fly Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 Just found out that my primary hunting location that I've had permission to hunt for years will be leased by an outfitter starting next year. I can't complain because It's been a great ride and I knew this day would come sooner or later. I'll sure savour this final season! Some deer I've been blessed with from the farm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntermq32 Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 I feel for ya brother. I hope you find another spot for next year. I could loose my spot at any time so I am savoring every moment. good luck to ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layin on the smackdown Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 That is such bad news Fly....It is an epidemic that is happening everywhere, and there is not a whole lot any of us can do about it besides try and lease something ourselves. That is the worsed thing about this sport, access is getting thinner and thinner, and the spots we know and have hunted for years are getting ripped out from under us due to $$$... Is or was this place owned by a friend, family member, or someone you met by knocking on doors? I know for a fact that one small farm i hunt on will never be leased, but its all the other ones i am concerned about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted August 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 (edited) Is or was this place owned by a friend, family member, or someone you met by knocking on doors? How I gained permission is a long story, but the short answer is that a friend is the owner. Can't afford leasing currently but I might have to look into leasing because gaining permission is nearly impossible these days. Edited August 26, 2009 by fly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzzy1 Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 ya me 2 ,just told last night that the spot that i have hunted for 14 years is not avalible to me any more,sucks!!!!!! but was blessed to have the land for so long.One door closes and hopefully another will open.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layin on the smackdown Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 How I gained permission is a long story, but the short answer is that a friend is the owner. This is what really gets me...By no means am i knocking your friend here fly, this is a generalization, but at what point does someone have the balls to try and make someone else sell out? Take your situation for example, they probably asked permission, got denied by your friend because you and whomever else are already on the land, so they offer up a dollar amount...what happened to morals? I understand that some people could use the extra income for leasing hunting rights, but i would hope that a good friend of mine would at least approach me and inform me of the situation, giving me an option to lease or give some type of compensation that is around or equal to the offer, which would allow me to maintain the hunting rights i have had for so long as opposed to handing over the lease to some randome outfitter/group. Does that make any sense? it does to me, but then again, i have never been in a landowners situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 This is what really gets me...By no means am i knocking your friend here fly, this is a generalization, but at what point does someone have the balls to try and make someone else sell out? Take your situation for example, they probably asked permission, got denied by your friend because you and whomever else are already on the land, so they offer up a dollar amount...what happened to morals? I understand that some people could use the extra income for leasing hunting rights, but i would hope that a good friend of mine would at least approach me and inform me of the situation, giving me an option to lease or give some type of compensation that is around or equal to the offer, which would allow me to maintain the hunting rights i have had for so long as opposed to handing over the lease to some randome outfitter/group. Does that make any sense? it does to me, but then again, i have never been in a landowners situation. I see what your saying. I would hope a friend of mine wouldnt lease out land that I had been hunting on for years without talking to me first. Amazing what the mighty $ will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 Wow, that stinks....some beautiful deer ya got from that land! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimT Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 Seems to be happening more and more. Hope you find a place just as good or better......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted August 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 I've known the owner for about 5 years now. He's not a close friend, just a friend. He's an older guy that probably doesn't have many years of farming the property left. He farms it alone and has always refused my many offers to help out (he does accept the venison). I'm sure the money was too sweet an offer for him to say no to and knowing he'll likely be retired soon I don't hold it against him. Still, it would have been nice for him to see if I was interested in leasing from him first. This is what scares me, if the offer was some insane amount the owner would have known I couldn't afford it and wouldn't have asked. I'll figure out the specifics of the lease later this fall and who knows perhaps the lease is only for 1 year and the outfitter will not have any success and won't make another offer? Muzzy1, I like your attitude. If you knock (and pray) long enough a door will open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sluggunner Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 I feel your pain!!! I know first hand what it feels like to have the land you have been hunting on and having great success on ripped out from under you. In my case it is my own land. The new owners of the property that boarders mine on two sides have driven every deer out of the area so now I am stuck owning a parcel of beautiful land but with no deer on it. I hope you can find anothert place to hunt soon, I am still looking for a place where I can hunt but gaining access to any place with a chance of even seeing a deer is darn near impossible where I live. The entire state is heavily hunted and it is most pressured in the area of the state where I live. I wish you would get a surprise one day and find out the old farmer left you the place you now hunt in his will. That would be sweet. Keep the faith something will work out, that is what I keep telling myself. Although I know it may take many many years before I can deer hunt again, some day some how I will once again have access to hunt a parcel of land that has deer on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hungry hunter Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 I feel ya brother! you were blessed to be able to harvest some awsome deer from that area. The same thing happened to me when our lease went up for sale and the realtor was showing it DURING hunting season while we still had it leased. Nothing like a Chevy suburban full of rich city folks driving by your stand while you are in it and waving at ya. I now hunt state recreational area. Lots of deer just not around me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowhuntMN Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 sorry to hear that man...looks like you had some good times on that land in the past and i hope someday you'll be able to make memories like that on a new piece of land you can call your own. best of luck... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorden Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 That really sucks fly, looks like some good deer there...maybe there is one more left for ya this year;), that would be a good way to go out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodtrails Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 :bang::bang::angry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger-Hunter Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Any chance of being a guide since you know the area well - exchange a few guides for a hunt. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swohiodave Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 I feel your pain man, we got booted from a spot my dad and uncle hunted for over ten years because the lady that owned the 300 acres "left it to her neighbor" mysteriously when she died. Foul play. Then the next spot lasted a few years and they started building a subdivision all around the small parcel. I just got on a new farm but have to share it with a few other guys. It is getting harder and harder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted September 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Any chance of being a guide since you know the area well - exchange a few guides for a hunt. Just a thought. Not likely with this particular farm. It is mostly corn and beans. The farmer knows the deer movements, he told me when I first started hunting. A good idea though if the farm was set up differently and if the hot spots were not known. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt or be Hunted Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 you got a other places to hunt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sureshot Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 sorry to hear that, I am so glad that the saskatchewan wildlife fed, goverment and wildlife officials are all against and will never allow land to be rented or leased for hunting, its a huge fine and hunting offence to get money for hunting access,the way land is seperated into townships up north and the outfitters have the only guiding allowed on that land, its crown land and anyone can hunt it, just most cases the acess is only feasable by the outfitter!in the south all goverment owned land can be hunted by anyone as long as no cattle are out, if so they need permission from the pasture manager, all private you can hunt as long as not posted, but any good hunter gets permission before, if posted can still hunt with permission! hope you find a new spot soon!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 I feel your pain. We lost over 350 acres about 5 years ago to a housing developer who is a PETA freak. We were able to find a couple smaller tracts but it was never the same and the big racks are few. If you were to have the property logged off and leased the fields to other farmers. Could you afford to buy it? Or say buy 50 acres of the prime hunting land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 All I have to say is, "you have the right attitude, and good things happen to good people." I'm sure you will work something out for next season. Good Luck and cherish every memory you can this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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