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Can you successfully run a hunting preserve without a lodge? I have started building my preserve but not sure if I want a lodge.
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I think you would have a better chance to get hunters with a lodge!!That would just be another couple hundred that the hunter would have to worry about and then you have meals to think about.Im sure it is done somewhere without one but if i was the hunter i would lean to a place with a lodge!!
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It is hard to imagine running a hunting preserve without one. I guess if people just pay to come and hunt by the day or something it would work.
When our groups come back to the lodge it is where we get to really know them, talk about the deer they saw, talk about the hunt and just get to know each other. If you don't have a lodge you are just leasing them the land more or less to hunt on for a few days. It is an entirely different experience - which some folks might go for if it was cheap enough.
When our groups come back to the lodge it is where we get to really know them, talk about the deer they saw, talk about the hunt and just get to know each other. If you don't have a lodge you are just leasing them the land more or less to hunt on for a few days. It is an entirely different experience - which some folks might go for if it was cheap enough.
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I worked for a preserve who did not have a lodge. It made it a little tough to sell and book hunts. I think you could make it work if you lowered the prices some but the people I worked for still wanted the same price if not more as the preserves that put you up and fed you for three days. I tried to explain to them they werent offering the same thing but it was all on deaf ears.