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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5656695" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Agree, but also believe there will be far fewer duck hunters a decade from now.</p><p></p><p>Let me re-phrase that a bit.</p><p>It's not that there may be that many fewer "licensed" duck hunters, but more that the average licensed duck hunter will be hunting less, and less, as they get older.</p><p></p><p>Many deer hunters, and in large part due to high lease prices, have shifted over to more duck hunting, quite a few entirely quitting deer hunting. Many of these will, in a few years, replace their current duck hunting (which will come to be seen as too much "work") with perhaps a single "vacation" hunt or two to some far away place, may never deer or duck hunt again in TN.</p><p></p><p>Everything has somewhat a cyclical nature.</p><p>A few decades ago, the most popular hunting in TN was squirrel.</p><p>I suspect many of today's duck hunters will tire and turn to other activities,</p><p>some of which won't even be hunting anything.</p><p></p><p>As much as I wish it weren't the case, "sport" hunting is a dying form of recreation.</p><p>It is mainly in the "sport" hunting that participants spend the big money on land & leases.</p><p>By contrast . . . . .</p><p>"Meat" hunters tend to be "minimalists" with their pocketbooks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5656695, member: 1409"] Agree, but also believe there will be far fewer duck hunters a decade from now. Let me re-phrase that a bit. It's not that there may be that many fewer "licensed" duck hunters, but more that the average licensed duck hunter will be hunting less, and less, as they get older. Many deer hunters, and in large part due to high lease prices, have shifted over to more duck hunting, quite a few entirely quitting deer hunting. Many of these will, in a few years, replace their current duck hunting (which will come to be seen as too much "work") with perhaps a single "vacation" hunt or two to some far away place, may never deer or duck hunt again in TN. Everything has somewhat a cyclical nature. A few decades ago, the most popular hunting in TN was squirrel. I suspect many of today's duck hunters will tire and turn to other activities, some of which won't even be hunting anything. As much as I wish it weren't the case, "sport" hunting is a dying form of recreation. It is mainly in the "sport" hunting that participants spend the big money on land & leases. By contrast . . . . . "Meat" hunters tend to be "minimalists" with their pocketbooks. [/QUOTE]
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