RE: is hunting a ranch really hunting?
I like that term of Shopping, that was a good one. I don't believe in paying someone any money to shoot something I can shoot somewhere else for free (-) the tag cost. I will never do it. Now paying a guide in Alaska to take you around on public land would be ok though. I probably still wouldn't pay anyone and do it myself, if it is allowed.
I would rather hunt public land or a landowner that does not charge and not ever see anything than pay someone for the right to hunt on property.