by TassieTiger » 04 Sep 2019, 11:20 am
A friend of mine pays $250 per person every year to have limited access(on line booking - with conditions) to 4000 acres - fenced into 4 lots of 1000 acres each.
Each 1000 acre lot has a shipping container with bunks and limited running water. They have a bbq, open fire, etc at each lot.
The property entrance is 2 hours from Hobart and only open to walking / stalking once rifles are in hand.
I thought this sounded pretty reasonable - game on each lot was plentiful and agreed bag limits were set.
But then I learned that the land owner had over 300 hunters registered for this land and is pulling in $75k per annum for very limited hunting rights...
No thank you.
260 acres is big enough to test out most rifles and have a decent play.
If this is a property your thinking of trying to turn a few $$$ off, I’d consider a slightly different approach.
Id think there would be a few shooters out there who would love - ABSOLUTELY love - a private range that stretches out to 1000m or so, where they can dick about a bit without having to deal with politics, range police, etc etc.
It wouldn’t cost a heck of a lot to clear a straight 900m path into a safe bank / wall with targets every 100 or 200m.
Add a small shed - bunks, solar panel, battery, inverter - for some simple powered equipment(kettle) and some weather shelter and along with at least some hunting opportunities - reckon you’d get a few takers.
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TassieTiger on 04 Sep 2019, 3:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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