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Just wondering what you guys and gals are paying to hunt on private land. I am thinking about leasing some of my land in Colorado for elk, deer, black bear, and speed goats, and I would like to be fair about it. Thanks fellas!

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I have hunted in WY and paid tresspass fees. As low or high as $250-300/species (mules/whitetail/antelope/elk). Antelope ranges from $10/gun on up. One rancher let me do some work around the place in exchange for the privilege to hunt. Let me know what you decide. I am interested in coming back to CO next fall if you have openings.

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I WILL NOT AND REFUSE NOT TO PAY FOR MY HUNTING PRIVLEGES.These animals are public property belive it or not,we pay for them with tax,liscening fees,ammo and guns.

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Im with you BareBack Jack. i wil never pay!

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We westerners are spoiled rotten aren' t we? I' ve never had to worry about paying for leased land. I' m a public land hunter all the way. I' m sure you' ll find plenty who' ll be willing to pay though to access your land. Good luck with your venture.

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Let' s see: about $5 each for elk, deer, bear, antelope.....LOLOL. Just kidding. For a place where you had a decent chance at all those species (on your land) I suspect you could easily get $1000-1500 per season per person assuming that it is a nonguided hunt. More if the trophy potential is good. Where is your place and how big is it? That would play a role in how much you can charge. Would the hunting be only on the land or would you have to hunt adjoining public land to find game?

For those that would never pay to hunt private land. Power to you, as long as you don' t berate a guy trying to make enough money from the land to not not have to sell it for another housing development. So much hunting land is being gobbled up every year to another housing, so power to anyone who can make a buck for the right of people to tresspass on his property.

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from your previous posts sounds like you are a hunter, why would you want to charge other hunters?

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1) So he can afford to keep it as hunting land and not sell it to developers.

2) To pay the taxes

3) To send his kids to college

4, 5,6.......

It is HIS land, just like it is your house. You may invite me over to your house to eat now and again, but if you do it on a regular basis, shouldn' t you start charging me?

Ranching alone anymore just don' t pay the piper.

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don' t mean to offend anyone but this seems to be a new aspect to hunting where i come from,, also it it done alot by out iof state owners who are buying land for crp payments ,or what ever,

and you are right it is his land , i would not think of trespass but in conversations that i have had a person whoi is a rancher might not be doing wfat he is sudjesting but a farmer would, diferring views

as for the developer angle that boat dont flaot,, if you are that far down that you can' t make it i am sorry but don' t use it as an exusse for trespass fees

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Ok, first off, the ranch has incredible trophy potential. It backs up to alot of public land, probably about one million acres of it. THe ranch itself, including leases, is in the 150,000 acre range.

Second, I don' t see why people shouldn' t charge for land. Yeah wouldn' t it be a great world if we had unlimited places to hunt, but until everyone starts voting for more farm subsidies and less welfare and social programs that isn' t going to happen. The hunts would be guided by people on the ranch, people who hunt and know the land. People are paying enormous amounts, what is wrong with getting a little bit of it? Ranching and farming is the toughest way to make a living around, and if I can lure some computer desk jockey from Seattle down here to bag an elk, why can' t I charge him?

This is a much bigger issue than my land. We are all tired of decreased places to hunt, more development in places we hunt, and higher prices to participate. The only way to solve this is to (1) write current congressional leaders about the problem and (2) vote for me when I run after I graduate. Until then, I don' t see why I cannot charge people some money. I said I want to be fair about it, I don' t want to screw anybody, but is are the gun companies being fair about their prices? They are protected now by Tort reform, an item that I am strongly in favor of, because they cannot be sued for people misusing their product. So what is causing prices on the exact same rifles to rise $100 dollars per year? How about licensing agents? Clothing manufacturers? If anyone else has a distinct solution to this problem, I cannot see how anyone will be immune to it. Yeah, I could go on for hours about being a revolutionary, how I will let anyone hunt my land, and I would if I could. Fact is we are talking about a small fee, maybe $500-1000 dollars per party.

Now don' t get me wrong, I love this board and respect all of you. I just always here of people talking about how much they pay to hunt, and do not see why some have to be exempt from getting a piece of that fee. We will spend $500 dollars on a scent lock suit, $1,000 or more on a bow or gun, $40,000 on a pick-up, $1,500 dollars on a Cabela' s wall tent, but want to hunt PRIVATE land for free. And yes, the animals that happen to be on the land are the property of a higher being, but this is not a Communist society, and landowners land is THEIR land.