How expensive can hunting get

[Terasec]

For $12,000 can buy your own piece of land
i paid $20K for 48 acres
its not a 35K acre ranch but suits me fine
then again,
those who can afford $12K for a hunt probably do have their own land somewhere
and i'm sure its nice than my 48 acres

[kt]

this thread makes me sad. its bad enough losing land that the average joe can hunt. in the area i hunt the big threat is industrial parks and business. areas that have been farmed for the passed 70 yrs are becoming ware houses and complex office buildings over night. i recently wrote an article for PA game news about the situation. if published i will post a link. every year with our proximity to NY my area is getting built up. i think about it every day, and every year spend a bunch of days trying to hunt as much as possible on land that has been a part of my life for 10 yrs or more. i wish i had the answer. Im sad
kt

[Blktail]

Please don't look to Canada for your hunting adventures. We are already being squeezed by rich Americans, both in the real estate and hunting markets.

I don't think rich Canadians play to big a part in your lost opportunities. Maybe everybody should stop having children until we can all afford to hunt again. Sounds stupid, but it is pretty close to the truth.

[Hawkeye6]

Fabs:

Perhaps this concern about the future of hunting has been with us for a while. 50 years ago, on of the feathured articles in Field & Stream was " Is Public Hunting Doomed?".

I'm not downplaying your concern since I share it, but let's ask ourselves what is causing the concern and what can we do about it?

Hawkeye

[skeeter@ccia.com]

Hawkeye..answer...and is answer to lots of the problems in this world today...GREED....HURRAY FOR ME AND F!!! YOU....This is the phrase a friend of mine told me he was told by his grandmother. I had to keep reminding when the I was acting more like a D. Sad thing is, he ended up living that line and no longer is a good friend or hunting partner. I don't know how old most of you are but believe me the older you get the more space you loose for hunting...I lost 13 of my spots in just one year due to housing, roads or just the 'keep out ..MINE' thing...one guy even named his driveway as "my lane"....As I drive over pothole given roads to another hunting spot this year to scout, I find out they are putting in another road there also...and yep the Keep out signs go with it...Where I shot my 8pt last year was sold and the new owner has signs already there...boo.. If you want to get that tract of land you better get it now because #1..they don't make any more and #2 the price just goes up... There is nothing we can do to stop greed. Not without ending up behind bars anyhow..I think we that watch those outdoor shows with the fancy pants and high $$ hunts are supporting their need to lease our land..is their job to film....I do not watch them anymore....I don't belong to their programs or buy their magazines...or display their bumper stickers that show I belong to their organization..Is my way of doing something..but there are those that just don't get the point...Another problem we have mostly in the NE pa area as I go there bear hunting (I'm from the west border by ohio line)is the clubs you must belong to to access anywhere...boooo...My boot is to them and where they sit.....Greed