How much acreage do you need/want?

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How many acres do you need

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25-50 depending upon the geography of the place and what you are looking for.

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or want?

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800 acres.

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Lets say you are looking for a place to hunt deer on. You and maybe a buddy or two. How many acres do you need or want?

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3 people? a few hundred acres or so. Maybe 500 if I everyone had kids/family that would be hunting too.

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3-4k

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Is this want or need?

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If you are looking to keep the deer on your property with little influence from the neighbors then you are gonna need closer to 1k acres.

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Optimal for me would be around 1k acres with 10 or fewer people hunting it regularly.

Our old lease was 3k acres and that was a shitload of upkeep. Not to mention $15k per year lease to hunt the marsh.

300 should be a good start. Can be done on much less. I know a guy that owns 150, killed 13 bucks on it last year between him and his guests. He walks or rides a golf cart everywhere he goes, only is in woods when he is hunting (no joy riding) and is surrounded by high pressure leases.

As much as I can get/afford, but depends on the huntable area. One acre, on the backside of a large non-hunted area, like a preserve, may be all you need. Around heavy hunted areas, you may need alot. Just depends on multiple factors. I have some private property I hunt for a lady that told me to kill all the deer, cause they eat all her flowers and rub their horns on her fruit trees...I've taken 3 10's, an 8, and a wide 7 point off that one acre, with my bow. She gets a Christmas present from me every year...

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Is this want or need?

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Want of course. The place we hunt now is around 2,400 give or take.

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Want of course. The place we hunt now is around 2,400 give or take.

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How many people hunt this property? I am looking to join an hunting club next year and I know rule of thumb for clubs is 100 acres per member but private land is totally different. As everyone has stated it all depends on the setup and adjacent property.

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We've hunted 3 people on 30 acres. But with a property that small, once someone kills, the others hunts are most likely over.

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This is correct. We use to lease 60 acres in Morehouse Parish and could hunt 5 guys. We all knew somebody was killing something but after that the morning was pretty much over, unless it was really early.