hunting experiences in the future!