Something else that has happened in the past 5-10 years that is just compounding this issue is the fact that the price hunters are willing to pay for an individual hunting club membership has kinda topped out for a lot of clubs……Once you reach somewhere around $2500-$3500 for a membership the number of people willing to pay that or more drops off substantially……and that’s where we are at with many of them……So now today when the price of the lease goes up it has a direct impact on hunter density as clubs add “one more” hunter……

I think this is likely occurring across a lot of southeast Alabama where lease prices are the highest driven by out of state pockets……When the deeper pockets come in willing to pay $20+ an acre and a $5000 membership and it raises the per acre price for everyone…… the $1500- $2500 crowd doesn’t fold their lease and quit…..they add more members.

Last edited by CNC; 01/02/25 10:23 PM.