Could not have said it better KY Jon. On the other hand, you and I are landowners that manage our land for wildlife with our own money in addition to our profit crop.
I can understand the concern of non-landowning hunters regarding the demise of the CRP Program. Many farmers here in the pheasant capital of the world would go back to farming fence-row to fence-row, particularly with current prices of corn and soybeans, were it not for those government CRP payments. From what i know this would result in a serious decline in game bird populations due to lack of habitat.
Did the do-gooder's now in charge in DC just figure out that guys with guns are getting some benefit out of the CRP Program?
All I know is that the highest pheasant populations we have had in South Dakota were during the Soil Bank Program in the 50's and the CRP Program starting in the late 80's, with not much in between.
PS...I am a rancher...raise cows...don't grow crops...don't subscribe to any govt. programs...but I like to hunt pheasants back in the eastern part of the state.
