"...Cabela’s Trophy Properties opened an office in Montana and started listing what the Montana Wildlife Federation (MWF), the state’s largest group of hunters and anglers, calls 'traditional public hunting properties.' Those listings shot up a warning flare to the MWF’s 7,000 members, and the result was a strongly worded letter from executive director Craig Sharpe going to Dennis Highby, president & CEO of Cabela’s. In the letter, Sharpe warned of a 'strong response' to the real estate marketing, such as mailing back or burning catalogs, unless Cabela’s addressed the group’s concerns and agreed to a meeting to discuss the issues.

A flash point in the controversy was the sale, planned subdivision and eventual closure to public hunting of two large ranches in central Montana by Cabela’s Trophy Properties. 'Is this in line with Cabela’s mission?' Sharpe asked in his letter."

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And it's not just in Montana - this link will take you to a site where Cabela's Trophy Properties is a partner in selling a number of tracts of Boise Cascade timberland in Minnesota that used to be open to the public for hunting.

It's not my intent to make Cabela's out to be the only bad guy in the loss of public hunting land, but they are clearly part of the problem. Maybe some of us will take this into consideration when we decide where to buy our next shotgun or hunting vest.