I dont think non-landowners are going to like what im going to say, but on the 1500 total acres we own in two states there are only a handful of people we let hunt our land that are not family. They have to be close friends hunting with us or they're very very close friends whom we put all our trust in. One bowhunter hunts our 640 in Iowa, but he brought a few friends in to hunt with him, but this year thats gonna stop. My uncle lets him, but we disagree with that. Also,thers a group that hunts it second season shotgun on and off through that season. other than that, the only people who go in are tresspassers which we have a huge problem with. We don't plan on letting anyone in unless we're getting paid a good amount of money or we're really tight with them because we're just trying to protect our land. Theres maybe a handful of private properties of its kinda left in this area. Worth a couple million just for the land, not counting all the timber on it. Nobody hunts our 750 in Wisconsin that doesnt hunt with us. It's easier to control tresspassing there because the guy that farms it lives on the buildings and farm we sold him right in the middle of the property. But if i was the sole landowner and had my full say in it, nobody but me and my family and close friends would hunt it. Simply can't trust alot of people because there are too many people that are going to trash the place and not follow the rules. sorry to you other fine folks that are true hunters and respect the land, but there are too many jerks out there to trust people using some of the best hunting ground in the midwest.

slayer