So my family owns 200 acres of valley land in WV. We trying to move there to homestead the place but with hardly any jobs in that area trying to find ways to make money. A little about the land, it's 200 acres 5 drainage hollers running into one big valley. 100 acres about of pasture land mixed in the woods so there's nice open shooting for a couple of stands. Also a bowl at the top between 2 knoles at the top of the property. It was logged out a few years back so plenty of cover. A creek a spring and a stock pond at the top. One huge 35 acre holler with water and great cover. Land hasn't been hunted in over 5 years, just a guy running cattle up there. He pulls them off in early September to take to fatten. We've killed 40 deer since I started hunting at 8 and they hunted it for 20 years before that. So about 2 deer a year. As far as wildlife goes there's deer, turkey, tons of squirrel and even grouse. I was going to raise pheasants and maybe quail and do a release in the one pasture. I'm going to put up one primitive type cabin for hunters to stay in. In just wondering what a unguided hunt would go for? Either daily or weekly. I'm not looking to let alot of people on it so not to overrun or invade our privacy and land to much, so I'm not leasing to hunting groups for the year. Also within 20 miles of a awesome walleye river with a huge dam lake that is a great bass fishing. Maybe I'll put up a couple campsite cabins for people to use in the summer to get away. Don't know yet. Sorry it's so long just trying to cover all bases. Any ideas would be great thanks everyone!
While I have no idea on what a price would be, maybe throwing a couple aerial pics up could help people give a price? Just a thought, as I have no idea.
Around hear it varies some all depends on the ratio of hunt able land. Tillable versus woods etc I pay between $6-$10 an acre on my leases
Sorry I'm not sure how to post the aerial pics. Do I just google earth it and then just copy the link
Lease prices can vary wildly depending on where you are and what the place is made up of. Surrounding pressure, access, terrain, and conditions of hunt agreement. What county are you in?
The property is in gilmer county almost dead center. There's no pressure on the property right now, the surrounding properties are not hunted very much since all are old or have abandoned the properties. The land has produced every year we hunt it, we only did that for the meat which is usually only one or two deer. The turkey are getting crazy, squirreled and grouse are abundant. Plenty of food even without the plots. During the summer and early fall the cattle on there are feed grain to fatten them up and the deer eat it also so their fat to. Like I said I'm mostly just doing it for the taxes and cover small expensive ill need while homesteading it. I've had alot of offers so far for spots but no prices offered to me. I'm thinking a 100 for 2 days is plenty fair. If they wanna rent a cabin then it'll be a little more. During gun season 2 weeks, I'm going to charge more since its a mad house in that state when it is gun season. As far as what's around is just mountains and more mountains. There's great fishing within15 minutes of here. Great place to come and just get away from it all.
As far as terrain it's all hills over looking a central run off stream, there's 3 pastures where the deer graze and lay down, a couple main access points for the deer on all sides of the property. Only be one access for the people that's through the front gate since its barb wire all around. So one in one out. As far are agreement it'll be one person one day for the price. No bringing buddies or family. Sorry we own the land and the state still makes us pay nonres tags. You can take one a day till your limits filled. All state laws will apply. My only rules is, don't trash the place up, you obey the laws, respect us the owners and you will get invited back. No tabs on the hill, you can drag your kill to the bottom road then come pick it up, and were not responsible for anything that happens to you or anything of yours. Also no guarantee hunts, it's all fair chase. Any breaking of the rules you will be prosecuted and any monies paid will be forfeited. The same goes for cabins or rooms in the house. Damaging or littering you will be asked to leave no refunds. I will have the schedule so only 2 people at a time are on it, and a couple days in between hunts for pressure to subside. I'm thinking though bowhunting only I'm not crazy bout people popping high powered rifles off. From my experience seems like once a gun season hits alot of people get reall careless and nuts with a gun in their hand. I don't. Think 300 for a week be unreasonable. If you want a group I can discount it a little per person and you can hunt all at once if you want. Just can't be over 4 people more then that it'll push the deer off and you'll be on each other. It's 200 acres but the hills are all facing each other so you won't have that "alone" feeling.
My apinion 200 acres isn't much at all to sell daily hunts on. I'd come up with x amount for a yearly lease to maybe one or two guys with rights to also hunt x week or two weeks Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2
Have to agree with the above post, it's more suited to a yearly lease. Set a price and max amount of hunters ( 2or 3 max)for the lease...get paid and call it a year....
