Tactical Leg Sweep
Michael Noire
Tee the Wicked
Owns a gun and bullets? Check
Owns a vehicle capable of hauling a full-grown doe? Check.
Can afford gas to power the vehicle? Check.
So I call bullshit on this guy's EXCUSE that he "was unemployed and couldn't feed his family" He obviously has money to buy gas. He could sell his vehicle and buy a cheaper one/find alternative transportation. He could sell his gun. This guy just did what he wanted and now doesn't want to face the consequences. Personally, I don't have a problem with what he did, but I do have a problem with his excuse and lack of responsibility.
logic failure.
Cost of Gasoline: 3-4 bucks/ gallon
Cost of Venison: 7-20 bucks/ pound
Cost of Ammo: 50-90 cents/ bullet
We don't know his circumstances, but we do know a hunter who already has guns and ammo in his possession will get more food shooting it than he would by selling a used truck and saving his gas money.
.. Entirely depends on the round he was using. Rifle cartridges can range quite a bit higher than that. Not to mention that a rifle will cost at least 200-300 dollars at the very least.
So yes, there is some logic failure going on here.
you are missing the common sense that goes with logic:
gasoline is a new expense.
he already owns the car
bullets are bought in bulk, which means he probably already owns the bullets
he already owns the rifles, and has hunted in the past
so his bullet expense is close to 0, so is the car, so is the rifle.
the only new expense is gasoline, and possibly insurrance, which people sometimes pay in 6 month to year lump sums, so we can assume that's already paid too.
Net result: it is cheaper to hunt because he's already got these things.
if you owned your own lumber yard and had a bunch of power tools and spare time, making your own furniture would also be cheaper than buying it. Imagine if making furniture was made illegal. What seems sensible to some seems ridiculous to others.
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