How will increased fuel prices affect your hunting this year?
With oil up another $10 a barrel today we may be looking at gas prices around $5 a gallon this fall. How will this effect your hunting? Will it cause more hunters to go after local game -vs- driving out of state? Will increased food costs, due impart to fuel prices, cause more hunters to go after the meat -vs- the trophy this year? Just wondering how it will effect the economies of communities that depend on the dollars spent by out of area hunters. I know it has already made a difference for some bear baiters in our area this spring since they could not afford the fuel to set and maintain as many baits. Fuel is a major expense for most outfitters as well, so we should see an increase infees for guided hunts. Just wondering what other hunter's opinions are on this subject.