This post I am going to have to rant a little bit about the upcoming shotgun seasons and current archery season.

I am lucky enough to be hunting in Pike county on over 700 acres of private land. I am the only person who hunts this land, as everyone else in my family has no interest in hunting. The land surrounding this property is all leased up by out of state hunters at anywhere from $40 to $50 and acre.

Now where i hunt from there is a very slim possibility that a wounded deer could get off the property and die on a neighboring property. As a precaution I asked permission to not hunt, but be able to track a deer if need be. I was denied permission by all landowners.

The law here says that if I have a wounded deer that dies on someone elses property and they will not let me get to it neither party gets to keep the deer and the DNR has to disposve of it. Does this seem like the business aspect of hunting is getting in the way of the fun?

I am lucky to have the land I have to hunt for no cost to me, but a lot of friends and family members are losing 1000's of acres they used to be able to hunt on. A lot of local people are losing their land and I find this dissapointing, and bad for the sport soince out of of out of staters of leasing up entire farms and hunting from 3 to 7 days all year.

Sorry for the long winded post, but I felt the need to get the feeling of my chest.