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[bukket]

RBB,

The increased cost for the land should be pretty easily offset by the extra revenue that will be generated by the leasing contracts you place on it.

 

[River1]

Sure

 

[NEIAbigbones]

This leaseing land in iowa issue sure does suck. This is something that i have dreaded for years. I lived in texas for five years and have felt first hand what leaseing does to our wonderful sport of hunting. As a teenager with a limited income i was forced to hunt public land that was pounded by people. It's not very fun to be in your stand well before first light and to have some stumble bum weekend warrior types come through and run off a buck just as he is nearing bow range, or sneak in on a gobbler that you are working. Is that what most of us here in Iowa will be forced to do? I hope not. Those five years in texas were the longest years of my life. It's been 14 years since i've returned to iowa, and i have enjoyed some great hunting ever since. All this talk of leaseing here though sure does bring a knot to my stomach. One thing that is good about my part of Iowa(clayton co.) is that the vast majority of land owners and their families are avid hunters themselves and are less likely to lease to outsiders. As a taxidermist i talk to alot of landowner/hunters up here and the idea of leaseing seems to be not well recieved. Given this part of iowa's reputation, i feel that there will eventually leaseing to some degree and the thought sickens me. I just hope that by that time i can afford to buy my own hunting ground.

 

[straitshot]

I have been hunting MO for two years now on my Father in laws land. The neighboring farmer leases most of the land around him out to out of state hunters. The problem I have is that the farmer does not care what is harvested. My father in law has some of the best deer in the area because they travel to his land and stay during the day while the land around is being ransacked. I have talked with a lot of people down there, and their attitude is if it’s a buck shoot it. The saddest part to me is the problem is so bad on shooting small bucks instead of the does. The DNR had to enact an antler restriction.

MO won’t have decent deer until you get local hunters and farmers allowing leasing to stop shooting anything small. I let a 4-point buck go last year and ended up not getting a darn thing for my time, but I saw him this year and he is a nice 8-point. Not a record book but a respectable buck all the same. I have met several individuals that hunt only with a spotlight too.

 

[Guest]

That guy is showing alot of disrespect not only to your father in law but the entire community.Thankfully for ya all the DNR got involved.Instead of that guy doing things the way he is he ought to get together with some of the other land owners and discuss the population boom instead of poppin every buck that comes into view.
Hope the DNR's policy helps ya all out.

 

[150 Class]

Hmm...Seems to me that shooting legal bucks is a right and not a disrespect. As for respect, I want to shoot the biggest buck in the area so if you are a good respectful neighbor, make sure that you let it go when it goes by your stand so I continue to get a chance at it.

 

[Guest]

HUH???????No

 

[bjkpharmd]

"I'm not trying to open a bad can of worms here" Ghost
Almost as bad as politics, lots of opinions, can't say anyone is right but leasing seems like one place where I agree with the die hard republicans. Supply and demand economics. Can't figure why people expect a free ride to never change.

 

[gundog870]

I would definetly call and check because we have no huntin-leased signs on our pheasant ground that we have never payed for. The landowner was just giving us the rights and was sick of having to tell people no. So id ask.