again, most all lease's I knew of required the folks leasing to have insurance, this is not really anything new, been going on for a LONG time
and you cannot blame a land owner for wanting to be protected from law suits
hobbies of all sorts are getting harder and harder to do unless you have deeper pockets
just look at how many lakes and streams and such that are all closed now to fishing, , and that happened way back decades ago, and mostly again due to law suit fear of folks getting hurt and suing land owners
same can be said about why so much land was also posted against allowing hunters having access!
or riding dirt bike or??
the point is rather simple
if you want to ensure you have something in the future, you basically have to BUY and own it, to KNOW for sure you will have it for you and your kids and there kdis and so on!
Nothing new here
BUT the flip side of things, and not really sure why so many folks , just DON"T seem to like public land,
There are always going to be public lands for hunting in MOST states, unless, hunter numbers get too low and the anti hunter numbers over power things
this IMO< is a larger worry, that leasing and having to carry ins if you want to lease!
Just look at how much hunting lic sales has dropped in the past decade!
and how few kids today even want to hunt,
the whole world revolves around the mighty dollar, and generations now, are more and more willing to waste money on things with no real return, were in a very disposable world and mind set of far too many, that don't seem to care how long anything last, when they can just BUY more !
Its a shame, as there once was a time, company's took pride in having reputations for long lasting products and having great customer care., or valuing customers!
Them days are long gone,
its now the cheapest they can make things with the most profits, is all that matters, and consumers , seem more than happy buying things they have to replace often and each time at higher and higher prices! or things that don't l;ast long, as long s there CHEAP!
the mind set of you
HAVE TO PAY< TO PLAY< has never been stronger!
all hobbies are again becoming for wealthier folks or folks not scared or just willing to go into debt for play!
just look at how many folks finance everything anymore!
compared to years ago, when folks typically use credit cards for emergency's or when cash buying wasn't possible,
now its the opposite, credit cards for everything, , and cash is almost not even wanted in many businesses, as a fact its NOT even taken these days in many!
GO try and send a package at a UPS shipping center, my way, they WON"T accept cash as payment !
its a changing world out there, maybe its time to buy land, ? as they say, ain;t making any more and its a good investment 99.9% of the time to boot!