re: For the deer hunters - Do you lease, hunt public or own your own land?

I co-jointly own 630+ acres in SE Alabama with my 4 cousins that our grandparents left us. Only my cousin's husband hunts the land as well as me.

When I hear other peoples' stories about losing leases due to sale of the land or other issues, I am thankful every time I am sitting in a stand for Grandaddy leaving the land to us. Never take it for granted. We may not have the biggest deer in the world, but I enjoy every acre we have.

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When I hear other peoples' stories about losing leases due to sale of the land or other issues, I am thankful every time I am sitting in a stand for Grandaddy leaving the land to us.

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Amen. I hunt the old family farm (860ac) in McNairy Co, TN. 25 acres of organic produce that my hippy, non-hunting cousin raises keep deer and turkeys piled up on the place and eliminates the need for most food plots. The rest is mixed pine and hardwood timber on the hills & ridges. It is pretty awesome. Need to hire some Mennonites to put up a cabin at some point, so I can move out of the camper we have there. There's already a good well and septic from the old farm house. I will probably retire there at some point.

I hunt on a friends property in Harrisonburg Louisiana. They have about 6 of us who pay lease fees to him his dad and brother. Around 1000 acres