First off given away free hunts when you work has hard as Hardy has I don't believe that would be right and I would not accept one.  He has worked to manage his land and his photos prove that he has been successful in his endeavor.  And the fact that he can make money off of his land means that it will not be sold off and subdivided like many other ranches have been.  If any thing I hope he makes more money and is able to increase the size of his property.  That way it insures that there will be undeveloped land  with wildlife on it in the future.

I think that Subdividing land is the biggest threat to Texas hunting.  In the time that I have lived in this county almost a third of the open ranch land has been subdivided into 10 acre or smaller plots.   Some having houses others having double wide pre-manufactured homes.  That is something that really scares me.

Back to the free hunt issue you also have to consider time, fuel to get to the place and back as well as a host of other issues.  I am still young and plan on one day owning my own property. I have plenty of time to hunt in the future.  And while I have not been hunting I still go fishing, canoeing and shooting.   Not hunting the past few years was and economic choice for me.  That meaning I wanted to do other things with the money I had available such has deep sea fishing and digging for diamonds in Arkansas.   Time is more of an issue then anything right now.