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It's a mix of stuff. Hunting shows on TV have more hunters going afield in certain areas (not all).
Many ranches are going to guided, short-term hunts instead of season leases, and season-lease costs are up. This pushes some hunters into seeking lower-cost access to hunting lands.
The "I want five acres, five miles from town" syndrome has broken up many large tracts, reducing the availability of hunting lands. It's also raised land prices for all sizes of tracts and thus ad valorem taxes on land.
But it's all been going on for some 35 years, now. The recent decade has seen an acceleration.
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