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<blockquote data-quote="ElkStalkR" data-source="post: 3226908" data-attributes="member: 2292">Holy crap.&nbsp; What were they thinking?!&nbsp; The public parcels in Oklahoma are much too small to support outfitted hunting.&nbsp; We aren&#039;t talking millions of acres of forest with wilderness areas like the Rockies that often require local paid help to even access parts of public land!Honestly I see it being more of an issue with bird hunters than big game.&nbsp; Think of all the people that will take money to take someone to your favorite duck or quail spot.&nbsp; You don&#039;t have to be licensed to guide in Oklahoma, as far as I know, post on craigslist get paid a few extra bucks to take someone out bird hunting for the morning!&nbsp; What a disaster. Furthermore does this include the new private lands leased for public hunting????&nbsp; If so that will completely kill that program.&nbsp; No landowner will lease his ground for public access to watch others make money off of it!If the governor doesn&#039;t veto this the only response the ODWC could have is literally make all public grounds limited access (controlled hunt) during all big game seasons and maybe even some waterfowl/upland seasons.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ElkStalkR, post: 3226908, member: 2292"] Holy crap. What were they thinking?! The public parcels in Oklahoma are much too small to support outfitted hunting. We aren't talking millions of acres of forest with wilderness areas like the Rockies that often require local paid help to even access parts of public land! Honestly I see it being more of an issue with bird hunters than big game. Think of all the people that will take money to take someone to your favorite duck or quail spot. You don't have to be licensed to guide in Oklahoma, as far as I know, post on craigslist get paid a few extra bucks to take someone out bird hunting for the morning! What a disaster. Furthermore does this include the new private lands leased for public hunting???? If so that will completely kill that program. No landowner will lease his ground for public access to watch others make money off of it! If the governor doesn't veto this the only response the ODWC could have is literally make all public grounds limited access (controlled hunt) during all big game seasons and maybe even some waterfowl/upland seasons. [/QUOTE]

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