Hunting Permission: Let’s talk Price

razorbeck said:
If you charge for access it changes the dynamics as you are now providing a fee for service and accepting some liability
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Thats what I was also thinking in a pay to enter situation. As soon as its a business situation, Im sure there needs to be some form of permit or licensing requirement which will bring about a liability insurance requirement. Interesting...
 
skhunter said:
So are you telling me that when another farmer pays me to rent a quarter of land and falls off his combine while harvesting the crop, I am liable?
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One would hope not, but who knows nowadays. Apparently a would be burglar has a claim to something if he/she gets injured on your property...so who the hell knows. Sometimes it seems like a ordinary Joe Blow trying to live an ordinary life needs to constantly have a lawyer in his back pocket.
 
1963beretta said:
One would hope not, but who knows nowadays. Apparently a would be burglar has a claim to something if he/she gets injured on your property...so who the hell knows. Sometimes it seems like a ordinary Joe Blow trying to live an ordinary life needs to constantly have a lawyer in his back pocket.
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Even if that were the case (which it isn't), that wouldn't change if you got permission without paying the farmer then, would it?
 
bearkilr said:
Even if that were the case (which it isn't), that wouldn't change if you got permission without paying the farmer then, would it?
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In BC payment for access does matter:

(3.2) A person who enters any of the categories of premises described in subsection (3.3) is deemed to have willingly assumed all risks and the occupier of those premises is subject only to the duty of care set out in subsection (3) if....
…(a) the person who enters is trespassing, or
...(b) the entry is for the purpose of a recreational activity and
…...(i) the occupier receives no payment or other consideration for the entry or activity of the person, other than a payment or other consideration from a government or government agency or a non-profit recreational club or association, and
…...(ii) the occupier is not providing the person with living accommodation on those premises.

(3.3) The categories of premises referred to in subsection (3.2) are as follows:
...(a) premises that the occupier uses primarily for agricultural purposes;
...(b) rural premises that are
…...(i) used for forestry or range purposes,
…...(ii) vacant or undeveloped premises,
…...(iii) forested or wilderness premises, or
…...(iv) private roads reasonably marked as private roads;
...(c) recreational trails reasonably marked as recreational trails;
...(d) utility rights of way and corridors excluding structures located on them.
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That's my cousin's country. He does have leases all over but that is where he lives. Spent a lot of time there as a kid. Backs on to a lot of bush on the State's side. Will be heading there for sugar this spring. Lot of turkeys in there. Hemmingford area.

looch said:
$400 for year-round access to 120 acres. More than fair for around here (south of the St. Lawrence and west highway 15) and I consider myself quite lucky to have it.
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looch said:
$400 for year-round access to 120 acres. More than fair for around here (south of the St. Lawrence and west highway 15) and I consider myself quite lucky to have it.
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You are a very humble person, to pay alot, for so little. In the western Canadian provinces we are most spoiled, at least I am. When I hunted my mule buck this past autumn, I had at least 20 sections of private land to hunt. The landowner never asked for a penny, however he did ask me to leave with at least 10 deer in the box of my pick-up.;) Of course that never occurred, however the deer were quite abundant and do require a little thinning-out.
 
cath8r said:
400 bucks for year round access on 120 acres is a steal.... where I live. I'd gladly pay it.... even offer more.
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Go west good sir. I have private land available to hunt but prefer to be out hunting crown land, it’s endless. I count my lucky stars I live where I do, especially having grown up in southern Ontario.
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cath8r said:
even offer more.
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Which is why I consider myself lucky. There are many folks wealthier than I that would pay triple that amount for my little slice. And the landowners here can be quite fickle - I was denied a lease renewal on a previous plot and given no reason whatsoever.

Without an "in", getting new land to hunt is near impossible - either the landowner is anti-hunting/anti-hunter, or the land is already leased.
 
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