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Originally posted by Jeff Valovich:
HS is correct on the leasing part....I want a quality experience when I am hunting deer. I want deer relatively un-pressured... You can call me greedy, I dont care, but I want exclusive hunting right to a property...I dont want to share. I dont want some yahoo screwing up what work I have done to the property I'm on by walking under me at first light or killing the buck Ive watched grow for the last 3 years or stealing my cameras. I dont have the cash to buy land, but I do have the cash to lease land and lease I will do. I will treat the land and the wildlife on it better than the landowner 'prolly will. I want to enrich the land. I want wildlife to thrive and not treat deer like a pest.

If I and my buddy can team up with surrounding landowners to do this, so much the better. we can create a fantastic hunting ground. Some on here have done just that or own enough land to be able to protect the deer they have on it and MANAGE the property as they see fit and not be bothered by excessive kills(unless needed). 2-4K is easier to manage to find land than paying a fortune to own it.....
Your statement on leasing vs. owning is perplexing because you realize that if you would have saved the money you spent on a lease for the last 17 years that you probably could have bought a very nice tract of land for that and own it outright....

Me personally, think that leasing is incredibly dumb and not a worthwhile investment (like leasing a car)because the deer you take off from it ended up costing a fortune.... Also with leasing the actual owner can raise the cost up from year to year and make it even more prohibitive and can make certain rules... IMO owning is better because you can dictate the rules because you own it...

Now what you guys do with your money is by all means your business and by no means will I tell anyone what to do with their money...