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then why are/should st game lands access roads be gated and locked? they open them up for deer and bear season but why gate and lock them at all.....to keep people out?....kinda sounds like private property to me???

I disagree. A good way to increase land for hunting and recreation is to buy in groups. Everyone has a right to do so. You have much more buying power than one person alone. Nothing has to be shady about it. I understand and respect their reasons. They may hunt there but they also take their families there to camp. There is no reason for constant, intrusive surveillance, especially in the off season. We bought land for private use by our family for hunting and recreation. We camp there 10 months a year and hunt 2 months. It is scary to think that they can come in and start videotaping us and our children without us knowing. We follow all hunting laws, I have no concern about that. I do however value my privacy on my own private property. Example: you buy a hot tub and put it in your back yard in the country. You have no neighbors. You like to enjoy the hot tub naked. The game commission decides to start doing video surveillance without you knowing and the area includes your hot tub. Is this right? Should this be allowed?

Both clubs are privately owned, however, the issue is the game/animals are in public domain and not the club’s property.

There is and it's already a legal part of law enforcement.

I watched a news program yesterday on FOX where a rancher says he is really worried about cartel scouts and terrorists coming across his property now. They are all dressed in camo. MS13 tattoed gang members knocked at his door to use the phone. His wife was afraid and didn't let them in, but left sandwiches for them outside to eat. The rancher was an older man and looked to be in his seventies. He said he used to see border patrol on his land, but hasn't seen them for 3 months. Seems our government is doing diddly right now to protect our borders. These are just random thoughts, but I really wonder if this is their plan. To get all these folks into our country, give them citizenship, and then they will be "voters" for the current regime. Soon they will be moving them into the local hotels and housing them. They are doing that in the cities. Heck, the old Holiday Inn in DuBois could use some business. No one stays there. Who is to say the government couldn't pay them mucho bucho and move those folks right in? Aren't they already housing them in Philipsburg at the Mo Valley Processing Center? I have no problem at all with helping folks, but this influx of immigrants is wrong. We need to take care of the folks that are already here. Our country is in horrible debt, and the working people are paying for it all. How much longer can we do it? How can we support all these extra mouths to feed? The 2024 election can't come fast enough for me.

There was a time when my back yard had teapots hanging on shepherds hooks and they made great birdfeeders. They also provided "props" for lots of interesting pictures. This is one of a little black capped chickadee who was a frequent visitor. (Brookville, Jefferson County) > Judy Buzard Schwab

I agree with Lizard. And unless they have a warrant and probable cause, they best stay off someone's property. I think it is good to buy property to enjoy the outdoors. I myself have done this. Foreign countries have purchased large amounts of our land out west and elsewhere. Best for Americans to buy as much of it up as we can to safe guard our freedoms.