ORIGINAL: eerdog
I believe the $4 an acre for MW land is under what they are getting. Not sure where that came from. They are getting $8-$13 i believe an acre. I don't beleive I would pay $1000 for 60 acres but if the other 300 you could hunt then that would be possible. You should have made a clause in your hunting lease regarding injuries and damages. Your owners insurance should cover you liablity, so I wouldn't assume the cost of insurance in your lease. Just me personally but hey if someone wants to pay me that much to lease my property for a year to hunt then sign me up. Now deer hunting in Southern WV bow hunting only counties verses Mon County you are talking different game. There are people begging to get in on a lease in southern WV Bow counties. Again each their own, but I think you got a good price as the landowner.
I talked to a friend of mine who is a lawyer. He told me I could write all the clauses I wanted to. The clauses would not keep me out of court if the person leasing the property wanted to creat a problem. And you might be right, I could possibly win the case. But at what price??
And if you have 60 acres of prime hunting that you can lease to someone. Then I suggest you put it up for lease. I have turned down over a dozen serious offers since I leased the ground. And a couple of the offers were for twice what I was asking.
I hate to say this. And please do not take offense, because I do not mean this personally toward you. But the free rides for hunters are over. If people want a good place to hunt then it is going to cost them something. Please accept my apology if I have offended you by saying this. But I truly believe it to be true.
Also the property I was talking about in the above post was in Webster County. I am not sure which timber company. Tom.