RATHER said: " If I had to pay to use someone elses land to hunt, I would probably just hang it up"

Whew, you must not be as passionate about hunting as I am. Also, you are already " paying" to hunt: license, gas, gun, ammo, etc.... It is just a question about how much you are willing to pay to hunt. For instance, if there was suddenly NO, repeat NO public hunting, I bet you would pay $1 to hunt someone elses land. The question is how much more than $1 would you pay.

Anyone who says if public land is NOT available and wouldn' t pay $1 to hunt some land I would not believe.

As far as this not being " reality" , it may not be for them in their current situation, but it certainly is a reality of places like Texas.

Bottom line is that it is all what you are used to , what you grew up with.

One more thing. Most states with plenty of public land to hunt have at most 1-2 weeks of hunting season (excluding archery season). In Texas, where the lease is about all most people have as an option, you can hunt the entire month of October (archery), a TWO MONTH long regular gun season, and a month of turkey season in the spring. That is a lot of hunting compared to most Public land hunts in other states. Also, bag limits of 4 deer, 2 turkeys, etc, which is much more liberal than the bag limits on most public land hunts. In other words, you do get more bang for your buck$.