I can understand why you might be against it but it sounds like everything is still ethical...no high fence, a skills test...no big deal right?...no baiting (don't open the can of worms on me that comment)...basically sounds like you're hunting on private property (or shooting at a private range which most have yearly dues). $65 is nothing if you love huntinig that much and have a great op. to tag a nice deer. The way I see is this...in Southern Illinois I have to pay $15 for 2 pheasants (we don't have wild pheasants) but it's a released hunt. My dad and I do this a minimum of 5 times a year...we like to do it and don't have a place to hunt wild birds. It's still ethical, the birds have been 'free' released (not planted) prior to the hunt, you get to work your dogs, and get to enjoy yourself just as much as you would tropping around for wild quail (which aren't that plentiful anymore). In all honesty, I think you're a fool if you don't take up that offer. Deer hunting is the biggest game sport in the U.S. and private land is getting harder and harder to come by, wooded land and lease prices keep going up and up...pay the money and don't bat an eye. Even if you don't bag the big buck you think you might, you still might get a great experience from it...it's hunting...nothing is ever gauranteed. Just my $.02