by TassieTiger » 22 May 2020, 5:53 am
Curious to see if this country is headed down the same path as USA where in some areas, only the wealthy are able to hunt.
A friend recently joined a land parcel of 500,000 acres - that has 3 levels of hunting.
Level 1 - hunt anything 20 days of the year at a cost of $1500 pp - includes use of over night hunts. 200 ppl have apparently signed for this.
Level 2 - hunt anything except deer, overnights ok, 15 nights per year, $700 pp. they have 380 ppl.
Level 3 - hunt small game only, day shooting only(day break to dusk), 12 hunt days per year at $500 pp. not sure re ppl registered.
This land owner is making $600k to $700k per annum from hunters...an online spreadsheet means only certain amount of ppl on property at one time - also means you can miss out if not priority.
This seems like an excessive amount to be paying to hunt - is this similar to other areas of our country ? I must confess - being a small land owner of somewhere I can shoot, I wasn’t aware of this kind of $$$ being asked for the larger areas, yes, the property is known to produce but still.
A friend recently researched SA for a guided deer hunt and was advised he’d be looking at $3k minimum for 3 days and then if he shot a deer - it would be between 700-1400 extra. Wtf ? I must have been on mars...
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