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just_me_mongo:
Hello!  I started deer hunting a few years ago.  Tags are not that expensive & easy to purchase.  I actually did the old fashioned going to knock on doors & meeting people to find land to hunt on.  I actually was blessed and met a friend who helped me learned the ins & outs.  I'd be glad to share with you what I have learned thus far.

Good luck!!!

JimP:

--- Quote ---There are river antlerless tags this year where within so much area of major rivers they allow hunting during October with a firearm,
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Unless you have access to a walk-in cooler, butchering in October can be dicey- temps are often pretty high yet...... bacteria grows pretty fast above 40 degrees.

December muzzle-loader hunting is great in that it is colder, the season is much longer, and there are almost no other hunters out...... though there is that issue of learning to use a frontstuffer, with all it's limitations. 

January's Antlerless Only season is great, so long as you don't get a cold snap that freezes a hanging deer solid- had that happen once!

bkoenig:
Finding land to hunt on is really tough, since pretty much all of the good deer land is private.  I'm lucky enough to have some family owned land that is prime deer country.  If I didn't have access to that I doubt I would be hunting at all.

Nebraska has deer predation pemits available for farmers who are suffering crop damage.  You might check on the Game & Parks site for that.  I seem to recall there was a program to hook up hunters with farmers. 

As others have said you really need to process your own in order to save money.  I used to but I got lazy.  Now, when I factor in gas, permits, and processing I spend more on deer than I would pay for beef.

jlmomaha:
thanks for the info guys it is appreciated, my mom grew up in rural texas and knows how to process it "so she says.lol" looks like im going to be doing some door knocking, i did some googling and searched the website im ashamed to admit that i am not in anyway internet savvy.lol.

David Hineline:
How much can one mom eat, one yard bunnie a day should feed her.

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