I innoculated all 3 of my sons with hunting fever from as early as I could pry them away from their mothers' arms and carry them off to the woods, and I am proud to say that they are all men now that you'd enjoy spending a day with in the field or on the marsh. I am lucky enough to own land for them the enjoy, but I do worry that I may not have done them any great favor when I consider that they may not be able to hold onto the properties I have accumulated.
Larry is absolutely right that buying land at todays prices for hunting is not cost effective. Neither, probably, is holding on to it in the face of esculating taxes and rising prices.
Georgia has a fair amount of public land, and the State has done the best job I think it could have to acquire public access properties. But personally, I believe the future of that public access is going to follow the needs of the greater number of Georgians, and ultimately, hunting will be curtailed or eliminated in favor of bird-watching, hiking etc.
I'm glad I grew up when i did...Geo
