Lost My hunting spot

[Sawpilot 75]

Well I knew this day would come since I don't own the farm I hunt and yesterday it was official.. I was on my way home from shed hunting and noticed a for sale sign up so I stopped by to see the landowner and he confirmed it's for sale and possibly sold already. I hate to think of trying to scramble to just get permission again and then the years of trying to figure a place out but that is part of the challenge. I think more so than killing a big buck I enjoy finding a piece of ground, scouting it and doing all the research that goes into it and just getting close to a big deer makes me feel like I know what I'm doing. sometimes....    :confused:

[tradarcher816]

Man, I'm sorry to hear that. I Lost my hunting land a couple of years ago that I killed my first deer on. Happened all of a sudden. Keep your chin up, something will turn up, you may even find a new place that will hold something better in store. Or maybe the new owners will work with you. Good luck either way.

[olddogrib]

That sucks, I feel your pain.  'For sale' signs popping up where I've had permission for 25 years.  But our government tells you our economy's recovering!  Lost my job of 30 years due to outsourcing, but I'm one of the lucky ones at my age.... back as a contractor making less than half what I did.  Our govt. also claims there is no age discrimination.  It's going to get worse if we don't vote the idiots out of Washington.

[Beau J]

Man, I'm sorry to hear that. long time until deer season though, who knows what may turn up? good luck...BeauJ

[Eric Krewson]

Been there done that several times but something else always seems to pop up to provide me a place to hunt.

[tracker1]

Wow that is a bummer.  Hopefully something better will come along.  Good luck.

[BigJim]

Unfortunatley the only guarantee in life is change....and that has never changed!

good luck, BIgJim

[killinstuff]

You can always look at it as it really wasn't yours to start with so you didn't really loose anything. Hunting someone else's land is just that, be grateful for what you had, not the other way around.

[buckracks7]

That has happened to lots of people, myself included. I have noticed the public ground gets more crowded every year.

[BUCKY]

Why didn't he offer it to you first?

[KyStickbow]

I feel ur pain brother. Lost my lease at the end of deer season. Good hunting land is very hard to find.

[Mr. fingers]

I feel you're pain I lost my honey hole a few yrs ago. It was a piece of state land I saw the for sale sign. I went home looked up the price on the Internet and was thinking maybe there was a way I could make this work I planted the seed with my wife in hopes of buying it. I hunted it that next sat morning walked in the dark. And when I came out the for sale sign was gone and a no trespassing sign was in its place. So a had to walk back in and gather a few things I left in the tree. The whole time all I I felt like I was punched in the gut  I was so let down and sad. The small hope of owning it was gone and the reality of not being able to hunt there again only compounded my grief.     :(  
I miss that spot. And have a lot of memories hunting there.

[longbow fanatic 1]

Bummer! I've been there more times than I can count. Good luck on your new search for hunting ground. For several years while I was without private land, I hunted public lands. Now there is a challenge!

[Firstlight]

I know that sad feeling.

Maybe introduce yourself to the new owners with a little gift, welcome to the area kind of thing.

Explain how you help out on the land with hunting it, etc.

Maybe they will let you on.

[Pat B]

Talk to the new owners. They might just let you continue to hunt the same farm.

[Stone Knife]

I think the day will come that unless we own or lease it will be mighty tough to find a place to hunt.

[treepasser]

Join us who dwell amongst the lost...
Public hunting grounds!

[Sawpilot 75]

It could be worse.. I feel fortunate to have had a great place to hunt and feel privileged to have killed some nice deer and Turks over the years. I plan on starting by doing things the old fashioned way by getting to know some new farmers by offering to help out and I also plan on checking out some public ground. I believe Stone Knife called it! I also think with all the interested in leasing that one day it might be tough to find a place to hunt.. What a minute, it already is!    

[Matty]

I guess be thankful for what you had. When you had it!! That's a bummer though. But you never know. The new owners. May just let you stay there. If they are hunters though. That might be tough.

[joe ashton]

Bummer!  I lost my prime spot to logging... BLM sold the wood.