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<blockquote data-quote="Lycanthrope" data-source="post: 83416" data-attributes="member: 562"><p>Im not saying I wouldnt put in for one, Ive actually considered buying land just so I get one. But do I DESERVE one? Probably not, at least if you go by the original intentions of the gratis. Also I know many farmers/ranchers 'cheat' the system by leasing land to their children/relatives for pennies a year so the qualify for a gratis, while the original farmer still farms and profits from the land. I dont know the specifics about how this works, but I know it is done and its relatively easy to do. Increasing the requirements to 640 would at least make it a little harder for the cheaters to load up on gratis tags and eliminate a bunch of people who shouldnt get one in the first place from getting on every year. Under the current system, 168000 gratis tags could be given out each year, that doesnt leave much room for non land owning hunters. Increasing the min amount of land would reduce the total possible number of gratis tags to 42000/year and seems like a wise thing to do. This should have very little effect on honest farmers/ranchers and would eliminate many people who shouldnt be getting tags anyway, under the original intent of this ordinance.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Lycanthrope, post: 83416, member: 562"] Im not saying I wouldnt put in for one, Ive actually considered buying land just so I get one. But do I DESERVE one? Probably not, at least if you go by the original intentions of the gratis. Also I know many farmers/ranchers 'cheat' the system by leasing land to their children/relatives for pennies a year so the qualify for a gratis, while the original farmer still farms and profits from the land. I dont know the specifics about how this works, but I know it is done and its relatively easy to do. Increasing the requirements to 640 would at least make it a little harder for the cheaters to load up on gratis tags and eliminate a bunch of people who shouldnt get one in the first place from getting on every year. Under the current system, 168000 gratis tags could be given out each year, that doesnt leave much room for non land owning hunters. Increasing the min amount of land would reduce the total possible number of gratis tags to 42000/year and seems like a wise thing to do. This should have very little effect on honest farmers/ranchers and would eliminate many people who shouldnt be getting tags anyway, under the original intent of this ordinance. [/QUOTE]

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