Is it possible to live off of what you hunt?

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I am starting to learn about hunting and the rules that come along with it. Each season is different, so I was wondering that if you follow the rules and hunt accordingly...is it possible to just live off of what you hunt?

Thanks.
I grow my own vegetables. Of course what I can't get, I'll buy from the grocery store. There's moose up where I live as well as elk and caribou.
 
Of course, people did it years ago and nomadic. Which meant they traveled with the animals.

Example: If plains buffalo went further South in the winter, so did the Plains Peoples.

They also had small gardens and farmed in small areas during the spring and summer, foraged on natural growing fruit, and ate what was around moose, deer, rabbit, rodent.

Of course, you couldn't do this living in the city. It would take to long to grow a back yard garden you could feed yourself off of, you can not hunt legally, and there is no wild food about. But if you live near a forested area, or an area where game hunting is legal. sure, you can live off of what you can hunt for quite some time. keep in mind there are limits to how many deer and such you can shoot. Where I live it's 4-6 a season and I think tags are needed after 3? They have to be a certain sie, males only, and antler sizes has to stay under a certain measurement each year.
 
That would be very dependent on what plants and animals are native to the part of the world that a person was trying to do this. Some places it would be fairly easy and some pretty much impossible if you confined yourself to doing things legally.
 
Kill three or so deer during season,hunt all the birds and small game you can during the year,hog is all year around so yes you could.

I'd get a bunch of rabbits,squirrels,a couple hogs and a couple deer along with some birds that way you have a nice variety throughout the year instead of just eating whatever is in season,since not many different animals are open at the same time.
 
you could supply for all year just in deer season if you take the bag limits. as long as you have a big enough freezer.
 
A diet of just meat is not exactly healthy, but you could live off it, I suppose.

However, there are limits to deer in most places, and other game, so that might get in the way of total dependency on hunting for food.
 
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