Transcript Fee Hunting in Alabama

Fee Hunting in Alabama
Hunting is Big Business in Alabama
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Equipment
Clothing
Hunting Dogs
4X4 Trucks
ATV’s
Vehicle Operation
Lodging
Land Lease/Fee
Food Plots
Other
Total
$90,217,192
$27,063,694
$39,394,188
$252,299,818
$57,107,418
$56,945,798
$4,592,227
$29,956,312
$33,957,721
$26,444,065
$617,978,433
Hunting is Big Business in Alabama
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Equipment
Clothing
Hunting Dogs
4X4 Trucks
ATV’s
Vehicle Operation
Lodging
Land Lease/Fee
Food Plots
Other
Total
$90,217,192
$27,063,694
$39,394,188
$252,299,818
$57,107,418
$56,945,798
$4,592,227
$29,956,312
$33,957,721
$26,444,065
$617,978,433
Good for Landowners
• Landowner knows
who is hunting
• Hunters develop an
interest in the land
• Hunters protect land
• Produces income
Good for Hunters
• More land comes open for
hunting
• Hunter knows who else is
hunting
• Hunter can learn the
hunting area
• Hunters want to improve
wildlife populations
Bad Points
• Some hunters may be
displaced
• Have to pay for hunting
access
Hunting Lease
Income Potential
How much is my hunting land worth?
Public Hunting in Alabama
• Alabama Division of
Wildlife & Fresh
Water Fisheries
• Alabama National
Forests
• Alabama National
Wildlife Refuges
• Forever Wild
Program
• Private Lands
Distance to Large City
Hunters
pay more
for leases
closer to
large cities.
Tract Size
Larger
hunting
tracts have
a higher
lease value.
Old Smith Farm
300 acres
Quality
Pricing a Hunting Lease
Range of Hunting Leases in
Alabama
$1.00/acre
$30.00/acre
Fee Hunting Options
• Day-Use Permit
• Day-Use with Room & Board
• Season Leases
Day-use Permit
• Hunter pays for hunting
one or more days.
• Dove field, shooting
preserve, or day deer
hunt
• Hunting only
• Landowner is not in
restaurant, lodging or
entertainment business
Day-Use with Room & Board
• Landowner sells hunting access and meals
• Best of structures already exist
• Landowner has to enjoy interacting with different
people
Season Lease
• Landowners sells hunting rights for a
given length of time
• Could be entire season or just a portion
• Could be for all species or just one type
of hunting
• Owners friends and/or family can’t hunt
unless lease says differently.
Items in a Hunting Lease
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Duration
Description of property or map
Rate
Restrictions & Specifications
Escape Clause
Liability Insurance
Landowner Liability
• Warn of dangers
• Have hunters sign a
“Hold Harmless”
statement
• Landowner Liability
Insurance