ORIGINAL: Splitear_Leland
TEmbry,
I don't for a minute blame a landowner for taking advantage of an opportunity to make any money off his property, and yes I would do the same. And it is not impossible to find private ground, but that is soon becoming the case. As I said, I see your side of the argument, but do you agree that money is soon going to become, as it does with everything, the thing that drives the sport. I am no hypocrite, but I simply believe that hunting is not what it once was, and I think it is sad. If it comes to the point where I and the other thousands of hunters can only hunt public ground, and I have to set my treestand 20 feet from another hunter, I am going to quit, because I will no longer enjoy or believe in the sport. Again, though my earlier posts may have suggested it, I have no quarrel with you, but I still believe that OURsport is slowly going downhill. And if you can't agree with me on that, you are not a true hunter.
I don't know about downhillbut i see your point in this last post. No one wants to be stacked in public land like cordwood. I just saw people earlier ripping on landowners for leasing their land and this is greed. No other way of looking at it.They want what they no longer can have for free.
Money is starting to drive hunting, but it does with everything in life though. I cant think of anything in life where money isnt a big factor.