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<blockquote data-quote="Traxion" data-source="post: 140848" data-attributes="member: 983">My in laws live and farm in the rough area Rowdie talks about.&nbsp; Draw a line from Pierre to Gregory, 75 miles each way, and that is how it is.&nbsp; The pay to hunt is the cultural norm.&nbsp; Everything is leased or setup for pay hunting.&nbsp; The amount of strips planted just for birds is incredible.&nbsp; Mind you they take out all the CRP and they wonder why there are no birds in all the strips, but that is another story.&nbsp; Simply put, there are areas in SD that are completely ruined by pay to play pheasant hunting.&nbsp; But, the good news is that there are still some places you can knock on the door.&nbsp; But, there are also areas that things are just starting to go the way of pay to play.&nbsp; I have yet to verify it but it sounds like the fields I experienced the leasing were done by a local outfitter.&nbsp; Bryan brings up some interesting points.I don't question landowners who do lease ground, I get it.&nbsp; They have all the right in the world.&nbsp; It just really changes an area &amp; it's culture.&nbsp; I've seen it firsthand in south central SD.&nbsp; If I lived in those areas, I'd be a fisherman.&nbsp; In my situation</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Traxion, post: 140848, member: 983"] My in laws live and farm in the rough area Rowdie talks about. Draw a line from Pierre to Gregory, 75 miles each way, and that is how it is. The pay to hunt is the cultural norm. Everything is leased or setup for pay hunting. The amount of strips planted just for birds is incredible. Mind you they take out all the CRP and they wonder why there are no birds in all the strips, but that is another story. Simply put, there are areas in SD that are completely ruined by pay to play pheasant hunting. But, the good news is that there are still some places you can knock on the door. But, there are also areas that things are just starting to go the way of pay to play. I have yet to verify it but it sounds like the fields I experienced the leasing were done by a local outfitter. Bryan brings up some interesting points. I don't question landowners who do lease ground, I get it. They have all the right in the world. It just really changes an area & it's culture. I've seen it firsthand in south central SD. If I lived in those areas, I'd be a fisherman. In my situation [/QUOTE]

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