lost hunting farm
The owner passed away on a farm that I and my children had hunted on for 33 years. New owners bought it for a little over 800k. I spoke with him and asked permission to continue to hunt and offered to help with maintenance and or paying some type of fee to hunt while also providing outstanding references. He wouldn't agree to let me continue to hunt. He spent a lot of money on this property so I can understand him and hold no ill feelings, but I really am going to miss this farm as there have been a lot of good memories with my children on it.
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Sorry to hear has to be disappointing.
JMHO
over the last 20 yrs that seems To be getting more normal New owners will allow no hunting. , Or a club or corporation will rent / lease all rights to the hunting on the land and only there members are permitted
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And then they will get a "permit" to kill untold amounts of deer because they are eating the crop. SMDH
I run into that a lot, farmers complain about deer and/or hogs. I tell them, I will be glad to hunt them, share the meat and even pay a hunting lease. Their answer EVERY time is, NO I dont want anyone hunting on my land. I say, OK.....I hope the deer/hogs eat everything you plant. 😁
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Great that you got 33 years which included your children growing up and learning to love hunting. Sad for your loss, but hopeful that you find a new perfect place.
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Sort of the same situation. Owner of 50 wooded acres adjacent to me passed. New owner won't let anyone hunt.
I have deer to hunt but I miss squirrel hunt on the 50 acres.
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I know the feeling. Next to me some other people bought the land. I only hunted on maybe 10 acres next to me. When walking my property line I noticed all this purple paint on my fence posts, looked like the Easter bunny had been there. Couple days later I was out back and ran into the guys brother that had bought it, I would put him in the category of a jerk. I offered him a $100 an acre for the 10 acres I usually went hunting on, and actually I really only hunted rabbits there, he said no, then I asked if I get a deer on my property and it went over on his side if I could go and get it, he then said better call first. Couple days later I seen him and he gave me his number.
Afterwards I informed him he couldn’t hunt there either, he gives me this baffled look. So I informed him, that by law it was illegal to hunt with a rifle or shotgun closer than 300 yards next to an occupied building unless you had permission from the occupants of the building. I told him I couldn’t give him permission, and if he shot a deer and it comes on my property it would be best if he called first.
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Good for you.
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Well, a short while back I purchased an 80 acre parcel and had a hunter approach me for permission to continue to hunt elk on the place. I told him no. My reasoning was that part of the reason I bought the place was so I could hunt it.
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I think most of us that hunt have lost hunting property due to new owners.I sort of understand the new owner side,especially if they live on the property.They dont know you,or how responsible or unresponsible you are and you are on their property maybe near there home with a high powered rifle.
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I have no problem if they live on it or especially if they hunt on it. I have an issue when they farm it, refuse to let people hunt(even for a hefty fee) and then get a permit to kill and waste deer/hogs.
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I feel your pain....... That is a tough loss. Do you have other options ?
In Illinois I hunted an area for over 30 years. When I started I had over 1100 owned by three different farmers. As time went on, hunters from Chicago leased most of the land. By the time I was in the process of retiring and moving, I was down to 140 acres and over half of it was crop fields.
The funny thing was once the guy from Chicago shot a dog sized doe they would leave all happy. One of the farmers would call me and say get over here and shoot some deer, those guys do not have any idea of what they are doing.
I hope you find some decent property before the season opens.....
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Had that happen to me twice. It really hurts, but maybe you will find another farm. Most farmers are awesome in saying yes, when asked properly like you did. Good luck and I hope you find a new farm to hunt. Oakie
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I can understand someone saying no, sure. I have said no before myself, but the guy I was talking about could have came to house and introduced him self and told me they bought the property. When I meet this guy the first words out of his mouth’ you been back there hunting. No introduction or anything a real jerk. The 10 acres I was talking about earlier is more of a gully with some trees, the rest is just farm ground.
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I too have experienced lost hunting access. But my memories they can never buy.
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Thats Why I gave up hunting
Just lack of places
I understand but such is life
Gamers starting leasing to hunting clubs or sportsman groups
Or there family had grown a lot of the kids had decided to hunt and now used the land just for family use
But I also ran into some farmers who showed us places trashed by hunters campers
People would see some one else on the land and just go assuming it was OK
never ask and would leave trash and smoldering camp fires behind
the land has no idea the people were even there So just said no one is allowed
Sad part of population growing and urban sprawling
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Unfortunately, too many people have abused the Privilege over the years.
Too many Trespassers and a younger/different generation. (Trash, Liability issues, etc.)
A few have ruined it for the multitude.
I have a lot of Family Land I can hunt, if I choose to do so. (Prime hunting areas I've used since I was a pre-teen/teen.) I stopped "Hunting," years ago.
Lack of freezer access and the desire to kill anything, anymore, are but two reasons.
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Hunted ducks along the Ill. river for 35 years! Handgun deer hunted in western Il. for 25 years. Both areas are now under different ownership with a no hunting scenario. And time goes on😔
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One of the best farms I got to hunt on in SD was when I stopped to ask permission, the guys dog pissed on my leg. He felt bad and gave me the OK. Nobody could believe I got permission from him as he never let anyone hunt there.
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It has been years since I hunted deer on public land here in Michigan. Had a spot that I hand selected way before season and got there on opening day in the early dark hours. When the sun made things visible, all I could see in the valley below me was HUNTER ORANGE!!
Have hunted quite successfully on my own private property consisting of just under 6 acres surrounded by farm land and wilderness ever since.
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The absolute WORST people to have buy neighboring land are the 'townies'. First thing that happens is a big, gnarly steel gate and padlocks plus a giant NO TRESSPASSING sign. Then there's a 'video surveillance' sign. The foopid stuckers think they're defending territory rather than owning a pitiful little parcel of land. Guess what happens when their fence goes down and someone else's livestock gets in? Holy Crap it's like the entire world has invaded their territory. No access to remove the livestock because spit wad built this gnarly gate and locked it like a bank vault. Video surveillance is sending pics to some nitwit 'security company' who calls the local Sheriff.
Yeah, locals just love it when chitty dudes buy a bit of land and become Kings.
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