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<blockquote data-quote="Brian Renville" data-source="post: 140842" data-attributes="member: 256"><p>Now I'm not sure how I feel about this but here's a thought, are most of these leased acres bought up by just some regular &quot;Joe&quot; or is it guys that say they have a guide service or are an outfitter etc...? What i'm getting at is if they are charging people money to help them hunt then they have also told the taxman that they do so, or at least the law says they have to. It seems to me that it puts them at a huge advantage over any of us regular hunting shlubs when it comes to paying our own already taxed money to lease a chunk of land versus anyone who can claim they have a business real quick and write that off as a business expense. I'm no CPA here but I'm pretty sure all of that money is written off and I'm also pretty sure that the vast majority of acres are leased by someone who it taking folks out for cash whether it is a big group of outfitters or a local guy guiding folks around. For a publicly bought license to hunt that seems like a massive advantage. If some rich guys want to lease some land with their taxed money so be it but remember a lot of them can claim they are entertaining a client or coworker. Kind of like taking an employee out for lunch. I'm not a fan of more tax or pushing on a business guy but when dealing with a live resource mostly maintained by the public this seems a little shady.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Brian Renville, post: 140842, member: 256"] Now I'm not sure how I feel about this but here's a thought, are most of these leased acres bought up by just some regular "Joe" or is it guys that say they have a guide service or are an outfitter etc...? What i'm getting at is if they are charging people money to help them hunt then they have also told the taxman that they do so, or at least the law says they have to. It seems to me that it puts them at a huge advantage over any of us regular hunting shlubs when it comes to paying our own already taxed money to lease a chunk of land versus anyone who can claim they have a business real quick and write that off as a business expense. I'm no CPA here but I'm pretty sure all of that money is written off and I'm also pretty sure that the vast majority of acres are leased by someone who it taking folks out for cash whether it is a big group of outfitters or a local guy guiding folks around. For a publicly bought license to hunt that seems like a massive advantage. If some rich guys want to lease some land with their taxed money so be it but remember a lot of them can claim they are entertaining a client or coworker. Kind of like taking an employee out for lunch. I'm not a fan of more tax or pushing on a business guy but when dealing with a live resource mostly maintained by the public this seems a little shady. [/QUOTE]

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