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Agreed....anyone who pays is screwing things up and that's why I haven't nor will I EVER pay a dime to lease the predator hunting rights from a single landowner.
Take care,
Rusty
Just want to make sure I have this right. But its okay to pay a guide because you are paying for his services? Is that right? But the guide most likely already has a lease with the landowner I would assume? So in a sense, people are already paying landowners in Texas to hunt predators, right? At least I would assume that Texas landowners are smart enough to charge a guide a fee for the right to take other people hunting on their land. If not, that baffles me.
So what is the difference between that and what Fritz has been talking about Rusty? I am also curious. Why on Gods green earth would it be any different than people from Texas coming up here to Wyoming and paying Ranchers to hunt Antelope, Deer and Elk? Do you think for one minute that doesnt set a presidence for us locals gaining access to land to hunt? I could have all the people skills on the planet but what landowner is going to let me harvest a bull elk off his property that some out of state hunter (Texas or not) is willing to pay $1000.00 for?
Your fooling yourself if you think this is anything new. This has been going on for a long time. Its just now, you can substitute predator in the place of Deer, Antelope, Elk or whatever people pursue. Obviously you feel threatened that for some folks its more economical and a smarter use of their time to simply pay for access. While that may not be my cup of tea either I certainly can see where it might be someones best bet. Your concern might be legitimate and then again it might not. Many of us in lots of other states have been dealing with the same stuff since Hector was a pup and we all have survived. I very rarely find myself in a position where I dont have a place to hunt. But, I certainly am not going to get into a pissing contest with someone beccause they want to pay a rancher for access.
By the way George, if you want to hunt Antelope, you dont need to hire a guide. Just send me a PM and I will take care of you.