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<blockquote data-quote="Rowdie" data-source="post: 140845" data-attributes="member: 272"><p>I moved to and lived in Gregory SD, in 1995.&nbsp; That is down by Winner SD.&nbsp; I was fresh out of college but I had taken a few years off here and there so when I graduated It had been 9 years out of HS.&nbsp; I had heard about paying and guys leasing land as it was starting to really catch on in the northern part of the state.&nbsp; But down there, that part of the state started the pay to play, and had been doing it for the past 20+ years.&nbsp; The culture was just different.&nbsp; No regular guys, or average Joe's hunted.&nbsp; Well most didn't unless they had connections, and even then they just got sloppy 2nd's as I like to call it.&nbsp; People raised pheasants if they had an extra 10 acres.&nbsp; I was just amazed at how the town catered to pheasants.&nbsp; It was my first exposure to game preserves, that charged by the bird.&nbsp; Had their own seasons...etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; I got on a dart team with another teacher, a couple of power lineman.&nbsp; None of them hunted, and I believe if they were the type of guys that if they had been exposed to it when they were young, they would be your average Joe hunter.&nbsp; But instead, they loathed the hunters that came to town.&nbsp; Stupid tourist hunters who didn't respect anything.&nbsp;&nbsp; Not once did I pull a trigger south of the interstate 90.&nbsp;&nbsp; I didn't make enough to pay the extremely high prices to hunt.&nbsp; I could of legally hunted section lines, but didn't want to be &quot;that&quot; guy, you were worse than white trash if you did that.&nbsp; The whole perception of hunters was skewed.&nbsp; When I would talk about how I hunted they were shocked.&nbsp;&nbsp; How do you afford it, was the main question I got.&nbsp; This was a place where the have's and have not's was really noticeable, and it was all connected to land.&nbsp; Everything was leased, and I mean everything.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Rowdie, post: 140845, member: 272"] I moved to and lived in Gregory SD, in 1995. That is down by Winner SD. I was fresh out of college but I had taken a few years off here and there so when I graduated It had been 9 years out of HS. I had heard about paying and guys leasing land as it was starting to really catch on in the northern part of the state. But down there, that part of the state started the pay to play, and had been doing it for the past 20+ years. The culture was just different. No regular guys, or average Joe's hunted. Well most didn't unless they had connections, and even then they just got sloppy 2nd's as I like to call it. People raised pheasants if they had an extra 10 acres. I was just amazed at how the town catered to pheasants. It was my first exposure to game preserves, that charged by the bird. Had their own seasons...etc. I got on a dart team with another teacher, a couple of power lineman. None of them hunted, and I believe if they were the type of guys that if they had been exposed to it when they were young, they would be your average Joe hunter. But instead, they loathed the hunters that came to town. Stupid tourist hunters who didn't respect anything. Not once did I pull a trigger south of the interstate 90. I didn't make enough to pay the extremely high prices to hunt. I could of legally hunted section lines, but didn't want to be "that" guy, you were worse than white trash if you did that. The whole perception of hunters was skewed. When I would talk about how I hunted they were shocked. How do you afford it, was the main question I got. This was a place where the have's and have not's was really noticeable, and it was all connected to land. Everything was leased, and I mean everything. [/QUOTE]

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