subject: Ready To Lease Some Land For The Purposes Of Hunting Or Fishing? [print this page] The hunting lease has been known in the United States for more than a half century and can be quite useful as they are a means of earning extra income from wildlife resources for landowners, farmers as well as ranchers. The hunting lease is an important source for supplementing income from forests as well as farms, especially in Southern U.S. The hunting lease is also being considered in other parts of the US and so need to be thoroughly understood, especially regarding what the hunting lease is, its importance, knowing the guidelines for making an effective lease agreement and also key components that will be included in the hunting lease. A well made hunting lease would provide protection to both the landowners as well as sportsmen.
Basically, the hunting lease is between a landowner or the lessor and the sportsmen, known as the lessee and it allows the sportsmen access rights for hunting game animals as well as some other activities on the property of the landowner for certain duration of time. The lessee will generally pay a specified dollar amount per acre or per hunger or the landowner may ask the lessee to perform certain service for the lessor in exchange for hunting access. There are both short term as well as long term hunting leases and among the long term leases can be found seasonal leases for all game animals, seasonal lease for specified game animals, annual or multi-year lease for all game animals and annual or multi-year leases for specified game animals. In the short term hunting lease are found daily or weekly hunting that may very often require permits.
Almost all hunting leases should be finalized with a written agreement which would serve as a contract to protect the agreed upon rights of both parties. When developing a hunting lease agreement, one may consider terms such as references, organized sportsmen, lease to local sportsmen, proof of liability insurance, establish open communications, annual meeting, restrict number of hunters, incorporation, practice a liability risk reduction program, written rules, review by attorney, upfront payment, policy on permanent structures, vehicle restriction, notification of presence, automatic lease hunting renewal, and arbitration.
The hunting lease agreement should also contain the name and address of the lessor and lessee, purpose of the hunting lease, description of the property, duration of the lease, method of lease payment, damage provisions and a deposit, termination of a lease clause, subleasing clause, lessee's responsibilities, lessor's responsibilities, landowner rights, indemnity clauses, number of members allowed in the lessee group and finally, the policy on guest and the number of guests.
Besides these points, the hunting lease should specify the amount to be charged and most landowners use what others are charging as their lease price. In addition, locating responsible hunters who respect the property as well stick to the terms of the lease agreement can pose a bit of a challenge and thus requires proper screening of the candidate hunter.
The hunting lease agreement is readily available in the market and finding one should not pose any problem as there are many vendors who specialize in such documents and for a few dollars one may obtain a completely researched and well formed hunting lease agreement. There is no need for researching and creating one from scratch as buying these documents provides an avenue for obtaining comprehensively created solutions that have had experts draft them and they are suited for all manner of use. Spending a few dollars, one could reap great benefits as there is plenty to be saved in terms of time, money and cost as well as being tailored to suit individual requirements.
