I don't lease but I would if I had too. And if I was a large land owner, I would lease. This is a free country and if a farmer wants to lease his woods there is nothing wrong with that. I am friends with a farming family who owns a lot of land and I have permission to hunt all of it and feel very fortunate. Also my dad and brothers own ground I hunt. But there is plenty of public ground for those who don't have private ground to hunt. And I think most farmers who don't lease would give permission to most anybody to hunt if it is approached correctly. Most farmers in my area welcome hunters because it tends to deter the meth cookers, cause the see traffic in the area and know people are in the woods.