superflea1

Totally agreed - I can't see how Geocachers could have any more of an impact than folks pursuing any of those activities. Seems to me the real point is that it is public land. That is to say owned by the citizens of the state of North Dakota. As such, the land, regardless of who pays what fees is open to the everyone. If anything the hunters should be upset that they are being singled out to pay a tax on their pass time whereas joggers, bird watchers, wildlife photographers, campers, hikers, mountain bikers, cross country skiers, land scape artists, or anyone else that has free use of the land don't have to pay any fees/taxes. A reasonable solution might be to assign a "geocaching season" in much the same spirit as there are deer seasons. in that way the state could regulate which activities are taking place at which times of the year. Big game hunting is not open year round so there is room for a compromise there. If the state isn't open to that, then someone needs to look into the states anti discrimination laws. It is possible that this ban violates state law unless it also covers all other outdoor activities that are not expressly hunting related. Or the civil disobedient in me says to move ALL affected caches to 1131 North 4th st Bismark ND, 58501 You can get exact GPS co-ordinates when you hide the cache. See if the govna wants geocachers in his front yard or in the woods Nah that wouldn't be nice