I'm not posting this to slam these people for trying to make a living, but things are getting out of control when I see people charging large sums of money for just about any strip of land in Illinois. I dont know these pieces of property, so they may have a 200 inch buck on them or they may have nothing, but something doesnt seem right when you see two totally difffernt prices for the same land.

Today, Isaw two different leasing websites that have the same property forVERY different prices. These two...http://www.midwestleases.com/landleases/index.php?st=4and http://www.leasehunt.com/avail.htmLook at the price for the two Brown county farms and you will notice they are the exact same properties only very different in price.

Last year I was sick of trying to find decent land to hunt and sick of hunting public land, so I decided to lease a piece of property. I was charged $5,600 for a couple hundred acres of which only about 90 acres of it was huntable. I did about as well as I have done on public land hunting for free, so needless to say I felt I wasted my money... I will never do that again.

I have been deer hunting for about 25 years and I think deer hunting in Illinois is getting out of hand. It's become a sport about INCHESand MONEY. I fell in love with deer hunting because I love the outdoors. I love sitting in a tree in the cool fall air with the leaves changing color, watching wildlife. When I see people like this driving up the cost of hunting wildlife that is supposed to be a state resource for everyone, it makes me sad. I find myself lately actually hoping our deer herd crashes and all the money goes away. I've always wanted to buy hunting land for myself, but at 3 to6 grand per acre now just for WOODS I may never be able to do that. 15 years ago the same ground would have been selling for 500 and acre and would have actually been affordable, but not now. I hope all the money grubbers go away soon, so I can get back to the sport I love.