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grace that he has sold the shooting privilege and is 
obligated not to give it away to another. That pre¬ 
serves good neighborly feeling and relieves the land 
owner of a disagreeable job. 
Farmers as a rule do not object seriously to well- 
disposed sportsmen hunting on their land. It is the 
hoodlum, who leaves gates open, frightens stock and 
breaks fences, that is the objectionable visitor. And 
these people are, as a rule, unknown to the farmer. 
When he is dealing with one man who is disposed to 
observe the farmer’s rules in his own interest there 
is little danger of any damage being done. If by 
chance the sportsman renter should do any damage 
he would feel himself obligated to report and pay for 
it. In fact, the farmer would be better off to give 
away the shooting privilege of his farm than he 
would be to go to the expense and trouble of try¬ 
ing to keep all hunters off. 
While the going rental of shooting privileges is 
small, this does not mean that they will remain at a 
present fixed price. The shooting privilege may be 
improved and increased in value. This increased 
value almost any sportsman would be glad to pay. 
What the man who is fond of shooting wants is a 
place where he can go and kill game without being 
regarded as a trespasser likely to be chased away 
by an irate land owner. He is willing to pay for a 
hunting privilege, and the better it is the more he 
