This topic was split from, "The Small Shop In Today's Economy" in the "Beginners" Forum. 10.14.12@20:55 ~CW~ They all have some really good looking stuff and please don't misunderstand but none of those places would make it where I live. When I say small I mean micro... I don't have the population ...

I understand business... I have acreage and wanted to supply most of my own cattle and hogs for a small business which would help to offset costs. What I hadn't taken in to account is the fact that the U.S.D.A. and all the other governing bodies make the slaughter and sale of your own animals nearly...

I can only imagine. I was considering opening a speciality meat shop with some fresh and smoked sausage and the more I looked in to it the more impossible it seemed, with the restrictions and red tape put in place by the F.D.A. , U.S.D.A., and all the other letters in the alphabet it becomes so cost...

I read the artical sometime back and find it disconcerting that in a place that has had the opportunity to enjoy the rewards of true artists so recently, would be allowing this to happen. Soon the art will fall by the wayside and just like the good old U.S.A. only large facilities concerned with not...

Well I still have my boat and my guns, and every time I get the chance I enjoy them. Problem is... I don't get the chance that often. Without my toys to do the things I enjoy what's the point. But to each their own.

I really enjoy hunting when I get the chance. One of these days I hope to be able to go for a Royal Elk! I find the meat from elk superior to deer as well. Not that I don't like deer meat... I enjoy that also. I've just never gotten to hunt elk and would love to get the chance. As far as just shooti...

That looks and sounds delish. When can I go deer hunting with you?
I'll bet there are people who pay good money to go hunting and never eat that well...