While i don't like the idea of leasing hunting rights after growing up working for area farmers and having more ground than i could ever hunt at my disposal, it is fact of life that leasing(and outfitting)is here to stay in my home state of Illinois. I have several irons in the fire on leasing ground and fully expect to have it done in the next month or so. If you would have told me 20 years ago it would have come to this, i would have told you to pass me some this way. Thankfully, i'm a Union Steelworker and i can afford to lease enough ground for myself. I will still utilize Public ground during the week, when the pressure is a little less.