The leasing land concept, makes me think of nobles and only the rich being able to hunt, sad to say thats the way its going in many parts, mostly the east from what I notice, I remember when I first found out that guys out west hunted public land!? I was floored, and most did it! Luckily there is still alot of public land out there, and now the problem is when more and more private is leased, and more and more guys want to hunt public land, is greater pressure, in which states will have to reduce tags, so more guys will be applying for quality permits to hunt public land. Therefore less hunting/often. We need to keep that land available, I encourage guys when applying fo rtags, they donate at least a buck to the funds they have set up. I wonder how many guys donate nothing? vs. a buck? vs. a good amount of cash? I suspect alot of guys think im either going to donate like $20 or $50 not just $1, but it adds up.

Its like anything in this country though, hunting land/animals are a resource, farmers etc...can make money off of, so why wouldn't they lease? I own a 100 acres and a guy wants to pay me $2-3000 to hunt it for a year? OK.

Also with more guys managing their land, now they want nobody on it, cept themselves and their leasers. I read how hunting use to be just go hunt, people didnt worry about fences,or who's property they shot an animal on, then fences became more defined say, and you had to ask permission, but were usually granted.