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Hunting lease discussion

I've had good luck with Base Camp Leasing for short term leases. How many years do you want it?
 
Yeah, you should be fine with that sort of thing. One idea is to visit some real estate offices that sell land and ask the broker if any of their clients would be interested in leasing the land until it sells. A lot of land sits for sale for years.

Also, if you know any local pastors, preachers, etc. They may know of some parishioners who are on fixed incomes, have land, don't hunt and might be willing to lease the rights.
 
LAKY said:
I've had good luck with Base Camp Leasing for short term leases. How many years do you want it?
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Ideally I'd like to hold on to it for as long as possible if the hunting was good but I wont be torn up if I get booted. Like I said I dont plan on investing money into someone else's land.
 
NMSbowhunter said:
Yeah, you should be fine with that sort of thing. One idea is to visit some real estate offices that sell land and ask the broker if any of their clients would be interested in leasing the land until it sells. A lot of land sits for sale for years.

Also, if you know any local pastors, preachers, etc. They may know of some parishioners who are on fixed incomes, have land, don't hunt and might be willing to lease the rights.
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Thanks for the Idea. I will definitely pursue this.
 
WISCO said:
Ideally I'd like to hold on to it for as long as possible if the hunting was good but I wont be torn up if I get booted. Like I said I dont plan on investing money into someone else's land.
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My last year leasing was with BaseCamp. And, it was a good one. Then, I started looking at it financially. I could buy a place for what I would have paid in lease fees by year 15. Then, I started creating alerts for land to buy. I got a gem a couple of years later that my family enjoys and worked out to be a great investment as well. I can use the equity to trade it in for a bigger piece when I'm ready or want to.
 
LAKY said:
My last year leasing was with BaseCamp. And, it was a good one. Then, I started looking at it financially. I could buy a place for what I would have paid in lease fees by year 15. Then, I started creating alerts for land to buy. I got a gem a couple of years later that my family enjoys and worked out to be a great investment as well. I can use the equity to trade it in for a bigger piece when I'm ready or want to.
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sorry OP for the tangent, where did you search for land? are there online listings or ways to start researching this that oyu could suggest? lots of poeple say it's all word of mouth, which doesn't help when you're not part of the community you want to hunt in.
 
I’ve lease three different areas in the north eastern part of wisconsin over the last 7 years. First bit was in sturgeon bay 80ish acres (horrible experience as it was two brothers that owned the land. The one didn’t wanna share with us, whereas the other brother wanted to use own money to pay the taxes). Second bit of was in between crivitz and wausaukee for 120 acres (the farmer was awesome, but didn’t believing in logging the woods so it was very mature and sparse. We only lost the lease as he passed away and his kids wanted there kids to hunt it.) And the bit we lease now is near Wausau for about 60 acres (no mature bucks on the land that the cameras captured). The land owner just informed us that we don’t have to pay for the following years and he’s happy someone’s just using the land. So in my experience it’s been mostly really good! My brothers in-laws are about to close on acreage in the porterfield area and given us rights to hunt it. But I still enjoy the public aspect as it’s just more room to move around.
 
thedutchtouch said:
sorry OP for the tangent, where did you search for land? are there online listings or ways to start researching this that oyu could suggest? lots of poeple say it's all word of mouth, which doesn't help when you're not part of the community you want to hunt in.
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I like Zillow. It has MLS and FSBO listings. You can set your criteria like minimum acreage, price, county, etc. and have it send you alerts immediately. LandSearch and LandWatch are good too, but are limited sometimes.
 
thedutchtouch said:
sorry OP for the tangent, where did you search for land? are there online listings or ways to start researching this that oyu could suggest? lots of poeple say it's all word of mouth, which doesn't help when you're not part of the community you want to hunt in.
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If you are talking purchase, there's also: https://www.landwatch.com/maryland-land-for-sale. You can search by State clear down to city, filter by acreage, price, price/acre etc.

I personally just can't make sense of paying multiple thousands of dollars to lease land. As @LAKY said you very quickly approach the cost of purchasing land. Then when you factor in potential timber income, County/State management programs that have financial incentives and even things like potential tax write offs if that land was part of a business (think xmas tree farm). As well as just general appreciation of land value. For the cost of a lease you could leave your kids with some valuable land.
 
Adding to what @GCTerpfan said if you purchase you could potentially lease too. Not sure if it would make solid financial sense but it's another option if you decide to buy. I would think age, and maybe your children's age, would be a huge factor in purchasing land though
 
Horn said:
Adding to what @GCTerpfan said if you purchase you could potentially lease too. Not sure if it would make solid financial sense but it's another option if you decide to buy. I would think age, and maybe your children's age, would be a huge factor in purchasing land though
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everyone i know that is smart with money says that buying land is a good investment pretty much whenever (with the assumption being the $ going into it would have been invested anyway, not that its a good idea to over-buy). if your kids are older, they just inherit it sooner lol (says the guy in his late 30s who only owns the .25 acre plot his house is on but still...)

i also heard a story recently about how bill gates is quietly buying up farmland. invest in dirt!
 
I can not afford a lease but I day dream just like the rest of u.....and I have been invited to hunt a handful of leases in the past......part of my favorite part of hunting is going and exploring and finding new/cool things and places to hunt......I get bored out of my mind sitting on a feeder or a food plot. I think a lease increases success ratio but IMO it kinda takes 1 of my favorite aspects of hunting away.....unless u filthy and can afford leases that multiple thousands of acres I'd just enjoy ur public lands IMO
 
A buddy and I lease 100acres of timber land 2 miles from a 10k acre public land . We pay $15/acre. It gives us plenty of options, and let’s us hunt uninterrupted during high traffic hunts. I also have a family who loves glamp. These days it’s $200+ a weekend to stay in a camper at any private campground, and the State Parks are always full. I can stay as long as I want on my lease for nothing. It’s a no brainer for me.


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WISCO said:
I figured my name and location would give it away.
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I guess if you guys haven’t heard of people leasing land in other states you don’t get out much, the state decides the price, that’s why I asked, try and lease 300 acres in Iowa or Kansas for $4,500.
 
I'm in a lease 150 acres of MS craggy land at around 1500 annually 2.5 hours away with three guys. It's somewhat good, but the upkeep and maintenance is the killer if a cousy camp is your deal. Mowing a couple times a year clearing lanes is really a labor of love but doubles your annual costs. That's without seed fertilizer poison, so if I was looking and in a position to buy land I would consider buying. Leasing to check land then buying is a great alternative. This land was accessed via friend of a friend that we maintain and pay taxes on. Shake hands and knock on doors, bring a pie and the worst is a goodbye.
 
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Fgirtyman said:
Wisco if all else fails you can com down to central Wisconsin and hunt my land and our public land near me for free.
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I appreciate the offer man. I have plenty of public land to hunt up north. Just looking to have a private place to take me family.
 
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