j_h_smith
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- Jul 28, 2007
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I can't speak for all areas of Maryland, but the number of farmers/land owners is dwindling. Those 100 acre farms are being sold and houses are being put up.
One bit of advice that had worked for me and a few friends is to find a larger company who owns a lot of land. They are willing to "sell" their property to a group of hunters. Usually it's for deer only, but that's what most are looking for anyway. We had a paper company who owned 30 acres of woods. A perfect size for 4-5 guys to hunt. We had an exclusive contract with them and it was only $100 each. Now this was in 1995 money, so it's not a fair comparison for today. Their security would sometime stop by and check our IDs. After awhile they got to know us and we talked a lot. Sometimes they'd have a tip or 2 on where the deer were.
This lasted a few years until something happened and we weren't allowed to renew our contract. It was nice for hunting meat. No trophies, but plenty of deer to shoot. We only had a few days through the year they wouldn't allow us to hunt. I believe it was due to meetings or something like that. I guess they didn't want to scare any city slickers who may be attending the meeting. Who knows?
One bit of advice that had worked for me and a few friends is to find a larger company who owns a lot of land. They are willing to "sell" their property to a group of hunters. Usually it's for deer only, but that's what most are looking for anyway. We had a paper company who owned 30 acres of woods. A perfect size for 4-5 guys to hunt. We had an exclusive contract with them and it was only $100 each. Now this was in 1995 money, so it's not a fair comparison for today. Their security would sometime stop by and check our IDs. After awhile they got to know us and we talked a lot. Sometimes they'd have a tip or 2 on where the deer were.
This lasted a few years until something happened and we weren't allowed to renew our contract. It was nice for hunting meat. No trophies, but plenty of deer to shoot. We only had a few days through the year they wouldn't allow us to hunt. I believe it was due to meetings or something like that. I guess they didn't want to scare any city slickers who may be attending the meeting. Who knows?