James,
You are in a unique situation because of your type of work. Most of us fret from year to year if we will have a place (quality place, that is) to hunt. I do not belong to a hunt club or have to lease my hunting land. If the opportunity was available I would look into it.

One of the landowners I hunt on is elderly and his daughter has made it clear that she will curtail the hunting when she takes over management of the ground. The other landowners buy and sell property like they are playing Monopoly so I can' t be sure that it will be available from season to season.

With the cost of land in Frederick County (100-175k for building lot) buying my own hunting property is out of the question. What' s a boy to do?
Steve