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Hunter overcrowding and the privatization of access
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<blockquote data-quote="MidTennFisher" data-source="post: 5839342" data-attributes="member: 11842"><p>We don't need more hunters and we dang sure don't need anymore recruitment. Everyone agrees that with the population growing and land disappearing, we are crowding more and more people into a continually shrinking resource. So what in the world about that absolute fact would make anyone think we need to recruit more hunters?</p><p></p><p>Someone said that the younger generation isn't hunting as much. Who do you think all these flatbill hat wearing goofballs that post all over Instagram and TikTok to fuel their dopamine addictions are? 18-30 year olds! </p><p></p><p>I do believe that if all forms of social media were to disappear that within one full hunting season we'd see a dramatic reduction in hunting pressure and that would be the best thing that could ever happen to hunting. Unfortunately, that will never happen. Social media has been the most destructive thing to ever happen to hunting. </p><p></p><p>As for buying land to hunt, forget it. If you haven't bought it already, or have the money saved to do it soon, it's out of reach. Land prices have outpaced wage increases at an unprecedented rate over the last decade. Especially bad the last 3-4 years. </p><p></p><p>The younger generations are so screwed. And I'm not some whining millennial with an Arts degree working at a coffee shop thinking I should be able to afford 40 acres of land, just to be clear. I went to college to get an Engineering degree and have worked very hard in my career. </p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, I started making decent money just a few years too late. Seems like my generation is better off trying to just buy a house on 3-4 acres and raise livestock to eat. That's more feasible than thinking I'll have access to quality (or any) public hunting in 15-20 years or ever be able to afford the 40 acres I really want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MidTennFisher, post: 5839342, member: 11842"] We don't need more hunters and we dang sure don't need anymore recruitment. Everyone agrees that with the population growing and land disappearing, we are crowding more and more people into a continually shrinking resource. So what in the world about that absolute fact would make anyone think we need to recruit more hunters? Someone said that the younger generation isn't hunting as much. Who do you think all these flatbill hat wearing goofballs that post all over Instagram and TikTok to fuel their dopamine addictions are? 18-30 year olds! I do believe that if all forms of social media were to disappear that within one full hunting season we'd see a dramatic reduction in hunting pressure and that would be the best thing that could ever happen to hunting. Unfortunately, that will never happen. Social media has been the most destructive thing to ever happen to hunting. As for buying land to hunt, forget it. If you haven't bought it already, or have the money saved to do it soon, it's out of reach. Land prices have outpaced wage increases at an unprecedented rate over the last decade. Especially bad the last 3-4 years. The younger generations are so screwed. And I'm not some whining millennial with an Arts degree working at a coffee shop thinking I should be able to afford 40 acres of land, just to be clear. I went to college to get an Engineering degree and have worked very hard in my career. Unfortunately, I started making decent money just a few years too late. Seems like my generation is better off trying to just buy a house on 3-4 acres and raise livestock to eat. That's more feasible than thinking I'll have access to quality (or any) public hunting in 15-20 years or ever be able to afford the 40 acres I really want. [/QUOTE]
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