Hey guys, I completely understand what your going through trying to lease. I have 175 acres at the very most northern part of Maine. In fact, at the end of my lane I can through a fishing lures across the Street John river (The river that divides US and Canada) and hit Canada. You will constantly here about the long standing “customary” approach to hunting on private land in Maine and other similiar states and that is ask and you automatically get permission. Yes, maybe years ago it was that way 1) because there was way less residential and commercial structures and way more undeveloped land,less 2) lower crime rate and 3) just an entirely different mentality of farmers and large tract land owners 4) land was cheaper and easier to obtain 5) laws that have changed and it doesn’t stop at 5) there are way more variables. This world and forums has a multitude of audiences swaying both way for one reason or the other. Trust me, I went through thiexact same stuff when I marketed mine on a deer hunting fb forums. Facts are facts tho. I go to thinking and thought If every large land owner is just supposed to up an let anyone hunt, then why did I go out and spend all this money for the land and all the seed, fuel for tractors, horticulture supplies etc and why didn’t I just spend a quarter of what I just spent and buy an acre with a house on it,go out and hunt the places that people already did all the work and spent all the money for me and live happily ever after. Da,I think that’s pretty much a no brainer if recouping the cost of my taxes, food plots, cost of land, maintenance etc is unethical in these people’s eyes so be it. I looked up every single person on there crying about me wanting to lease my land and they were all pretty much just bums and most of them were either renting trailers on an acre of ground or own between 1-5 acres. Still to this day I’ve not got a solid answer on what to charge. I say take into the consideration how much you have in everything and how much it cost to maintain it and get every single penny back bc the labor alone not including purchasing the land and materials is worth a heck of a lot more than those materials. I’m a New Home Builder and Labor without fail equals 3_5 times the cost of the Materials.

I have had a lot of interest from guides but haven’t had s chance to meet with them yet bc now I’m back in Pa at my other house. I’ll be leaving in about a month to go back up then I won’t be back to PA until Christmas.. if anyone hear is interested drop me a line or respond to the post. I have plenty of Moose, WhitetaiI (huge) black bear, coyotes, huge bobcats, lynx etc. The black bear are the nuisance and they are everywhere like Pa has deer. It’s nothing to see 5 a day. I have a 55 acre field and a 15 acre field in the back and all day long those bear meander across the field, constantly in my driveway etc.. I have some Redbone Coonhounds and I leave them out I’f the Bear get to close to the cabin.. Best wishes but don’t feel bad if you post it and don’t let someone work on your emotions saying things like “wouldn’t it be worth it if you left a child get his first moose or bear or an older veterans, just wouldn’t that make you feel so special” My answer is yes if it was my son but absolutely not if it’s someone else’s kid or grampa. honestly I could care less about a child’s first kill if I don’t know them. Just saying. Hope this helps. Best wishes