Originally posted by Horitexan
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It's absolutely CORRECT that bowhunting will NOT "control" a hog population on a substantial property. If it would, I'd be out of a job. Lol! At best, you may spook them to the neighbors for a while.
I make my living from charging hunters for access to land (and guiding them) so, obviously, I don't have an issue with landowners charging for hunting. I'm not sure how some people get their feathers so ruffled and get so focused on their "right" to charge for hunting, when that was NEVER the issue. It's like people bypass the subject of the thread and start single-mindedly defending their "rights" when they weren't even the topic if discussion! Lol!
The topic here is landowners crying, "wolf" when, obviously, there isn't one. The topic here is guys jumping on the 'hogs are killing me' when they're not. If there was a REAL problem, the landowner would be a lot more reasonable in his pricing.
Facts not in evidence.
If you read the OP, he was attempting to negotiate a deal with the landowner for ACCESS only. So, all the comments about the setup of a hunting operation don't apply. Under the scenario the OP described, HE would have been responsible for all that, had he decided to take it that far. You're assuming, and inserting, facts that just are not in evidence.
Nothing wrong with making money off your land. That was never even mentioned except by you and some others that read something into the conversation that wasn't even there.
The OP didn't ask the guy to start a hunting operation, he asked for access and the possibility of working with the man, for $$, to start a hunting operation - one that would benefit the landowner financially and, possibly, in terms of the numbers of hogs.
As the manager of a day lease that offers hog hunts at a substantially lower price (and that includes lodging and feeders and lots of extras) I can tell you that $100/day for nothing but access is exorbitantly high!! It's NOT "right in line" with what others charge.
Again, though, the point of the thread was simply the over-blown "problem" that so many landowners LOVE to claim about hogs - that don't actually exist. The topic at hand has NOTHING to do with landowners' rights to charge for hunting.
I make my living from charging hunters for access to land (and guiding them) so, obviously, I don't have an issue with landowners charging for hunting. I'm not sure how some people get their feathers so ruffled and get so focused on their "right" to charge for hunting, when that was NEVER the issue. It's like people bypass the subject of the thread and start single-mindedly defending their "rights" when they weren't even the topic if discussion! Lol!
The topic here is landowners crying, "wolf" when, obviously, there isn't one. The topic here is guys jumping on the 'hogs are killing me' when they're not. If there was a REAL problem, the landowner would be a lot more reasonable in his pricing.
Facts not in evidence.
If you read the OP, he was attempting to negotiate a deal with the landowner for ACCESS only. So, all the comments about the setup of a hunting operation don't apply. Under the scenario the OP described, HE would have been responsible for all that, had he decided to take it that far. You're assuming, and inserting, facts that just are not in evidence.
Nothing wrong with making money off your land. That was never even mentioned except by you and some others that read something into the conversation that wasn't even there.
The OP didn't ask the guy to start a hunting operation, he asked for access and the possibility of working with the man, for $$, to start a hunting operation - one that would benefit the landowner financially and, possibly, in terms of the numbers of hogs.
As the manager of a day lease that offers hog hunts at a substantially lower price (and that includes lodging and feeders and lots of extras) I can tell you that $100/day for nothing but access is exorbitantly high!! It's NOT "right in line" with what others charge.
Again, though, the point of the thread was simply the over-blown "problem" that so many landowners LOVE to claim about hogs - that don't actually exist. The topic at hand has NOTHING to do with landowners' rights to charge for hunting.
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