I live in the Washington DC area. Public land is far and few between in this area, compared to the number of hunters. If you care to take your life into your own hands and risk hunting with the masses in the WMA's, state and federal land, then that is your right. Not all hunters have access to private land to huntfor free. Why should homeowners allow access to their private property for free? Leasing land benefits the land owners, farmersand hunters. The farms I hunt are leased by the land owners to farmers tofarm. Isn't this the same senario as the hunter leasing the land to hunt? If the price get to outrageous then the land owners will not be able to lease the land to farmers or hunters. I look at leasing as a win win situation. I feel safe and secure on my leased land plus it is full of deer, compared to the public land that is over hunted and overcrowded. Just my 2 cents worth.