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Post by batman on Dec 12, 2017 16:15:22 GMT -6
Does craving public land make one a liberal?
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Post by wiscwhip on Dec 12, 2017 17:25:14 GMT -6
Dr. Deer seems to believe so. You?
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Post by batman on Dec 12, 2017 17:55:44 GMT -6
Does craving public land make one a liberal? It would seem so.
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Post by daydreamer on Dec 12, 2017 18:00:02 GMT -6
Interesting takes guys. Regardless it's good to get this information out.
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Post by sd51555 on Dec 12, 2017 18:32:46 GMT -6
Does craving public land make one a liberal? It would seem so. It's a recession from free men, to serfs, to slaves.
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Post by sd51555 on Dec 12, 2017 18:34:28 GMT -6
Maybe communism will work this time. I don't know.
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Post by benmnwi on Dec 12, 2017 19:32:26 GMT -6
you guys honestly think having public land is bad? I can't tell if everyone Is joking or not. There is some great hunting and fishing available to everyone on public land. Could it be better? Absolutely, but it still can be good. A lot of my best hunts have been on public land.
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Post by kl9 on Dec 12, 2017 19:41:46 GMT -6
In my opinion there is certainly such a thing as enough and maybe even too much public land. I certainly think Mn already has enough
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Post by Sandbur on Dec 12, 2017 19:52:49 GMT -6
you guys honestly think having public land is bad? I can't tell if everyone Is joking or not. There is some great hunting and fishing available to everyone on public land. Could it be better? Absolutely, but it still can be good. A lot of my best hunts have been on public land. I enjoy our public lands. Many of the WMA’s are not being managed for huntable wildlife, but only in an ecological manner. Sad. In order of best to worst management of northern forests, I rated county lands top, then state forest, then federal forests.
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Post by batman on Dec 12, 2017 19:57:56 GMT -6
I have zero faith government is delivering the true potential of our public lands at a reasonable cost. We don't need any more.
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Post by benmnwi on Dec 12, 2017 20:14:59 GMT -6
you guys honestly think having public land is bad? I can't tell if everyone Is joking or not. There is some great hunting and fishing available to everyone on public land. Could it be better? Absolutely, but it still can be good. A lot of my best hunts have been on public land. I enjoy our public lands. Many of the WMA’s are not being managed for huntable wildlife, but only in an ecological manner. Sad. In order of best to worst management of northern forests, I rated county lands top, then state forest, then federal forests. I agree public properties could and should be managed better. I think our public hunting in mn and wi still can be very good. Even excellent for some species (not deer of course). Public land in western states also could be better too, but it's still awesome. I couldn't imagine wanting less of that.
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Post by riggs on Dec 12, 2017 20:26:55 GMT -6
In my opinion there is certainly such a thing as enough and maybe even too much public land. I certainly think Mn already has enough This is certainly a shocking statement coming from a hunter. I honestly am not sure how to respond to many of the anti public land comments being thrown about on here other than look back at our history. Many great people before us fought for every inch of public ground we have in this country. What would these places look like today if it wasn’t for their courage. I’m mainly talking at a federal level but land preserved for the people’s use is as important as it gets to hunters and future generations of hunters. State land is a trickier issue due to many factors including funds and state agency agendas but they are equally as important to the hunting community. Private land is private and can be manipulated to the owners will which doesn’t always benefit people or nature. I love my property and my goal first and foremost with it is conservation. Bringing it back to natural habitat that gives wildlife what they need while also providing my family with opportunities for hunting and recreation. If this forum isn’t about the conservation of land both private and public then I likely don’t belong here. Theodore Roosevelt saw something along time ago that really speaks to me and I hope everyone can look back in time to see how important conservation of both public and private land is.
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Post by kl9 on Dec 12, 2017 20:31:11 GMT -6
The vast majority of hunters would rather hunt private land than public land and there is a reason for that.
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Post by riggs on Dec 12, 2017 20:44:19 GMT -6
There is a reason for that. Private land has been more of a necessity in states like Mn for consistent success due to large populations of people. The public tracts get hit hard by hunters who don’t have private property to hunt thus putting a strain on the resource. This is not the case in states with huge tracts of public land like out west.
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Post by kl9 on Dec 12, 2017 20:49:01 GMT -6
I still think the majority of people would chose private over public out west.
I assume you're a landowner. How would you feel if a neighbor or two of yours sold to the state?
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