kickin_buck

REALLY???? I belong to a hunt club that has 220,000 acres in 6 States. My club dues are $984 per year. You think I could buy 220,000 acres and pay less than $1000 a year for it? Think about it!!!!!!!!

Lanse couche couche

Kickin,

Leasing does make sense in many instances. But, keep in mind that lease rates are starting to rise very dramatically, and that the landowner is generally the one that controls things in negotiating future arrangements since it is now a sellers market. Think about a scenario where in the not too distant future that same lease arrangement would cost you 10K a year. But for now, sounds like you got a good deal.

kickin_buck

LCC, I could not agree with you more. In fact, I have encountered this and don't understand myself why people are willing to pay crazy money for lease. In prime parts of Illinois leases are going for as high as $80-$90 per acres. In a case like that, I agree they buying is the best option. However, Kevin states that if you can afford to lease, then can afford to purchase. Look at the cost of most of the leases people are putting on here. You cannot even pay the property taxes for what some of these people are paying for their lease. That one guy is paying $450 a year, not too bad if you ask me considering the cost of owning.

Lanse couche couche

I wont try to speak for Kevin (well maybe just a little), but i think that his opposition to leasing is more of an issue of the principle of the matter in conjunction with economic considerations.

caza

with high lease costs many young family men cant budget in a lease, that and over crowded public lands its hard to introduce young people into the sport tocarry on our hunting traditions. this is the main reason hunting license sales are slipping in most states so help your friends and coworkers out and take them and their kids out hunting. Most people if they ever have a positive hunting exp. will not become anti hunters.

Mizzouhunter

If you have the money and want a quality hunting spot, why not?Might be crazy to us now, but if were in their shoes (and carried their wallets), it might seem less crazy.

kickin_buck

Very true statement Mizzouhunter. My dad taught me that something is only worth what someone else is willing to pay for it. I understand why there are leases out there, I understand why some choose to lease ground, I understand why some choose not to lease ground. I don't understand the crazy money some are willing to spend, but like you said, I don't have their wallet, so maybe it is only crazy money to me (and my small wallet).

timbercruiser

The biggest problem with leasing land to hunt is that there is no guaranteed future to it. With the paper companies getting out of the land owning business and the potential of a private landowner selling/leasing the land to somebody else you can put a lot of time and money into a tract of land getting the managed and the food plots established only to lose it with no recourse. I know, I lost two tracts I had leased this year and I know of a lot of paper company land that is for sale and those hunters will probably lose their hunting land..

RugerM77.270

Well I hunt 400 acres in southwestern GA and I don't pay anything. I hunt with a farmer who works for the landowner and hunting land is one of the employee perks. He goes to the church I pastor at. Most people around here pay anywhere from $7-$15 an arce depending on how good it is.

bryant1

It happened to my dad and brother- theylost a club lease last year they had for 13 yrs that was trophy managed, and yes, it was prime paper company land.

I am going to pay my club dues this month and they are a WHOPPING$610 and $800. That'sto hunt60,000 and 110,000 acres- you won't hear me bad-mouthing the paper companies anytime soon....