4000+ acres with a good population of turkeys in central Alabama, lots of pines, hardwood bottoms, clear cuts, food plots, etc. This is pretty typical Alabama hunting land.

This is mainly a deer hunting club. With nearly every thread asking about turkey only memberships, it seems like there is a lot of interest in this. I'm wondering what would be a fair price for a turkey only membership and how many members would this many acres support.

This land has not been hunted much for turkeys. I've seen many very nice gobblers on this land. Last year there were 3 or 4 turkey hunters but I have no idea how they did. There are camp/RV sites with water and electricity available for use during turkey season. What are your thoughts?

All in one tract? Decent road system?

2 tracts that are within a couple of miles, one is 1000+ acres and the other around 3000 acres. Excellent road system.

I assume you are not talking about sole rights to the 4000 acres, but rather selling multiple turkey only memberships.

What are your full dues? I would say somewhere around 40 - 50% of your full dues would be a fair price. How do the other full paying members who turkey hunt feel about the club selling turkey only memberships? I can tell you if I was a full member I would be pissed about it. You better get some feedback from your turkey hunters before you act or all hell will break loose. A lot of times the turkey hunter is crapped on when "club decisions" are made in a predominantly deer hunting club.

What county and what are the full membership prices?

I am talking about turkey only memberships. For a variety of reasons, I don't want to be too specific.

We have a low membership for deer hunters (less than 15). Only 1 deer hunter also turkey hunts. There are already turkey only memberships being sold. It is not advertised and way too inexpensive, in my opinion.

There could be some changes next year, so I am trying to get educated as to what would be a fair price. The deer hunters are paying around $2500, but are turkey hunters willing to pay over $1000???

Depends on how good it is.

turkey hunters with money will

There is a healthy turkey population that hasn't been pressured much.

How many turkey hunters would this much land support?

Personally $1000 would be the max I would spend on the chance to kill 5 chickens regardless of how many acres it was. 4-6 serious hunters on 4000 acres.

This is just about right. A serious turkey hunter in my book hunts 20+ mornings a year. It would have to be really good to kill 4-6 limits every year.

I'll toss my .02 in.

With 4000 acres I'm thinking you have over 20 members maybe even more. Out of that number, if 5 or 6 are serious turkey hunters (3-4x week minimum) it will be tough to find many folks willing to shell out a thousand bucks to compete with that. That amount of acreage would only tolerate 6 or 7 hard core turkey chasers and that's pushing it. My ball park rule of thumb is a tract can tolerate around 100 acres per deer member and 500 acres per turkey member. Price will depend on history of producing birds, type of habitat, number of hunters, and location. If you were to lease the entire tract for exclusive turkey rights only to an individual or 3 or 4 guys, you might get between a dollar or $2/acre.

We turkey hunters are a particular bunch but easy to work with if folks keep their word. I.e, don't sell me a turkey membership, tell me there will be only one or two other guys hunting, and opening morning 4 trucks are parked at the gate with 2 folks per truck.

Dr. B

I just picked up 500 acres of prime turkey hunting land for $.84/acre. No way I'd pay $2/ acre and not be the only turkey hunter

Thanks for the reply to my question.

I think that gives me a ballpark range.

So, maybe up to 6 hunters total at $1000 a piece would be reasonable. It's actually over 4000 acres so it would be around 700 acres per hunter.

Thanks for the inputs.

Any deer only openings??

I don't think you would find 6 people willing to pay $1000, but you could. I would think that would be best case scenario for you not a starting point. Jmo

No openings for deer, sorry.

I know there is always a trade off between price and number of hunters.

You are right, Watchemflop, there may not be 6 hunters willing to pay $1000, but there may be 8 willing to pay $750. All I know is that last year only about 3 to 4 people hunted and they paid $500 each.

All I'm trying to do is to figure out what is reasonable to expect from good turkey hunting land as far as number of hunters and price per hunter.

I guess I could have asked it another way.

If you knew that there were only going to be 6 total turkey hunters, how much would you pay as an individual for a turkey only membership to hunt over 4000 acres?

I would agree with this, these guys are gonna be hardcore turkey hunters and would probably balk at six others hunting, combined with the "deer" hunters hunting turkeys also, for that price.

You stole that! congrats! Actually you got a good deal. I'm still looking for one of those.

Dr. B

That's a fair price for 4 hunters on 4000 acres. I bet those guys are ticked you're shopping the land out if they had a good season. I would not pay over that for the scenario you are presenting.

Dr. B