How old are you? 18...19. .? I've been laughing at you. It's funny how brave computer nerds are but in real life there a puss..now back to the high lease prices please. Good day fella.

Way leases go around this area (and just about everywhere in Germany I guess)is, a hunter or group of hunters lease an area (200-3000+ acres?)..... That area is either privately owned or some kind of public land or even mixed with several farmers/landowners involved. They usually pay a bunch of money, but have exclusive hunting rights to that area (even individual landowners, if hunters, have to have permission to hunt their own land)..... If this area involves farmland, the lease holders are responsible for crop damage and either have to kill a lot of game (usually pigs but varmints or whatever causes damage), spend time building electric fences and repacking meadows that the hogs dug up then pay for damages they didn't prevent (usually a cap set?).... Then, are expected to react to phone calls 24/7 when an animal gets hit by a car or pigs move in and are wiping out a corn field in the middle of the night (or dinner, party, ballgame, etc).... They attempt to recoup their expenses by inviting folks in to hunt and charging in different ways... Some don't charge to hunt but keep the game/trophy and the hunter can buy it if he wants, some give the heart, liver, kidneys, and trophy to the hunter but charge for the meat (by weight of the field dressed carcass).....
There are some easier ones like the one I've been offered and may take after I verify everything I was told is actually in the contract.... just over 200 acres at a modest price all owned and maintained by the city (county may be a better word?).... No damage fees, no phone calls, county builds/repairs and places stands and maintains the forest. You are not allowed to cut or clear without permission but if it makes sense to the forest meister, the county will do it for you.... Conditions are, you have a kill plan and are told what you have to kill minimum and a max you can kill (in this case, no limit on pigs and varmints and a by sex and age requirement for roe deer. All pigs and deer killed belong to the county but the heart, liver, kidneys, and trophy are yours.
Unless these areas are on/in a military installation or some other restricted area, you deal with the public walking jogging, bicycling, horseback riding, etc thru the area at will (this country is laced with public access trails). Not unusual for you to be in a stand and a group pass by.... Or stop and chat or intentionally make noise to scare off any game for the next few hours....
Maybe you folks' conditions and prices ain't all that bad????

Red Chevy , I own some of the land I hunt on and my neighbor owns the rest. I help him cut hay or whatever he needs help with and in return ,my wife,kids, and I get to hunt,fish,ride our horses ,etc on his property . But honestly after 14 years he is like family.
For the record, I am not mad at you either.please excuse my harsh comments to you. Congrats on your degrees and marriage as well. I've been married 22 years and it took about 10 yrs but my wife now loves to bowhunt.

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the landowners are doing it cause they need the money, not cause they enjoy it....

I think leasing is a wonderful thing for those leasing most times. I mean, 24/7 access to a great place for $1000-3000/year, what's not to like?

I have been on two great leases totaling over 35 years. The only downside was losing them after having them so long the land felt like it was a part of my family.

That sick feeling was a major factor in my decision to buy my own place.

X2 we hunted the same property for over 20 years. We got off of it in 2009, the owner passed in 2008 and left it to her son that also lived on the place. We got along with the son well but knew it wouldn't make the next generation and the son was already in his mid 60's. We gave up our spot and some family of mine took it over, they have been on it ever since and are happy as can be. When the current owner passes it will be sold though who knows how long that will be 2 years or 20.

Painting with a pretty broad brush aren't you?

The dollars that I have received from my lessees have enabled me to turn a wildlife desert into a hunting paradise....well, not yet, but we are working on it.

exactly my point. you are being able to do with your proceeds from leasing that you couldn't/wouldn't have done without it.

i'm not trying to say that landowners are in dire straits financially and they 100% have to have lease money to survive, but the income is important to them. if it wasn't, then there would be no reason to lease.

I know one landowner who leases one ranch out(900 acres)for anywhere between $50k-70k a year. that's serious change. pays for college funds, new equipment, etc


if your not making money on the land its costing you money. Plain and simple. only question is are you willing/able to afford the operating costs?

Some are, and some arn't

lmao. you sure are a spinster of words sir.

he owns the ranch. I should have clarified that he gets that money from outfitters for HIS 900 acres.

he doesn't hunt much in the states but does go to Alaska and Africa on occasion.

What can I buy for $3200 a year?

So, I should quit hunting for 20 years?

So, I should quit hunting for 20 years?

So, I should quit hunting for 20 years?

It is amazing what some hunters will do and say and then act surprised when you kick them off you land.

I can't imagine leasing land to hunt. Why not just buy land? For a lot of these lease prices, you can buy land.

Please tell me where I ca n buy land to hunt on for $1200. a year? besides far west Texas

Do as you wish....I am not going to!

I miss living in the south. National forests everywhere, reasonable hunting leases, everything fairly close by. Such an industry in Texas. At some point hunting will be a rich man's hobby!