Looking for Deer lease in Indiana.

[1lessdog]

I have friends in Columbus Indiana looking for a Deer lease. They would be happy just to shoot a couple of Does. They are both retire veterans. Just looking for a place to hunt.

Hoping someone could steer me in the right direction.

Thanks

 

[Webster]

I have friends in Columbus Indiana looking for a Deer lease. They would be happy just to shoot a couple of Does. They are both retire veterans. Just looking for a place to hunt.

Hoping someone could steer me in the right direction.

Thanks

What's a deer lease? In Ohio you have to get wrtten permission to hunt on private property. You have to carry the permit with you when your hunting. The property owner should tell you if he allows others on the property.

 

[1lessdog]

What's a deer lease? In Ohio you have to get wrtten permission to hunt on private property. You have to carry the permit with you when your hunting. The property owner should tell you if he allows others on the property.

I'm looking for Indiana

 

[jmkasza]

Sorry to get off topic, but what is involved in a deer lease? Is it simply exclusive access to private property? Just curious..

I'm spoiled out here in Idaho with expansive access to public access land. I hunt an area 45 minutes from my house that is 115,000 acres of State/BLM land rolled into one game management area so I've never had much need to look at private options. Outside of the outfitters I don't believe leasing is very common here.

 

[GotRDid]

Very common here in KY due mainly to the statistics below. We do have WMAs that have draw hunts for the Public at Large to access these areas, and KYDF&W does an exemplary job of managing them.
If you are not a Landowner or know someone who is that you can pay or trade sweat equity for Hunting access, you are limited to the Outfitter/Guide Services, or apply for the WMAs.
I believe Ft. Knox and Ft. Campbell still have draw hunts as well.

 

[jmkasza]

Very common here in KY due mainly to the statistics below. We do have WMAs that have draw hunts for the Public at Large to access these areas, and KYDF&W does an exemplary job of managing them.
If you are not a Landowner or know someone who is that you can pay or trade sweat equity for Hunting access, you are limited to the Outfitter/Guide Services, or apply for the WMAs.
I believe Ft. Knox and Ft. Campbell still have draw hunts as well.

By comparison Idaho is about 31% privately owned. No reason to tell anyone about the millions upon millions of acres public land the hunting here is lousy.

 

[Mark W]

What's a deer lease? In Ohio you have to get wrtten permission to hunt on private property. You have to carry the permit with you when your hunting. The property owner should tell you if he allows others on the property.

As if their are no hunting leases in Ohio….lol

 

[6BRA]

As if their are no hunting leases in Ohio….lol

Almost all private land went to Lease in Ohio over 20 years ago. $$$$

 

[jmkasza]

With these deer leases, does one get exclusive access or does it vary? Season long or a smaller time period?

Just curious as we don't have them where I live with the exception of outfitters. I suppose could google it, but I'd rather hear from real folks that are in the know.

Earlier this year there were rumors a very large landowner in Idaho was going to follow a VRBO type model for land access, breaking up their land holdings into many parcels and offering daily/weekly/monthly "subscriptions." Want to go hunt on parcel 10 next Wednesday? It will cost you $xx for the day. I can't imagine the s**t show that would create.

 

[Mark W]

Almost all private land went to Lease in Ohio over 20 years ago. $$$$

I haven’t been here that long, but I have been extremely lucky to get permission on two different properties. Neither property owner will allow me to pay, but keeping in mind what a lease costs, I give each of them a nice gift every year.

 

[Mark W]

With these deer leases, does one get exclusive access or does it vary? Season long or a smaller time period?

Just curious as we don't have them where I live with the exception of outfitters. I suppose could google it, but I'd rather hear from real folks that are in the know.

Earlier this year there were rumors a very large landowner in Idaho was going to follow a VRBO type model for land access, breaking up their land holdings into many parcels and offering daily/weekly/monthly "subscriptions." Want to go hunt on parcel 10 next Wednesday? It will cost you $xx for the day. I can't imagine the s**t show that would create.

I think usually it is exclusive access, but I have heard of some leases with stipulations.

I’ve also saw people offer day hunts in preset stands for crazy dollars. I’m not sure if these were landowners or outfitters thst lease the farm and then sell the hunts.

 

[chop house]

I have a lease in North Alabama. It runs Sept to May but in the off-season I have access for maintenance, etc. since I actually wrote the instrument I put in stipulation for temporary camping also.
Mine is exclusive, as are all small ones around here that I know of. Of course there are hunting clubs that lease large tracts. then the membership pay dues to the club (leaseholder) and the individuals never interact directly with the timber companies.