Most definetely people are out for money in many cases. In my area, leases are still rather cheap. I believe my friends pay around $7 an acre. If you own land and do not hunt, you sure can appreciate leasing the land to hunters. For instance, on my 80 acres of land, I pay about $2500/year on taxes. The land is about 100 mile from my residence. Just to recoup the taxes on the land I'd have to charge around 30/acre, and that wouldn't include the additional insurance that I would need. Now I do have a cabin on the land and we do use it for other purposes other then hunting. But looking at it in another light, I could get one heck of a lease for $2,500 if all I used the land for was hunting.