RE: Camp Security
Our 600 acre hunt camp is 500+ miles from home. In the summer there are people staying there about 7 of 10 weeks. different groups(usually 10-20 at a time)of people with permission too use the property, all we ask is each person that stays there leaves a $20 bill with a max of $100 per family. After sept1, we duckhunt 1 weekend, bowhunt 1 week, and gun hunt 1 week, then dont go back until may. Out of 52 weeks in a year there may be someone there 12 weeks.
We have gotten too know many people in the area and we support theyre businesses. everyone at the grocery store, liquor store, co-op, gas station, marina, hardware,the owners of the campground down the lake, the neighbouring cottagers and hunt camps,the farmer who's road we go down too access the property, they all know us!
We have let everyone know,, in winter if you want too use the access road to access a real popular fishing area go ahead be our guest... just close the gate behind you(not locked). We even allowed the local snowmobile club too put a trail through the corner ofthe property.If you run in to trouble out there the hunt cabin(there are 3 cabins) will be unlocked, there is oil in the furnace and propane for the stove,, there is dryed soups, coffee, tea, a couple cans of stew, blankets, an extra set of clothes,, help yourself.
In the summer if you want to go swimming come on in and hit the beach by the cottage,, bring your kids with you, help yourself to a drink,, dont throw your cig butts on the ground. The neighbor kids ride theyre bikes(we bought them a couple cheap bikes at a garage sale)in and swim and fish right off the boathouseall summer long. If we are about too eat, we always ask them too join us. The last week in august we invite everyone we know for a pig roast and fireworks, we get about 50 or so guests every year.
The neighborring farmer(very verypoor with11 kids)has permission to go on the land and cut all his firewood too heat his house and he even has permission too shoot a few does every year. His family is also allowed too hunt the road for grouse, stay out when deer season is around the corner though and they do!We hire 2 of his teenage sons to do some work on the property every year(fix roads, clear the road of deadfalls, build blinds, do some carpentry work,trapping beaversetc.) We buy allour firewood we need from the farmer every year, not for much $25 a truck load, he drops a load every week throughout the summer. We buy our breads, buns and pies from his wife when we are there. We send everyone X-mas and birthday cards with a couple dollars for the kids.
The people that had this property prior had alot of vandalism and theft. We dont have any at all,,,, NONE!
Any time there is a storm people will go in and check the property, if there is damage they will repair it or notify us(alot of times they dont even tell us they fixed something). We treat the locals very well,, and they watch out for us!