ORIGINAL: statjunk
I don't pay a lease but I have to drive far enough to avoid paying a lease so that I end up paying it to the gas companies and to Ford Motor Company. It seems like you can't win. Hunting for the most part is for the rich. If you have access to land because your family owns it then you are technically paying for it. Or at least someone is.
I like the spirit of the original post but it is a pipe dream. Figure out your own situation and move on. It isn't getting better only worse.
Tom
Agreed! I knocked on a few doors a couple of years ago and everyone either starts talking money or they hunt it themselves. I wont pay for the mere principal of it (plus I'm a cheap wad). But it's a 175 mile round trip where I hunt that equates to about $350 for the year. A $300 lease for a small plot close to home will make sense.