[meteorite-list] How about a thread to discuss hunting ethics - west

[MeteorHntr at aol.com]

Hello George,

I have done something  similar in the past at places like what we did at 
Brenham.  But with so  much land to cover at West, and so little time to cover it, 
for me it was just  easier to hunt where one was wanted.  I had ground where 
land owners were  happy to let us hunt with no return to them, so it was fine 
to spend most of the  time with that ground. 

To pay to hunt, or to pay a "royalty" to a land  owner on anything found, 
might be okay if there were not other options and other  places to go that cost 
nothing.  

Racing the crops going in, other  hunters, the coming rains, the growing 
grass, the emerging rattlesnakes, it was  just easier to go where it was easier 
and cheaper since it all couldn't be  hunted by one person anyway. 

Of course, for someone that wants to try to  do that now, they have to cut 
through all the preconceived ideas the landowners  have built, just so they will 
be open enough to hear such a sales pitch.  I  would think if someone is in 
the area now, it would be a valid option to try,  especially if it is for 
unhunted ground, not in crops, not in tall growing  grass, in part of the 
strewnfield where the meteorites would not have buried  themselves too deep into the 
ground, where their holes would be filled in with  mud by now.

Steve Arnold
Arkansas



In a message dated  4/2/2009 6:35:16 P.M. Central Daylight Time, ks1u at att.net 
writes:
Jason et.  al.
Did anyone offer to act as a broker?   Rather than paying  
outright, have a contract stating the total number  of grams retrieved  
and a percentage for selling them.  I know  most hunters would rather  
own what they sell, but it beats leaving  specimens to weather in the  
field.

George  

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