Casey Cutshall has spent a lifetime chasing whitetails and wild turkeys through the woods and fields of Frederick County, Maryland, and built HuntLease after years of watching ground that was once open on a handshake disappear behind No Trespassing signs. Writes here on lease pricing, landowner liability and the practical side of getting access to private land.
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Most hunting-lease disputes don't start with a bad hunter or landowner — they start with a word. Here's the plain-English decoder ring for the pricing, legal, land, and gear terms …
Here is the uncomfortable truth about hanging a fixed treestand on a lease: the best tree in October is rarely the best tree in November, and almost never the next …
Ask a hunter what a lease costs and you'll get one number: the annual rate. Ask them what they actually paid to hunt that ground last season, and the number …
Ask ten hunters what a hunting lease should cost, whether you need 500 acres to bother, or whether a handshake is good enough between decent people, and you’ll get ten …
You can buy the best lease in the county, hang your stand in the perfect pinch point, and pattern a mature buck all summer — and still get busted by …
South Carolina opens the earliest deer season in the entire country. While hunters in most states are still glassing velvet bucks in August, private-land owners in the South Carolina Lowcountry …
Here's the uncomfortable truth about hunting a lease: the two most important minutes of your morning happen in total darkness. The walk in, before legal light, decides whether you slip …
Here is the contrarian truth most calling articles will not tell you: the call in your pack matters far less than when and where you use it on ground you …
Type "hunting leases near me" into a search bar and you'll get a strange mix of results: a couple of national listing sites, a pile of old forum threads, and …
Ask a room full of deer hunters whether leasing is good for hunting and you will start a fight. One side says it turned a birthright into a luxury good; …
