Free: Contests & Raffles.
Crappy part is it states that none of the properties were available to hunters. Yes they were, just not to everyone, which made the hunting good. This should be fun. I hope it goes away quickly.
My dad told me when the price of a deer tag went from $3 to $5, "Hunting is becoming a rich man's game." Truer now than anytime since.
Hunt clubs across the nation improve hunting if they are managed will. The spill over to adjoining public land, often not managed will, helps public hunting. The price of hunting on public land, your tags, fees, licenses, application fees, cards and parking fees is what puts the sport out of reach for most. The private guy bends over backwards to help his hunters, the states find new ways to make it more difficult for the hunter and the landowner.