The Sport of Hunting Might Soon Fall With the Economy

Throughout the last few months I have personally noticed that the time and money I once had for hunting has began to dwindle. And now the idea of hunting as a "rich-mans sport" may very well become a harsh reality. To some people this may not seem like a big deal but to me hunting is a way of life. Some of the things that have changed the cost of hunting is due to the land owners. It was only a few years ago when I was able to just make a phone call and inform someone that I was going to be hunting on their land and that was all there was to it. But recently things have changed due to the downward slope of the economy, which has caused the land owners to now have to lease out their land for hunting and to cattle farmers or charge trespassing fees just to help pay for the taxes on their land of for the maintenance of it. Personally I understand where they are coming from and I would probably do the same but the bad thing is that other people might not understand which could cause a whole heap of problems. One huge problem is that poaching might increase like it did during the depression. Although back then poaching was a problem due to people needing the food to feed their families, now it might be due to hunters not having the right to hunt in the places they used to.
So what chance does the sport of hunting have up against an economy that doesn't look like it is getting better and time soon? Well from my point of view I believe avid hunters like myself will continue to do what we love even it is only once or twice a week verses 4-5 times a week. Although people will still find it harder to justify the time and money to go hunting we just have to keep in mind historically the most significant upswing in recreational hunting didn't take place until the country was in an economic upswing which followed WWII. So lets just hope that history repeats itself and that it repeats itself rather soon.