BR549 wrote:trey wrote: There is no way I would pay $6000 to hunt property that may produce 130-150 inch whitetails...
First off who said anything about 6k and secondly I wouldn't drop a hammer on anything less than 140 class anyway. Preferrably 150 plus. You probably have never killed a 150 class deer or better. If you had and enjoy it money wouldn't be a factor. You'd find a way! If it comes to that Id just rather quit hunting all together! This place is just like any other is not good for where it is or what it is. It's decent from all the blood sweat and effort that's been put into it over the years. You can make most anyplace a quality place with a lot of effort, control and good management practices.
28000 for 646 acres with 6 members = 4500 + food plots, gas, food and everything else is gonna cost you about $6000 a year... Yea you could get 10 members or even more but I'm just looking at it like most people do saying 100 acres/member! So that's where I get my number from... I have killed my share of P&Y's and I promise you I got some that will top 150 inches and I didn't drop the hammer on them either, I slung my arrow through their lungs... Anybody can get lucky and slide a cartridge through the chamber and peepee the hammer and smoke one @ 200 yards... Nobody said anything about you not knowing how to hunt but cocking the hammer and drawing back on one at 20 yards are 2 different things!!! I'm just sayin there is noway I would pay that kind of money to
LEASE property when you put all that blood and sweat into to lose it to someone with a ton of money a few years later... Your right, several people have got out of hunting because they can't afford it... I wouldn't mind paying that kind of money, 1. if I had it to spend, 2. I
OWNED the land! You never know who is gonna come in and lease it out from under you! If your not cocking your hammer on a 140in class, then I hope your neighbors are as patient as you are because you can only manage 646 acres as good as your neighbor is and I haven't met too many MS hunters that will pass on a 140in whitetail... I bet your booty if you pass a 140in 8pt and he walks by another member in your camp, I promise you he will shoot his booty....If you pass that deer up then you are a better person than most in this state.... If I'm in my lock on and 140 class walks by me and he is 4 years or older then he will get shot!!! Especially with the stick and string.. If you are killing 3 150+ whitetails a year then I would say $6,000 is not too much... I doubt that has happened!!!