There are as many reasons to own land as there are landowners, but for my family, the ability to walk out our back door, or drive a side-by-side on ranch roads (this year we’ve been putting the Can-Am Defender to work), and hunt mule deer, whitetails, pheasants, and prairie grouse within sight of our house is our reward for the months of fixing fence, repairing barns and gates, and enduring droughts, floods, and the uncertainties of commodity agriculture.