I hope the state legislature votes down the Open Fields bill. Any serious hunter should be for vigorous enforcement of the regulations and not hide behind property rights. Being a good hunter means being a good steward. I suspect some bad stewards want to hide behind property rights. Also, this bill is potential cover for those who accept money to give hunting privileges to those with no licenses. If someone offers a rancher, let's say, $8,000 to hunt his property for mule deer, now the property owner has to say, "Well, let's wait until the drawing and see if you have a lisence." Under the proposed law he could just take the money and let the guys hunt whether the hunters get tags or not with very little fear of getting caught by Game and Fish. Again, I think this is a bill that honest hunters should oppose.
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