Is the title of a letter I just read in Petersons hunting mag.

The guy had his dream come true only to be rudly awakened, he bought a prime piece of hunting land and didn't think to ckeck on the people who lived there.


"A haven of illegal hunting with the attitude of "my Daddy and Granddaddy hunted that place for years before you bought it and I will continueto do so. Season limits and legal methods of take seem to mean nothing. Private property and no-trespassing signs are not respected and often shot to pieces"

It was Southern Missouri. I've looked there before maybe even the same place. His advice is to talk to the local and state law about activities in the area first- and then buy a guided hunt instead.

Having hunted in area's like this I'm already kind of up to speed on the headache that awaits, still the urge to buy is there. My thoughts on it have gone as far asasking an old hillbilly I know if he'd move to a piece of land I'd buy just to keep things in order, and I wouldn't ask how he'd do it.