
(B) Land Practice & Shooting Privileges in Illinois, 
16. Summary. Practically all dependable waterfowl lands and most access-—- 
ible quail lands are closed’*to public shooting. Very little, outsi® of 
baiting of duck lands, is being done to make»posted lands actually pm- 
@ auctive of game. Duck lands have acquired a high value (up to $250 per 
acre--see Waterfowl) by reason of their scarcity, but few or no Illinois 
lands have been given an additional value by reason of enhancing their pro- 
ductivity. This fact lies near the heart or the Illinois geme problem, 
There can be little satisfaction in soaring prices or bags which tesult 
merely from the accident of geographic location and the practice of arti- 
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ficial baiting. 
Somehow both the landowner and the sportsman must acquire a 
totally new point of view toward the land problome 
The vital question is how to bring this about. There is ho 
need to repeat the suggestions already developed in the reports for other 
states. One new idea, however, was encountered, which may be of significances 
in Illinois and elsewhere. 
17. Clayton Berry Quail Preserve. Clayton Berry is a young farmer owning 
a farm 14 miles east of fxeter in Scott County. He leases the shooting on 
all surrounding farms--possibly 1,000 acres in all-- and then subleases to 
Chicago sportsmen, for whose behavior he is responsible to the owmers of the 
land, Incidentally, he furnishes dogs if desired, and manages the coon and 
fox hunting as well as quail hunting. A letter of inquiry was sent him as 
@ to details, but no reply was received. 
The Berry enterpriseis significant in that it seems to meet the 
two weak points in the pr resent drift of events: 

