What a topic. For those of us in the " east" the cost of land is super high and state land is loaded with orange clothes, and getting permission to hunt private land is getting more and more difficult - in fact the land on which I currently deer hunt is locked into a nature conservancy after the farmer passes on - which in this particular case means no more hunting - the land will go fallow, not be farmed and will be maintained for bugs and bunnys. So for some of us who are serious hunters and want to get away from the competition and the experience excitement of hunting for species that are not native to our home state, we come west or south or north. Belive me I would rather not have to pay a tresspass fee and I may grumble about doing it but the couple times when I have - I have enjoyed the time there - it is just plain big county there and that in itself (just sitting and watching what some of you are lucky enough to see daily) is worth the price of admission for we who dwell close to sea level. Not everyone is motivated the same way - like I indicated previoulsy, i was able to do a days work for the rancher in exchange for a week of hunting. There have also been times when hunting BLM land that i wish I had paid someone because of having to deal with some of the moves that are made by less than ethical or ignorant hunters in the same vicinity. It is his deeded land to do with what he pleases and I support that alone.