I am all for decreasing the legal age to hunt in NYS also. 16 is much too old to get started and stay interested. We may recruit some more new hunters this way, but again without enough land to hunt, they won't stick to it for very long. I have had the same thought about the state giving incentives to landowners. How could it really be put into effect, though? Maybe some property tax breaks? How much can they realistically be given? A couple of hundred dollars maybe? Why would a landowner take a couple of hundred tax break, when they can get a thousand or more from leasing it to a club or group of hunters. Just won't add up. The outlook for inexpensive hunting is pretty much dead in my opinion.