First off... This isn' t an add!
I' m the one thinking about the lease but wanted to see if anyone could give me some advice on the whole thing before I go up to check it out. A friend of mine has gotten hooked up with the largest cattle rancher in Missouri, owns ranches all over the state. So my friend called up his wife (his contact) and asked about land to hunt on. He called back a few days later and said he had 600 acres up about 1 1/2 hours north of I-70 (in MO this is like legend land), right by mark twain lake. He' s owned it for a LONG time and has never had anyone hunting on it for as long as he' s owned it. In fact he doesn' t allow anyone to hunt on any land at all but since my friend is a long time friend of his wife' s he' s making an exception. So here' s the deal:

600 acres, 12 people, $2000.

my questions:

How' s the people to land ratio here? Is it do-able? It' s setup this way by us to drop price (now it' s about 160 per person).

Does anyone know anything about the land up there by Mark Twain? I just know that it' s next to a large national forest.

The owner says that all he knows is that there' s deer tracks EVERYWHERE. I don' t think that he would lie about it because he' s not in the land leasing business.

So what thinketh the forum council??