Just got off the phone with a landowner regarding a 319ac farm he’ll allow us to lease this year. It’s in southern York County in Peach Bottom Township off of Paper Mill Road (about 5mi north of the MD line and borders the Susquehanna river). 160ac of this land is wooded and the rest is active crop land. Now the former group that has leased this land is not coming back this year. He heard about s through some mutual contacts and because we’re an archery only group and provide our insurance from the QDMA (which covers us as well as him), he’s willing to let us lease it to us.
According to the owner this a great place to hunt deer and he’s been managing this for quite some time for some nice bucks. His only concern is to make sure that we’re harvest bucks that have racks that are at least outside the ears (which he says there’s plenty of them too). He also wants to make sure that the doe population is kept in check as well. So the rule of thumb is take the does and let the bucks grow and that’s one of the covenants in being able hunting this land. It’s also what will allow us to re-lease the land the following year (which I gather is the reason the other group is not coming back). I’m going to look at the property sometime next week to see how huntable it really is. From what I can see so far on topo maps and aerial shots he’s got a nice place. I’ll make sure to provide photos of any scrapes, rubs, size of tracks, etc….that I can when I walk the place.
The total cost I’m anticipating based on out short conversation tonight (lease plus insurance) should be $7,200. We haven’t finalized a firm price yet but that seemed to be “in the ballpark” according to him. So based on that, if we keep between a 1:10 ratio (hunter per acre) we’re looking at 16 people that can get on this land. So the cost will be $450 person; which for land in Southern York County on an active farm that has plenty of land, food & water...as well as being managed for mature bucks years prior…that should be a GREAT price.
Let me know if you’re interested.
According to the owner this a great place to hunt deer and he’s been managing this for quite some time for some nice bucks. His only concern is to make sure that we’re harvest bucks that have racks that are at least outside the ears (which he says there’s plenty of them too). He also wants to make sure that the doe population is kept in check as well. So the rule of thumb is take the does and let the bucks grow and that’s one of the covenants in being able hunting this land. It’s also what will allow us to re-lease the land the following year (which I gather is the reason the other group is not coming back). I’m going to look at the property sometime next week to see how huntable it really is. From what I can see so far on topo maps and aerial shots he’s got a nice place. I’ll make sure to provide photos of any scrapes, rubs, size of tracks, etc….that I can when I walk the place.
The total cost I’m anticipating based on out short conversation tonight (lease plus insurance) should be $7,200. We haven’t finalized a firm price yet but that seemed to be “in the ballpark” according to him. So based on that, if we keep between a 1:10 ratio (hunter per acre) we’re looking at 16 people that can get on this land. So the cost will be $450 person; which for land in Southern York County on an active farm that has plenty of land, food & water...as well as being managed for mature bucks years prior…that should be a GREAT price.
Let me know if you’re interested.
