The slams I have seen directed towards Pike County have not been the resident hunters who live in the area. It has been directed at the chamber of commerce and the landowners/outiffters who are B an Moaning about not being about to get unlimited permits for out of state people so they can make another buck. This is the problem most in staters have with Pike. Not the resident hunters complaining about loosing hunting access but the outfitters and landowners moaning about caps on permit sales.

My biggest problem with this is not the landowners going for money. Hey, farmers aren't getting a lot so when their land is valuable a lot will sell out. Others see their land as their retirement fund and want ot see it increase in value. If hunters increase it than great as far as they are concerened. No, my biggest problem is that MONEY is driving management decisions instead of science. If this additional money comming in ment more money for the DNR and maybe more public land purchases I think you might see more support. The problem is for every dollar that goes into the DNR from this proposal another dollar will be taken back from the DNR out of the general budget. It is short sighted money grab economics and it is not a good thing for any one envolved except maybe the politicians up North who are coming up for election and are too scared to cut programs or raise fees that affect everyone. This is happening everywhere. They jacked up the prices on the tollroads for none IPASS peoplet hinking this usage fee would generate more revenue. Guess what? People are by passing the toll roads and now surface roads have more congestion. I have ZERO confidence in Springfields elected officials doing anything logical right now because they can't get their head out ..... I'll stop now.