The End of Hunting

I have read the article Steve blogged some time ago. It was interesting and informative although I doubt Christina Larson is much of a hunter she has certainly done some research and crunched some numbers. Where I live there is plenty of land to hunt on, both private and public. There are all kinds of hunters and most fall way short of Tony Dean when it comes to principles and philosophy about land managment and hunting. I love watching those ESPN hunting shows where guys view 50 or 75 animals before carefully selecting their victim then shoot and kill a once in a lifetime trophy all before lunch then squeeze in some world class trout fishing and call it a day. If Tony is so worried that hunting will become a pastime for the elite he should try hunting public land all season. It can be exciting but there is more to it than a pay hunt. Game goes where the food is, making private land ie orchards,corn fields rich grasses, exct more productive. Given a choice people will go where they can have the most success killing wild game. My experience with private land is the more game there is, the more the owner wants to charge for a lease. Regardless of all the wildlife managment and land lease contraversy hunting is great fun, for the average hunter your success rate is tied more closely to the amount of time you are willing to spend in the woods and your scouting ability ,than where you hunt. Unless you get invited on ESPN Outdoors.