first I am going to say I think HUNTING TV SHOWS< all suck and show p!ss poor examples of what hunting SHOULD be like

BUT that said,
you lime im MT a place that has millions of acres of public land to hunt

YET you state its getting harder and harder to find places to hunt? HUMM

that seems ODD to me(and yes I have hunted in MT )

the REASON folks BUY land and then spend $$$$$$$ to make it into better lands for HUNTING and or?? is, the simple FACT< like you I bet
you want to hunt GREAT places and not just HUNT!

as if all you wanted to do is HUNT< again there are millions of acres of public land in MT
problem is there NOT all great acres to hunt, its NOT a issue getting on huntable land
problem is you want to ONLY hunt GOOD/great land, that well some private person owns and , well most likely manages for better quality
I don;t think most folks BUY land and manage it with whole intentions of keeping other off it
its just a BY product of what happens when you want BETTER hunting lands, so when you have short time to hunt, you can hunt GOOD land, better odd's of being successful, and well, NOT being walked in on sme idiot that doesn't have resprt for others

SO< folks save up $$ BUY Themselves a GOOD place and well MAKE it better
that is the american way
folks that cry the most about this happening tend to be those that cannot do the samre thing due to maybe lack of $$
and I I one of them folks
if I had the $$$ I would own a NICE chunk of land, manage it for above average game populations and quality of game, and have MYSELF a great place to enjoy what I enjoy
however I cannot afford that, SO< I do what I can, I WORK hard to gain access to better private lands, or would walk in farther hunt harder on public lands
I still have NO issue finding places to hunt, there not every where as they once were, but human population is not as low as it was either!
and that is IMO< taking up way more land and places to hunt, than anyone being greedy and buying up land to keep others off
its just that by product of things that makes it seem that way

folks with lots of $$ have to spend it some out and land is a GREAT investment, if you can make it work for more ways than that, as most do, no suprise here at all
more posted signs in PA than most all other states I have been to, and we also have the largest amount of public hunting lands east of the Mississippi
again, nature of the beast! but NO one in PA< can cry about NO places to hunt either, they just all want BETTER places, and thus, come all them gadgets and silly hunting shows , teaching them all what there MAYBE missing,
Marketing at its best, counting on most hunters to be suckers too for gadgets and hype!
I am sure glad I grew up when I did and got to hunt all the great places I did as well
feel bad for the new generations, !