>>1405531>waterfowl hunting is even pricierAgain, depends on how and where you hunt.
>$10-20 in gas depending on how far I go, per day>maybe $10 in ammunition on a good day (usually around $250 a year, I shoot around 2 flats of Fiocchi)>~$60 total in licensing and permitting (Fed and state duck stamps, state license) for the yearI'm using the same waders I've had since I was 15. I shoot a ~$600 shotgun I traded for used. All of my clothing besides my wader jacket is either normal daywear or milsurp (BDU pants, ECWCS grid fleece). All told including my multitude of hats and gloves I've got maybe $600 tied up in hunting clothes, and it lasts years to decades. The total cost of all my decoys is maybe $200 (I find and refurb a lot, and pick up clearance/used decoys) and I've got around 8 dozen across all species.
I hunt public land that's wade in only. It's hard work and I usually don't do great but it's cheap and something I don't need to plan weeks/months in advance.
Taxidermy can be expensive, but I've been duck hunting somewhere around 30 years and I've only put 7 birds on the wall.
>pic related from the 25th, literally just hugged a tree while standing in waist deep waterIf it weren't for hoodies it would've been a slow day. They're neat to watch though.
