I cant feel bad for ya, I hunt state land and CFR land and if you think ranchers are hard to deal with imagine going into your stand to find a guy in a orange vest marking your tree (that you have used for 3 years, with some luck) to be cut, not next year but in 4 days. Then imagine what it feels like to haveyour state sell the ground your family has hunted on for years to a sulfid mine. At least you can talk tothe rancher and reason with him, there is on reasoning withGovernment or logers.

Man if people keep buying up this earth there wont be anything left for the little guy to use.
Best of luck in the fall, and hope it all works out.