Turkeygirl Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 It was bound to happen....the farmer that let us hunt his land...the land I got my 9 pointer on this past season...the land I grew up on and have hunted on since I started hunting in 1998....well it was sold...the bank had put it up for sale and the one big farm that literally owns 1/2 the property I swear in my county has bought it....It's sad...this big time farmer pollutes creeks, damages habitats...and not too mention apparently he barely let's anyone hunt his land We got the news today, the farmer we know stopped and told andy...I happened to be on a walk with my mom and sister up in those woods. I guess he said he'd tell this guy we've always hunted there but I'm expecting the worse. There goes turkey, deer, and goose hunting. Guess I'll be turning to state land for turkey this May....I'm keeping hope we'll luck out and the guy will let us keep hunting but who knows... I'm keeping my eye out though on land for sale....goal is to get my own piece of hunting heaven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 sorry to hear it Ruth. Public land is tough to scout, because trail cams can be stolen and therefore aren't used. public land can still be pretty good hunting though. hopefully, you can still hunt there and the new farm's impack on the land is minimal. Check for county tax auctions that have land for sale. you'll have to get an address off their list and then go to the town office and look at tax maps to find out the boundary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETMGROW Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Ruth, the first thing I would do is go see the new owner ASAP. Be the first to ask permission. Sell yourself as being interested in the stewardship of the land and wildlife as well as maybe offering to post it with his name etc. on the posters. Tell him who if anyone you will be there with and be honest about it. Don't give up too easily. I feel your pain as it happened to me once. The man I leased land from put it up for sale at a ridiculos price. Much more than I was willing to pay. Two interested buyer lawyers got fighting over the purchase and one of them ended up paying 1/2 again what the man was asking in the first place. He bought it to hunt on and of course I was out. As far as tax sales go, check your county's website. I don't know what county you live in but just for example St. Lawrence has a website. Click onto departments, click onto Real property and go to the auction listings for example. You can figure it out as I am sure you are much computer smarter than I am. ( how do you like that for some twisted English LOL ) Lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Sorry to hear that Ruth. Like Lynn said, try to talk with the new owner as soon as you can. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 ....It's sad...this big time farmer pollutes creeks, damages habitats...and not too mention apparently he barely let's anyone hunt his land . I am sorry to hear this also Ruth. Good advice here to be the first to introduce yourself and ask permission given your past history with the property. I would however refrain from a very biased opinion like the one you stated above when talking to folks about the very farmer you would like to gain permission from. While not all farmers are the same, if they are anything like the farmers we have around here, they are held to some very high environmental standards. Good luck with securing a hunting spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Yup that is bad news...for now. As others have said. Go meet the new owner, and sell yourself about what you can bring to the table as far helping him manage his land and keep an eye out for it. Also if this farmer as you state, pollutes and damages habitats. Perhaps DEC might like to know about that? I hope you get to stay and hunt on this land. Good Luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 I feel your pain Ruth. This past spring I found out the land that I have been hunting for 31 years is going up for sale. This is the same hill that I shot my first deer. I would start immediately looking for new land. Do a soft introduction, ask to hunt sheds, turkeys or woodchucks to help the landowner get to know you over the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted April 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 It's not biased...personal experience this farmer has polluted - he killed off brook trout in a local stream a few years ago from manure going into a creek...He was fined a few years for manure polluting a local lake...Probable is he "knows people".... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETMGROW Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Ruth, biased or not, he paid his fine I am assuming. Can you prove he is continuing to pollute? Or is it just hearsay. In either case I wouldn't bring it up. You have more to lose than gain by discussing this on here or anywhere else. Things such as this always seem to come back to bite you. You may find you will never have a chance at regaining access to your spot. Lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 good advice so far. go see them. also, go see other older farmers and maybe do a buy deal where they sell you the land on a contract, you make payments and hunt, and they farm as long as they care to, then they live in their farm house until they die for the taxes owed only. once they are gone, it's yours. pm me if you'd like more info on how to do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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