ND ranchers support ban on hunting rights sale 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. The restrictions expire June 30. The Legislature's interim Natural Resources Committee, which has been studying the issue during the past year, has recommended making them permanent. North Dakota law allows landowners to sell other property rights separately, including the right to mine coal, graze livestock, pump water and explore for oil....