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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Retired Educator" data-source="post: 306174" data-attributes="member: 3373">I apologize if these comments have already been discussed as I'm so tired of this discussion. I did read comments about owners being the only one allowed to post. Makes sense as all maps list the landowner not the renter. If you are using Onyx and want to hunt land my wife and I own that is who you will find, but the renter is listed nowhere. I don't post so it makes no difference to me. I also know some renters who rent pretty poor farmland because there is lots of cover for deer so that makes it worth renting. They then have a private hunting area. In my opinion, farmland is more difficult to post than pasture type land. Farmland with no fences needs a poster every 1/2 mile, pasture only needs a sign at the gates. I also know a few acquaintances that post their land and what they rent and get pissed when someone hunts without permission. They piss and moan but have never contacted law enforcement and pressed charges. Landowner tags are another sore spot for me. There are landowners who only hunt that land listed on their license but there are others who think the landowner tag covers the whole unit. Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot that they feed the deer all year so they are entitled to shoot whatever and wherever they wish. As a general rule, when deer get in the winter hay they do a lot of damage. Spread out in most crops, negligible. I'm not a farmer but have run a combine the past few years and rarely see where much crop is eaten by wildlife. Not saying it doesn't happen but  it's not  very visible.The one time I have seen it is when a herd of elk decided they liked munching on corn. The first few rows around the field wee more than 1/2 eaten or trampled.Landowner tags are not going to change but let's all be on a level playing field. If you want a landowner tag that has to be your first choice. No applying for a regular tag and if unsuccessful you receive the landowner tag. You should not be able to have it both ways in my opinion. At the same time there are a whole lot of landowners who don't mind hunters and who mostly don't care if someone is hunting their land as long as hunters respect the land and don't damage anything. It's a few landowners who are making it miserable for us as well as a few hunters who are doing the same thing.</blockquote>

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