How much do you pay for access?

[turkeyfoot]

Yeah if you don't live in the southeast you just don't understand how difficult it is to get access I know several people that would like to pay for turkey lease but can't even find one. With the increasing turkey hunters land is hard to find even when willing to pay. And of course public is crowded as heck there are permit hunts here you can go 6 to 7 years and not draw

[Improvinghunter101]

Here in Illinois I've heard of a $10k/yr lease for 200 acres for deer hunting. Use to have plenty of turkey land to hunt. I said I would never pay for land to hunt. Guess what?  I now hunt public that gets more and more crowded every year.  The out of staters and up staters have driven prices through the roof on hunting land. The sad part is most don't turkey hunt, only deer hunt.  I've asked people in the fall that I've seen walking out because I never see anybody there in the spring and the response I get is they don't want anybody on the land and I could never afford to pay my fair share of what they're paying. If I want on private land it's $350/day.  I would rather get lucky on public every once in a while and do a DIY hunt out of state so I get to see more beautiful country.


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[Cut N Run]

It costs me a lot of sweat, some of my free time, and effort, to access a couple of the small horse farms I hunt.  I help maintain the horse trails, fix fences, and cut downed trees when needed.  There's quite a bit of hunting pressure around them too, but I can usually expect to tag birds there.

There are a couple of big pieces of public land surrounding two local reservoirs that are only open to hunting by drawn permits.  I've put in for permits to hunt those lands for 6 consecutive years and haven't been drawn yet.

I know a few folks who allow me to hunt their land once or twice a year, through that is unpredictable at best.

I am starting a door knocking campaign next week at a couple more places I have my eye on.

Jim