Need 7.5 acres to hunt?
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Speedwell-Hunter
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not really a bad deal, especially if deer around
$600 to hunt 7.5 acres for 30 days? What a bargain! 
Speedwell-Hunter
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again, depends how much movement is there, not actually a bad deal$600 to hunt 7.5 acres for 30 days? What a bargain!
deerdills
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That's less that what sneek1 pays to hunt 0.86 acres for a weekend.
DoubleRidge
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$80 per per acre....don't think so.
PickettSFHunter
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I need to start leasing 5 acres at a time 
deerhunter10
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This... I know leases in Illinois and Kansas for far far less.
JN
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My dad hunts a place that looks like that. It is about 5 acres and is super thick. He cleared out a small area in the center and has killed two nice bucks on it.
Wonder how long they'd give me for my left kidney? Rest of the season maybe?
Someone will bite.
Speedwell-Hunter
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I'd pay that much for a year if I thought it would produce. Not for 30 days tho. Once you get into that small of property it's not worth it for someone just to lease it for just $100 if they're trying to make income off of it. It's either free to hunt or $500+ to make it worth it. I have a hard time paying for any kind of lease tho but if that was my only option and it was good property I'd give that.
Omega
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I have hunted my 7.2 acres for over ten years, and while I have taken a few nice bucks I have not taken anything close to a trophy deer (never even measured a deer actually), but I always get my venison, and have never failed to reach the number of deer I wanted for the year, which has never been above 4 or 5. But it isn't overgrown like that and have a permanent shoot house on the middle of a hill where you can cover almost the entire property. I have briefly considered letting others least a hunt, or a season but didn't want the hassle of doing so. What do you guys think, would someone pay a decent amount for hunting privileges?
Most points so far.
There are two large areas, at least 5-600 acres on each side of me, one being a farm, so my place is a well-traveled corridor, these guys show up now and then
Shoot House, not insulated but my buddy heater keeps it cozy
Amenities include a gambrel to field dress, quarter or debone your harvest
I bushhog trails to maintain cover for the deer, but give me plenty of access to stay out of the brush
I plant a food plot most years, but don't go nuts on it, mainly seeds that have gone on sale after the season, and cheap grass seed to fill the area with clover. I have broadcast corn and soybean in the past, but this doubles as my pistol and short rifle range so grasses are better.
I also plant grass on the TVA access road and some foodplot mix at the T (barely make out the intersection), this view is from the bottom of the shoot house
General layout
Most points so far.
There are two large areas, at least 5-600 acres on each side of me, one being a farm, so my place is a well-traveled corridor, these guys show up now and then
Shoot House, not insulated but my buddy heater keeps it cozy
Amenities include a gambrel to field dress, quarter or debone your harvest
I bushhog trails to maintain cover for the deer, but give me plenty of access to stay out of the brush
I plant a food plot most years, but don't go nuts on it, mainly seeds that have gone on sale after the season, and cheap grass seed to fill the area with clover. I have broadcast corn and soybean in the past, but this doubles as my pistol and short rifle range so grasses are better.
I also plant grass on the TVA access road and some foodplot mix at the T (barely make out the intersection), this view is from the bottom of the shoot house
General layout
Speedwell-Hunter
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phenomonal! where did you get the 3 D layout, that is so coolI have hunted my 7.2 acres for over ten years, and while I have taken a few nice bucks I have not taken anything close to a trophy deer (never even measured a deer actually), but I always get my venison, and have never failed to reach the number of deer I wanted for the year, which has never been above 4 or 5. But it isn't overgrown like that and have a permanent shoot house on the middle of a hill where you can cover almost the entire property. I have briefly considered letting others least a hunt, or a season but didn't want the hassle of doing so. What do you guys think, would someone pay a decent amount for hunting privileges?
Most points so far.
There are two large areas, at least 5-600 acres on each side of me, one being a farm, so my place is a well-traveled corridor, these guys show up now and then
Shoot House, not insulated but my buddy heater keeps it cozy
Amenities include a gambrel to field dress, quarter or debone your harvest
I bushhog trails to maintain cover for the deer, but give me plenty of access to stay out of the brush
I plant a food plot most years, but don't go nuts on it, mainly seeds that have gone on sale after the season, and cheap grass seed to fill the area with clover. I have broadcast corn and soybean in the past, but this doubles as my pistol and short rifle range so grasses are better.
I also plant grass on the TVA access road and some foodplot mix at the T (barely make out the intersection), this view is from the bottom of the shoot house
General layout
chris1976
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I always wondered who had this spot. I live on my farm about a mile up the same road.I have hunted my 7.2 acres for over ten years, and while I have taken a few nice bucks I have not taken anything close to a trophy deer (never even measured a deer actually), but I always get my venison, and have never failed to reach the number of deer I wanted for the year, which has never been above 4 or 5. But it isn't overgrown like that and have a permanent shoot house on the middle of a hill where you can cover almost the entire property. I have briefly considered letting others least a hunt, or a season but didn't want the hassle of doing so. What do you guys think, would someone pay a decent amount for hunting privileges?
Most points so far.
There are two large areas, at least 5-600 acres on each side of me, one being a farm, so my place is a well-traveled corridor, these guys show up now and then
Shoot House, not insulated but my buddy heater keeps it cozy
Amenities include a gambrel to field dress, quarter or debone your harvest
I bushhog trails to maintain cover for the deer, but give me plenty of access to stay out of the brush
I plant a food plot most years, but don't go nuts on it, mainly seeds that have gone on sale after the season, and cheap grass seed to fill the area with clover. I have broadcast corn and soybean in the past, but this doubles as my pistol and short rifle range so grasses are better.
I also plant grass on the TVA access road and some foodplot mix at the T (barely make out the intersection), this view is from the bottom of the shoot house
General layout
Omega
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Yea, came up on Craigs List about 10 or so years ago, and I jumped on it. It's a great spot, at least so far, there is pressure, but only enough to keep them moving.
It is/was Googles Sketchup, it allowed you to pull the 3d layer straight out of Google maps. It was free until Trimble bought it out, you can still do that, but after a 30 day trial you have to pay for it, the free version no longer allows the import, but there are ways. It's great because there is a plethora of models available to import in and modify and of course you can make your own from scratch.
That is how I built my stand, modeled it then built it.
