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ORIGINAL: JohnnyLonghorns

First of all, there is public land you can hunt. Second, the only person you should be calling lazy is yourself. If you don't like it, then buy your own land which you shouldn't have any trouble doing if you are working 12 hours a day 6 days a week. If you're working that much and still can't afford to buy ground then you are a total dumbsh*t.

Outfitters may take "your" land away, but they pay huge dividends to the area. 1. The tourism they bring to West Central IL is huge. Without their business, local restaurants, hotels, and others couldn't survive. Just look at the Archery Shop in Pittsfield. A beautiful 3,000 sq. ft. building that would never be there if it weren't for outfitters coming into the area. 2. Without outfitters, the land management for deer would be terrible. Areas where deer were once starving now have food available year round. It also helps decrease the amount of crop damage deer cause to a farmer'scrop. 3.Farmers who once had little to no income from the timber areas on their farm are now seeing increased revenue.

Rather than complaining about "The Lazy People", maybeyou should think twice about what exactly outfitters do for this region and not what they do for you.

EVERYTHING HAS BEEN GREAT AROUND HERE FOR YEARS.THE OUT OF STATE HUNTERS THAT COME HERE DONT SOME TO SIGHT SEE ANYTHING AROUND HERE THEY COME TO HUNT.. DUHHHHH..
I DONT BLAME THE FARMER FOR TRING TO MAKE A LIVING EITHER.
ITS JUST YOU LAZY SOBs THAT ONLY WANT MORE LAND TO MAKE YOUR FAST BUCK ON.
AND YES I DO WORK AND WHEN YOUR TRING TO RAISE A FAMILY ON WHAT INCOME THERE IS AROUND HERE THEN THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN BUY LAND AT PRICES HERE..DUHHH...
SO HERES TO ALL YOU OUTFITTERS..GET A REAL JOB.....