If they have any left to sell yes the price is high. Same as corn. The trick is to have some left to sell whether that is the elevator (have to pay storage though) or at home.
High prices cure high prices.
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Lots of standing corn around here still.....winter drying.
It says "spear hunting" available?
WTF
There's not much difference between this and the upland game preserves where shooters can pay to play or in a higher snack bracket clubs like Griffith Island where the well-heeled have their own private hunting grounds.
I agree in some ways been going on for years, pay to play. Try to find a good field to hunt ducks, all rented out to mostly wealthy. Pheasant farms are pretty much the same. Where I have permission you could say I pay, the farm i hunt I bake lots of stuff several times a year, give several pounds of fish. The property owner i hunt I help with cleaning the bush 4 or 5 times a year, give him venison roast, fish, canned goods. So if I figured it all out the cost would be high, but I enjoy it and so do they, so it is a wash.
I know a lot of property around the Long Point area gets leased out to outfitters. One guy I know paid 1500 bucks for a field , mind you it was in an excellent area. He made money the first year but the second year the birds didn't show and he lost... big time. I hunt my own property and sometimes let friends in but that's it.
I can see lots of landowners taking advantage of new hunters that don't know they have better options. I've seen it plenty of times, desperate new hunters dishing out hundreds for properties that are overhunted and empty.
The price gouging on that website is ridiculous, $300/day?? Most of these lands are not far from crown land to begin with and they have the rates of a 5 star outfitter. Not only are you saving money on ANY other option but you have much better chances on success...
It wasn't once called THE SPORT OF KINGS for nothing.