outfitted hunts on your land

[bwoods11]

I let several people hunt my land for free every year. No chance I would let an outfitter on though. That'd be extremely hypocritical of me.

I do as well, but mostly pheasant, turkey, & waterfowl. Bucks (I’m usually a no) unless they help me do habitat work .

Does are fine I let guys hunt them in the late season & I’m usually with them .

 

[ksJoe]

Aside from all the other good points people have brought up, be careful on insurance.

Our insurance company is creating some hassles on our renewal (its an industry wide trend right now), so we're shopping around. The broker had questions about people hunting on our land. She was ok with the answer of: "just immediate family and sometimes a couple friends, never strangers and never anyone for money" I don't know what would it would affect if we gave a difference answer, but the broker was asking.

 

[Mortenson]

^^^ Yep I just tell people the lawyer says no. Convo over.

 

[gjs4]

So do any of you sell a hunt or 2 on your land. Reason I ask is I have a swamp that when it's got water and if you like to duck hunt it can be a very magical place.I have a few friends and my daughter that likes to duck hunt so we do a few hunts every year.The last couple years it has dried up but this year it's got water.A waterfowl outfitter saw the ducks coming into it and contacted me about leasing for some hunts. I won't get in to exact numbers but it was over 5K for them to hunt 4 times and have 8 hunters per hunt. I have a neighbor that also has some of the water on them and they turned them down also. I told them I wanted to keep for us to hunt and they have raised the offer and text me everyday but I think I will stay just so we have a great place to hunt with family and friends.It would be nice to get most of the years land payment taken care of but the crops do most of that anyway.Thoughts?

Outfitters are soulless. I might have a harder time deciding how Id feel about my wife having an OF where 10% went to a new land property fund?

 

[Bill]

Aside from all the other good points people have brought up, be careful on insurance.

Our insurance company is creating some hassles on our renewal (its an industry wide trend right now), so we're shopping around. The broker had questions about people hunting on our land. She was ok with the answer of: "just immediate family and sometimes a couple friends, never strangers and never anyone for money" I don't know what would it would affect if we gave a difference answer, but the broker was asking.

You can get hunt club insurance through the NWTF (Wild turkey federation). It’s underwritten by Lyods of London. Pretty cheap to get $1M in coverage.

Even covers accidents when food plotting. Worth checking out.