I agree about desire. I could pay for a $2500 lease instead of a $500 lease. To do so I would have to work more hours or take on a second job. That would take more time away from my wife and daughter. A $2500 lease would also be farther away. My lease is only 20 minutes from home. To hunt a property with more and larger deer I would have to travel farther, again taking more time from my family. I guess my desire is to spend more time with my family ratherthan to chase trophy deer. I truely love hunting but I love my family much, much more. ( that is NOT to say that anyone else doesn't.) I want to shoot a monster, what hunter doesn't? The place I hunt is not a midwest monster deer state. I also hunt public land. And quite honestly I have seen bigger deer on the public land than on my lease.
All that said, you won't hear me complain much about the place I hunt. I'm realistic about it. I know I'll probably never shoot a booner there. But, every deer I shoot out there is a trophy to me and isn't that all that really matters? My lease has way more hogs than deer. I hunt them year round too and enjoy the heck out of it. The place is 370 acres surrounded by a bunch of 20-50 acre properties, so there is plenty of pressure. So while the Drurys may never come and film a hunt there it is still one of my favorite places on earth.
Sorry about being so long winded. The huntingdesires of some may be different than that of others on the priority scale. don't condemn me for that. Greg