A few years back, a group of land owners tried to bring an action against the state for damages to crops and deer damage to cars on the hiways. The state made it very clear that they do not own the wildlife and have no responsibility for thier actions. The only thing they offered to do and did do was set extra seasons on antlerless deer in areas where ghigh crop damage was a proven fact. They made it clear to the land owners that if they did not allow sport hunting on thier land then it was thier own fault as that is the only means by which they can reduce the damage. This issue was a hot one in South Dakota where all land is posted by law. They wanted to charge hunters to hunt thier land then have the state control problem animals. It didn't fly. I attended all the meeting as I am both a hunter and a landowner in that state. It almost came to blows Now is SD it is pretty easy to get permission to hunt if you have doe tags.
We already have the fat cats including Cabelas buying up hunting land for big money and then charging up to 400 dollars a day per gun for Pheasant and goose hunting. Its raised hell with land values and PROPERTY TAXES. I was spoiled by many years of cheap hunting and most people with a little effort could hunt all of North America. Those days are gone and a majority of the hunting public will never have the chance to hunt freely as my generation did. You would have to make a hunting trip like that a priority and save then most likely borrow and max out the credit cards then spend years paying it off. Anyone who can apply and hunt where ever they please are very fortunate indeed. Its something that now takes more than just hard work as many states population like ours would have to fork ouit a year or mores averave wage for a hunt. That don't leave much for everything else.