I think you' ve got the seeds of a good idea there. You mentioned leasing and I' ll assume you' re interested in generating income from your property.

I understand the wish that private land owners would allow hunters access for no/minimal fee. As much as I' d like to make the aquaintance of landowner that would let me hunt his/her land for free I have to accept that its not being entirely fair. Some (not all) hunters are going into the woods with several thousand dollars worth of equipment (guns, scopes, binocs, rangefinders, knives, clothes, calls, scents, etc.) The guy who made/sold your rifle gets paid. The guy who made/sold your camo gets paid. The guy who butchers your meat gets paid. The taxidermist, the DNR, the ammo company, bootmaker, etc. get paid. Everyone in the hunting " food chain" gets paid. But there' s a notion that the guy who owns the land should give free access. The wildlife eats his crops (yes, your land is fallow), you pay the mortgage, the taxes, the insurance, maintain the land. You have a right to generate whatever income you feel is just from your investment. The bottom line is that this is your land, and your choice to make.

If its not about generating income but allowing hunting in a manner that properly manages the resources there are other options. Wisconsin has a program to encourage landowners to open their land to hunters by granting them a break on their real estate taxes. The state probably makes up more than the difference in the income generated by the sporting industry during deer season. I' ll presume that you don' t have sufficient hunting associates to make full use of the property (again, I' ve switched to the non-income generating scenario) you could contact an hunting club that would manage the property under some sort of set basis such as 2/3 of the opportunities go to club members, 1/3 go to a lottery system for non members, charity auctions, etc.

Just my thoughts.