Growing up my relatives lived in southern Missippi. We hunted and fished and always ate fresh food because we could walk to the pond or creek and dig for worms or pull down a wasp nest for bait. Licenses were optional.
If I want to go fishing or hunting in PA, I can only do it certain times of the year, the licenses, ammunition or bait, and travel expenses are significant. I have to do it for love, not to save money.
That’s one good thing about Montana. Hunting is a pretty cheap pastime. If you are a resident licenses are very cheap, if you are over 65 (like my husband) they practically give them away!
My husband is in poor health, but he’s a GREAT rifle shot. (the only downer is that I have to do the gutting and dragging!)