Just picked up on some information that, frankly, concerns me as an Idaho outdoorsman. Seems the State of Idaho is considering sectioning off parts of public land (our land!) and then placing big game (Elk) in these sections of land. Secondly, then the proposed plan is too charge a fee for hunters to use the land and bag these big elk. Something doesn't taste right here! First of all, public land is public land, or am I missing something here? It just seems ethicly wrong to use public land to make some financial gain for the government, and in addition, spoil a long standing american right to hunt for big game on public land. Now private property is different. Not much we can do there. There are private land owners all over the country who rake in the dough catering to hunters of deer, elk, other big game, turkeys, birds of all sorts etc. Great opportunities to get your quarry, and, excellent quality to boot! However, it just doesn't seem the same when you think of greedy state government folks determining which sections to use, what game are going to be the biggest lure on the land, and, finally how much to we want to make on it! Fishing wise, I know there are a lot of very nice private land fisheries cropping up all over the place. I have visited and fished some of them. That's a blog for another day. However, it does not take too much of an imagination to see that if the State of Idaho proceeds with this kind of thought process for hunting, that plans like this for the anglers are not to far behind. How about sharing some thoughts here with me on this proposal before it becomes a "Canned Fishing & Hunting" season in Idaho?