Those of you that lease your property do you share time with your hunters?

If so how does that work? Do you block out time for family or are you one of X number of hunters for the whole year?


Tbar

Its up you. For warned. Most hunters that pay a pretty penny don't want ANYONE hunting the same place they have leased. If you want to piss a hunter off, let him get to his stand and find one of your friends or realatives, in his stand. You need to specify how you are leasing before hand with the hunters. Most places don't let friends and family come in until the end of the season. There is too much money involved from the lease price to feeding ect to have everyone reaping the hunters efforts, IMO.

correct and well put.

I agree 100%. I can't believe there are still landowners that do that. If they need a place to hunt, why don't they just pull off a 100 acres or more, and utilize that for them selves. I don't think most of them understand the evolution of hunting over the years. Back in the 80s and through the early 90s, most hunters weren't too serious about shooting a good deer or putting any large amounts of money into it, but it's a whole new ball game now. And the sad thing is, the hunters can't do a whole lot about it, because there is typically another person in line behind them.

Just in the thinking stage here. Don't want to pull the wool over any ones eyes.

I either want to block out one or two weeks for family to hunt birds.....maybe one deer. Either that or tell the lease hunters they are sharing the property with four other people who will visit infrequently. Won't use their blinds or feed.


Tbar

Ooops, sorry, I thought you were a paying hunter getting craped on!

How many total ares are you talking about, and what is the current arces to the hunter? I think that has a lot to do with it. But I'm still under the impression that it would suck if I was paying to hunt somewhere and had been watching a 10pt for the past 2 years, hoping that it would be something special the following, and then the owners come out and pop him. I've seen places that do that, and it just completely changes the hunters attitude of the place, as it becomes a place where there is no reason to let a young decent deer walk to be a good mature buck.

I think the number of acres to the paid hunter is pretty important before jumping in, but do agree that if it is going to be shared, you should set aside an area for the landowners. I wouldn't like to be paying good money for a lease, and have the owners come out to shoot deer I've watched for the past couple of years. I don't think birds are a problem, unless they are avid turkey hunters.

We had the perfect lease, or so we thought. Great camp, great place, lots of mature game, and all the comforts of home. Our problem - our land owner started selling hunts when we were gone and even shopped it on the internet. I do not have a lease this year & it's killing me. I don't shoot much, one whitetail buck in 10 years, so it is not about the killing. Its about the getting what you paid for...

I have an understanding with my landowner that he could hunt a weekend or two during the season - just let me know when. Has worked ok so far, he's a pretty nice fellow. He won't shoot anything big, just a doe or spike for meet. He didn't even shoot a deer last year, just a bobcat after I hurt myself and couldn't hunt any more for the season. I have a similar arrangement with his uncle who in exchange plants two food plots for me each year and fences the feeders from the cows. Has worked out ok for me so far. Earl

Tbar, I manage and sublease several hunting properties. I think that the fact that you are inquiring ahead of time obout what's considered acceptable and what is not, is a good gesture on your part about how you handle your business. I think that as long as you specify whatever the arrangement is ahead of time, you'll be ok. These guys are absolutely correct in what they are saying though. If you lease out your land for top dollar, you need to give the hunting rights to whoever leases your property exclusively. If you want to share those rights, you should charge accordingly. Ultimately, every landowner needs to come up with a management plan for their place and stick to it whether they are one of the hunters or not. In other words, if your gonna hunt the place too, you need to count yourself as one of the hunter. I have found that most of the hunters that I deal with are very savvy and at the same time very open minded about how things should work as long as everybody knows what to expect up front.