ND ranchers support ban on hunting rights sale

[The Straight Story]

ND ranchers support ban on hunting rights sale

By DALE WETZEL – 7 hours ago

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Property rights advocates are squaring off with sportsmen and ranchers as the state Legislature decides whether to extend a ban on selling the right to hunt on property separately from the land itself.

The ban — the only one of its kind in the nation — has support from the group that represents the state's beef cattle industry, the North Dakota Stockmen's Association, but its foes predict more opposition as people learn more about it.

"I don't think it's a legislator's business to determine what somebody should be or shouldn't be able to do with their land," said Rep. Duane DeKrey.

Last year, the Legislature overwhelmingly voted to bar landowners from permanently selling the right to hunt on their property without selling the land itself along with it.

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