Do you share your land with people outside of your family/owners

[Natty Bumppo]

With very low deer density and only 30 acres and (and my MiL's bordering 120) I pretty much hunt the land solely with my brother. My son in the future will join us. Occasionally I do allow a good friend to come hunt my place for a sit or two in exchange for joining him on a shotgun season hunt to a his secret spot.

Once I get some trails and food plots established on my new land I do have a dream of inviting an OIF/OEF disabled veteran to hunt my land….somehow. Not sure how that works or what I need to think about to make it happen. But I'd like to make it happen.

 

[gwm]

With the exception of family, I have one other friend that hunts my place.

None of them, family included, help out with much of anything on the property.

 

[BJE80]

At first when we bought our land I had two friends come up and hunt. They also helped out here and there with work. I found myself putting them in the best stands when they hunted as one had never shot a deer before and I'm just a nice guy. I then realized it was hurting my own hunting. So I cut ties with them hunting until late gun season so my wife and I could at least get first dibs before.


Well 8:30am on opening morning of gun season I heard about 5 shots from my buddy that never shot a deer. This was the result. He doubled up. LOL

I was very happy for him and we celebrated that night pretty good. I was proud I was able to get him such a great memory.




But having said that, after the dust settled and I didn't see a deer that gun season I had to think things through. I was putting in a lot of work and wanted some payback.


Now, I do invite certain people here and there but for the most part it is closed to my wife and I.

 

[West Branch]

One thing we do that is frowned upon in some hunting circles is block off access to public land. Not a lot of public land hunters in our area so usually not an issue for us, but I have met some people that were not happy when it happened to come up in conversations about hunting.

Edited to say there is no legal access to the public land but some hunters think there should be and private landowners should have to let you through the private land to get to the public.

 

[MoLandOwner]

Blocking access to public hunting land?

I love deer hunting, turns so many people into instant pricks for 2 weeks a year. LOL

 

[bat man]

One thing we do that is frowned upon in some hunting circles is block off access to public land.

Blocking is such a negative term. I think 'not allowing' is a much more pleasant term.

 

[West Branch]

Blocking is such a negative term. I think 'not allowing' is a much more pleasant term.

Yeah, its not allowing people to go through private land to get to public land. There is no legal access to the public land and some hunters think there should be and get PO'd when you don't let them go through the private land.

 

[MoLandOwner]

So you are blocking access....when there is no access? I am confused.

 

[bat man]

deer just move in and replenish at will as you put em down.

Facts like these (home range of does and what happen when you shoot 2 of your 3 mature does) are news to most hunters. I myself was asking this same question 6 years ago. 'If I have the best habitat and food, and I shoot all the does on my place will more move in?'

 

[West Branch]

So you are blocking access....when there is no access? I am confused.

Some hunters I have talked to do think it is blocking even though there is no access. But Brooks it right, I should have said not allowing them to access.

 

[MoLandOwner]

Facts like these (home range of does and what happen when you shoot 2 of your 3 mature does) are news to most hunters. I myself was asking this same question 6 years ago. 'If I have the best habitat and food, and I shoot all the does on my place will more move in?'

Ask Dipper what happens.

 

[bat man]

Ask Dipper what happens.

I can't. He went fishing.

 

[MoLandOwner]

What happens around here and what happens in areas with high deer numbers are two different things.

Roger That!

 

[BJE80]

I would do the same thing. No way am I letting every Tom Dick and Harry walk through my land.

 

[MoLandOwner]

Some hunters I have talked to do think it is blocking even though there is no access. But Brooks it right, I should have said not allowing them to access.

You are keeping Trespassers off your property so they can't utilize the land locked land behind you!

Got It!

 

[bat man]

You are keeping Trespassers off your property so they can't utilize the land locked land behind you!

Got It!

Its all in the spin.

 

[BJE80]

Tell them to rent a Helicopter and parachute in. That is how they need to access it.

 

[West Branch]

Yup, did a poor job explaining that one with the first post.

There were some popular public land areas about 3-4 miles southwest of us that had a lot of deer around 10 years ago. At that time there used to be a lot of vehicles cruising the roads at midday and they would trespass on land saying they were trying to get to public. Road hunting happened more frequently at that time as well but it has not been an issue the last 4-5 years when there are less deer. Those clowns must have shifted to a different area.

 

[wiscwhip]

One thing we do that is frowned upon in some hunting circles is block off access to public land. Not a lot of public land hunters in our area so usually not an issue for us, but I have met some people that were not happy when it happened to come up in conversations about hunting.

Edited to say there is no legal access to the public land but some hunters think there should be and private landowners should have to let you through the private land to get to the public.

Wisconsin is selling off select pieces of land like this, provided they are just another average piece of land. Meaning if they are not considered "critical or endanged" habitat for some certain species or some type of area of "natural interest". No point in keeping them if the taxpayers can't use them, might as well charge a private party taxes to own them as opposed to leaving them on the state tax rolls.

 

[BJE80]

Wisconsin is selling off select pieces of land like this, provided they are just another average piece of land. Meaning if they are not considered "critical or endanged" habitat for some certain species or some type of area of "natural interest". No point in keeping them if the taxpayers can't use them, might as well charge a private party taxes to own them as opposed to leaving them on the state tax rolls.

I agree with the state on this one. Sure I would love to have land locked public land behind me but its not good public policy.