Many people in this country hunt to live

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I started off with a cast-off freezer (free), then got a new one for $168; you can find them for less at scratch & dent appliance stores -- most of them new. Still others (our family did this) share freezer space with a neighbor in return for a snapper or deer fore quarter.

In Texas, for exp., you get a daily limit of fish and game birds, which doesn't prevent you from hunting more days; the limits just re-cycle to Zero. Deer are capped at a maximum of 5/yr. (gracious plenty), but in Alabama you get only one. Per day! Feral hogs in most states are lightly regulated (if at all), so you can shoot all you can stand, esp. in the South. The wildlife management area 55 miles north of Austin offers year-round squirrel hunting (10/day). IIRC, most fresh water fishing in the South is open year-round, and have only length, species and quantity limits per day.

There are always poachers, a few of whom think it is their duty to violate laws. Not many, but they make the occupation of game warden a dangerous profession.

BTW, I save my game/fish in blocks of ice, frozen in (re) used Ziplocs or decapped gallon milk jugs.