“This is worse than a property dispute, Amy,” she said.

“Do you know about the recreational immunity statute in this state?”

“No, I don’t,” I said.

“If you let people hunt your land for free, state law shields you from liability if someone gets hurt,” Patricia said.

“If a branch breaks or a man falls out of a deer stand, he can’t sue the landowner.”

She put the pencil down with a dull click.

“The minute money changes hands for access,” Patricia went on, “that immunity vanishes completely.