RE: your take on " paying" to get your trophy buck!
Depends on the hunt.
Fenced in : killer, not hunter
Leased : who knows
I saw a show on one of the " outdoor" channels the other day. A guy was taking his son on his first " hunt" . The noisily walked down a dirt road, when they spotted a nice buck. The kid shot it, I' ll admit it was a nice shot, but was it a hunt?, no.
Depends what you get out of it. I' m blessed with alot when it comes to hunting, others are not, and time/geography limits them.