that was a well thought out post, however, the thing that worries me the most is that i am told these NR landowners have been winning these cases in the local judicial courts and that is just for 30 days on a one off basis. The problem is that the state will never admit it, but they like the money that comes into the state, and another issue is that the game wardens are getting sick and tired of going after the NR landowner only to see the case get turned around. i would like to know how many pro-hunters are (living) wink wink in the state, you would think that this would be great place for the state to set an example, but no, you know what they do, they give out 50 more governors tags, its very frustrating, I dont have the answers , just few thoughts. but i will tell you, if the state wanted to fight this battle , they would be doing it now and they are not, so what message are they sending the resident. on another note, the price of land right(huntig land) is not that far from illinois othr than pike county at 4-5k per acre, tons of land has traded at 3plus k an acre. land is already insane, and you can thank the investor, i dont always think its the end user paying these prices, good news is that i believe with the current economic conditions, land values are starting to weaken as investors holding multiple farm are feeling the pressure . Someone wrote, Its just a matter of when not if, and i say if they are ever going to give thse people tags, at least make them kill does, and make the minimum land size soemthing large enough to prevent people from buying 40 acres, hey if you want to own land here , it better be something large enough to keep out every tom dick and harry, this way the average joe can still get his slice of heaven.