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<blockquote data-quote="dfrahm" data-source="post: 1995141" data-attributes="member: 55117"><p>Just to add my two cents - - for what it's worth. I'm a WY native of 67 years. About 45 years ago my dad told me that 'economic development', which has been a phrase we have had in this state forever means 'when you go to your favorite fishing hole (or hunting spot) there will already be someone there'. Be careful what you wish for. Then, there are 130,000,000 that's one hundred and thirty million more American's than there were in 1982! They have to go / fish / hunt somewhere. AND - what's new here is money to hunt. Back in the day, if you had the guts to ask, most would allow you to hunt or fish on their land. Then along came walk-in areas, in which the State pays landowners and all of us can access. Where I live it's a lot like what you described where guys pull up to the spot you are glassing, get out and walk in front of you to go hunt. It's happened to me personally - but what can you say - it's 'walk-in'. So landowners were not being weaned off of permission only to getting some money for their land in the non-growing season. Can't blame them - but then along came the 'outfitters' or those with money who approached the landowners with perhaps double what the State was paying, and they were used to getting money now, and they got double the amount and probably fewer hunters. Who can blame them? I can't - but the hunting opportunities have evolved to what we have today. Do I like it - no, but I've seen it the other way. To people starting now - it's their reality. Thanks for the opportunity to vent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dfrahm, post: 1995141, member: 55117"] Just to add my two cents - - for what it's worth. I'm a WY native of 67 years. About 45 years ago my dad told me that 'economic development', which has been a phrase we have had in this state forever means 'when you go to your favorite fishing hole (or hunting spot) there will already be someone there'. Be careful what you wish for. Then, there are 130,000,000 that's one hundred and thirty million more American's than there were in 1982! They have to go / fish / hunt somewhere. AND - what's new here is money to hunt. Back in the day, if you had the guts to ask, most would allow you to hunt or fish on their land. Then along came walk-in areas, in which the State pays landowners and all of us can access. Where I live it's a lot like what you described where guys pull up to the spot you are glassing, get out and walk in front of you to go hunt. It's happened to me personally - but what can you say - it's 'walk-in'. So landowners were not being weaned off of permission only to getting some money for their land in the non-growing season. Can't blame them - but then along came the 'outfitters' or those with money who approached the landowners with perhaps double what the State was paying, and they were used to getting money now, and they got double the amount and probably fewer hunters. Who can blame them? I can't - but the hunting opportunities have evolved to what we have today. Do I like it - no, but I've seen it the other way. To people starting now - it's their reality. Thanks for the opportunity to vent. [/QUOTE]
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