[fabsroman]

You guys are killing me. Yeah, you have it tough, but there are some people that have it a little tougher.

You want to complain about land being expensive, here is what I deal with around here. I hunt a 200 acre farm, which would sell for about $3 million if it went all at once. However, the landowner got smart, hired some attorneys, and is subdividing the farm as we speak and selling 2 acre lots for $200,000. That means that he will get $20,000,000 out of a 200 acre farm. If you guys want to tell me that a 200 acre farm in Idaho, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Alabama, Mississipi, Texas, or anywhere else in a rural area costs $20,000,000, I wouldn't believe you unless I saw the closing documents.

Talking about tough, when I started hunting resident geese 9 years ago, almost nobody hunted them around here because all the waterfowlers were on the Eastern Shore (i.e., where Sean Mann) is from. 2 years ago, I was hunting a field where there were 4 different setups of goose decoys and everybody was arguing over property lines. One idiot made us move our decoys 50 or so feet because we were over the property line.

As far as only the rich hunting in the future, I don't think that will even happen. As more and more people are pushed out of hunting, there will be less and less support for hunting and possibly firearms. I donate to the NRA almost every year and I am about to make a donation this year to become a Patron member. If I cannot hunt and/or shoot, you can bet that I won't be making anymore donations. I would love to see hunting limited to the rich and see how much they would be willing to pay to support the NRA and everybody else that supports hunting. Something tells me that we will be losing a sport.

As far as hunting property is concerned, I have been looking in North Carolina and Alabama and have seen some decent farms advertized for sale that range between 200 and 400 acres and none of them cost anywhere close to $1,000,000. I also read the Alabama game code and it is a lot less confusing than Maryland.

As far as people moving to Delaware, I know of 4 of my dad's friends that moved down there and had houses built just this past year. A house that would cost $800,000 here only costs $400,000 there.

All of these opinions are based upon how you perceive things changing in your locale. For instance, my uncle is one of the 4 that moved to Delaware and he is a hunter. Every time he comes back to visit, all he talks about is all the places down there to hunt (i.e., there are a lot of farms). On the flip side, DelDuck thinks that there is absolutely no place to hunt. Granted, my Uncle hasn't tried to obtain permission, but he talks like he is in hunting paradise. The rest of you think that life is rough because you cannot walk out you back door anymore and shoot something. Me, I never had that opportunity unless you can count a pellet gun.

As far as people shooting over the limit, shame on them. I know some of those guys and it pisses me off. What really bugs the hell out of me are the guys that shoot over the limit and then throw everything into a dumpster and then complain the following year that they aren't seeing as many ducks.

I could go on for a while on this subject, but the sad thing is that the bad hunters are ruining it for the good ones.

Edited to add:

What is the definition of cheap? Del just might not be asking the right question, so I'll ask it.

What kind of farm can I get in your state for $500,000? How about $1,000,000? I consider anything around $500,000 to be cheap and anything around $1,000,000 to possibly be affordable.