E6-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 1,1986
Hunting good for farmers?
Farmers are the world’s most
generous and accommodating
hosts when it comes to hunters. A
trip through our countryside
during good hunting days reveals,
the magnitude of this generosity.
Hardly a country road is spared
the hazard of an out-of-state or city
hunter’s car parked dangerously
on the shoulder. And a pause in the
country to enjoy the quiet beauty is
often punctuated with the sound of
gunfire.
Game is killed, dogs are exer
cised, hunters commune with >
nature, and farmers pray their
livestock will be spared and
perhaps a few rabbits or quail will
be left for their own hunting.
This brings up an interesting
question. Why do farmers so
willingly, or at least un
protestingly, turn over their fields,
ponds, woods and marshes to
arms-bearing strangers who are
there to kill? Maybe farmers feel a
little guilty about having all that
land and so little time to hunt. Or
maybe they feel sorry for their city
cousins who spend most of their
lives indoors and who may never
own a piece of ground larger than a
cemetery plot.
Perhaps farmers tire of fussing
with hunters over property rights
and submit to their ravage rather
than resist. But it is the farmers’
land and those who hunt it without
permission are trespassing.
Some farmers who have heard of
the income differential that exists
between farm and city workers
have turned their “game refuges”
into significant income equalizers.
They charge hunters for the right
to hunt. And if the hunting is good
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on their land, they make money.
City hunters who have mor
on their land, they make money.
City hunters who have more
money than time want to go where
the game is and they’re usually
willing to pay for the opportunity.
Even though & lot of farmers are
posting their land these days, not
many are charging hunters. Some
post to provide legal protection in
case a hunter gets on the property
and shoots a cow or gets in the way
of a mean bull. A lot of posted
ground can still be hunted with
permission- something that should
be received even if land isn’t
marked. After all, what hunter
would welcome a carload of farm
ers onto his suburban lot to poke
through his shrubs and flowers in
search of live animals.
But the hunter who drives up the
farm house, leaves his gun in the
car until permission to hunt is
granted, usually gets a warm
reception.
One way to assure continued
good feelings between farmer and
hunter is through a few simple
ground rules- no shooting close to
building, fires, etc These should
be explained when the hunter
comes to the door. He should also
be told to check out when he
leaves, if this is desirable. Most
farmers want to know who is
wandering around their property
with guns and they want to know
when they’ve gone.
Here’s a final thought on hunting
rights. Farmers could gain a very
strong and vocal ally by working
with hunters on some of their
mutual problems Farmers own
most of the land where hunters
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