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<blockquote data-quote="SDMF" data-source="post: 316195" data-attributes="member: 412">Plenty of outfitters operate on public land in MT.&nbsp; Give them several years worth of guaranteed tag hunt deposits and they'll have more $$ to pay guides to be out scouting earlier, put up more tents/camps essentially &quot;claiming&quot; the best areas for their paying clients ahead of seasons, and the biggie, looking for more places to lease that restrict public access to public land.&nbsp; In MT there's lots of places where the private land is very few acres but follows a creek/drainage with a narrow private land &quot;dart&quot; into a vast area of public.&nbsp; I know of a place where an easement grants one access to a giant area of public land, but, one must walk 3Mi of creek bottom to the end of the water-rights before venturing out onto the public land.&nbsp; There's a well established foot/horse trail and if you leave it before the end of the easement, you've trespassed and will be prosecuted as such if it's discovered.&nbsp; The private land is 3Mi long but only about 200yds wide and it's the only access into a large drainage.&nbsp; If an outfitter were to lease that little strip, they'd have exclusive rights to 6-7Sq-Mi of mountains and meadows, there's no other way in short of a helicopter.&nbsp; Give an outfitter say 10 combo tags that he sells the hunts for $6K each.&nbsp; Require 50% down and book out 3-4yrs and the outfitter has $9K-$12K worth of downpayment with which to lease access.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SDMF, post: 316195, member: 412"] Plenty of outfitters operate on public land in MT. Give them several years worth of guaranteed tag hunt deposits and they'll have more $$ to pay guides to be out scouting earlier, put up more tents/camps essentially "claiming" the best areas for their paying clients ahead of seasons, and the biggie, looking for more places to lease that restrict public access to public land. In MT there's lots of places where the private land is very few acres but follows a creek/drainage with a narrow private land "dart" into a vast area of public. I know of a place where an easement grants one access to a giant area of public land, but, one must walk 3Mi of creek bottom to the end of the water-rights before venturing out onto the public land. There's a well established foot/horse trail and if you leave it before the end of the easement, you've trespassed and will be prosecuted as such if it's discovered. The private land is 3Mi long but only about 200yds wide and it's the only access into a large drainage. If an outfitter were to lease that little strip, they'd have exclusive rights to 6-7Sq-Mi of mountains and meadows, there's no other way in short of a helicopter. Give an outfitter say 10 combo tags that he sells the hunts for $6K each. Require 50% down and book out 3-4yrs and the outfitter has $9K-$12K worth of downpayment with which to lease access. [/QUOTE]

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