JeepKuntry
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At $2500 for 130 acres, I would be leasing in Ky or Ohio. That's insane. And the no hunting on Sundays wouldn't work either. Sorry but if I lease to hunt it will follow state regs.
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- Thread starter HuntnFishEastTN
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Well, you know, sunday is the only day deer show up right?
kaizen leader
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Deer, turkey, elk, bear, (bobcat, coyote, fox, mountain lion from time to time).If it had deer and turkeys
@Pilchard has an acre (singular) he's lookin to lease in Williamson Co. Has at least one deer on it. 
Look for Seek Juan's popup blind....property is next to that.
Look for Seek Juan's popup blind....property is next to that.
Omega
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What about small tracts, say 20-30 acres, does anyone have any interest in something that small and what would be a good price?
It depends on the property what the price would be and yes I'd be interested in the right small tract.
kaizen leader
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I'm ready when you are.
I actually don't hunt my property. Save them for WSHTF.
HuntnFishEastTN
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Well, the landowner got back to me today and we agreed on 1300. Right at 10 an acre, now the work begins.
Chickenrig
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Shoooot
How long ago was that ? Around here the lease prices have sky rocketed up into the mid $20/acre. Like stated before the rich folks are driving the good ol boys out of the game . I sure am glad to my little slice 80 acres
I can't step foot off my place . It's all leased and they ain't lettin go either
Chickenrig
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I got you beat !!!! $13 for my 80 acres!!!
Disabled in Alabama
Speedwell-Hunter
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I think its done per acre. if true, his price is cheap for 130 acres lol
Dang. Wish mine was that cheap. Mine's still not bad just not that cheap. It's $250 or so for 87 acres. Bought an acre that joins it last year and it's $32 a year I think. Where I live at my property splits 2 counties. $62 for 13 acres of woods that's in a different county then my houses and other 13 acres.
I'll start the bidding at $50/acre. #sfmafia@Pilchard has an acre (singular) he's lookin to lease in Williamson Co. Has at least one deer on it.
Look for Seek Juan's popup blind....property is next to that.
The price of admission is standing still while my wife kicks you in the nuts for wanting to kill her "sweet handsome boy"... oh, and bring a sixer of Miller Lite so I can catch a buzz while I watch the live SeekOne episode from my bedroom window
MidTennFisher
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Shoooot
How long ago was that ? Around here the lease prices have sky rocketed up into the mid $20/acre. Like stated before the rich folks are driving the good ol boys out of the game . I sure am glad to my little slice 80 acres
I can't step foot off my place . It's all leased and they ain't lettin go either
And they're all going to keep skyrocketing as long as people keep paying it. Not to be argumentative, but I have to ask the question - is continuing to pay for private land hunting access good or bad for the future of accessible hunting? We've all seen public land access disappear in certain areas and not too long ago most of Yanahli was in danger of this.
As states do inevitably lose some amount of access to public hunting land for various reasons, now private land will be less accessible because it's either leased up or too expensive for many who would like to lease it.
Not even that long ago most of these leased up tracts could be accessed by a handshake, polite conversation, and maybe offering to put in a bit of sweat equity for permission. Now it's all about writing checks and those checks aren't getting smaller.
For the price some people pay to lease land to hunt I would rather spend that on buying an entire processed cow from a local farmer and just go fishing more. Just my opinion. I worry the next generation won't have much left to hunt. Either a dwindling amount of public land or lease prices out of reach for most.
BSK
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Is it good for hunting? No. But it is reality in a capitalist system. You have something people desperately want, then they have to pay for it. As I landowner, if I didn't hunt my land, would I lease it? You bet, and I would charge whatever people would pay.
TheLBLman
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It's the law of supply & demand.
That said, those "willing" (and able) to pay for expensive private land leases
appear to be dying out faster than they can be replaced (by younger hunters).
The older hunters with the money are currently "carrying the weight" of the younger (and much less avid) hunters. As we older ones die out, many of the replacing younger hunters are more into just "meat" hunting than "trophy" buck hunting. They can get what they want from hunting without ever needing to lease anything.
This will make more private lands available at more reasonable prices in the future, for those more avid hunters?
The dynamics are constantly shifting, and in some areas, lease prices will keep going up, while they go down in others. One real "wild card" in Tennessee in particular is the spread of CWD and just how TWRA reacts to it. Another "wild card" is the economy in general.
In the meantime, many TN hunters are weighing the merits of non-resident hunting in other states where most public lands offer greater opportunities at 150-plus-class bucks than even the really good private land leases in TN. This further reduces the demand (and price potential) for private land leases in TN.
Add to this, many avid deer hunters are finding out, rather than spend high amounts of money on leasing deer hunting land in TN, there are are other things besides deer to hunt. Why not apply your former lease money to a caribou or moose hunt in Alaska?
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