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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: Sitka_Blacktail on May 29, 2020, 02:11:46 PM

Title: Rayonier hunting permits
Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on May 29, 2020, 02:11:46 PM: Has anyone checked out the Rayonier hunting permits for this year? The greed has really set in now. $2,000 to $4,000 starting bids in the Salmon Creek area...... for elk season. The muzzleloader permits start at $2,000.

A fool and his money are soon parted.
Title: Re: Rayonier hunting permits
Post by: bobcat on May 29, 2020, 02:33:01 PM: I saw that. But it's not new. It's been in the neighborhood of that same price for a few years now, I believe. Hard to believe people pay that much.
Title: Re: Rayonier hunting permits
Post by: huntnfmly on May 30, 2020, 05:30:26 PM: What are their areas like?
Do you have to bid on certain areas?
Anyone have any experience with these areas? And getting the leases good or bad?
Just curious
Title: Re: Rayonier hunting permits
Post by: 257 Wby Mag on May 30, 2020, 06:16:42 PM: Fairly simple, if you don’t want to, don’t... if they manage it right, to kill 280”-300” Rosie bulls, it would be a gold mine...
Title: Re: Rayonier hunting permits
Post by: huntnfmly on May 30, 2020, 07:42:20 PM: Nevermind went to their website now I see how it works only some are bid on others have permit quotas
Anybody ever buy these?
Title: Re: Rayonier hunting permits
Post by: Mfowl on May 30, 2020, 09:04:53 PM: Quote from: huntnfmly on May 30, 2020, 07:42:20 PM
Nevermind went to their website now I see how it works only some are bid on others have permit quotas
Anybody ever buy these?

I made a thread about the Rayonier permits last year when I had an MS elk tag. I did not end up going this route but was informed to be conscious of logging operations in the areas I intended to hunt. All the activity can effect the elk in the area and truck traffic can effect access on the roads.
Title: Re: Rayonier hunting permits
Post by: huntnfmly on May 30, 2020, 09:18:21 PM: Quote from: Mfowl on May 30, 2020, 09:04:53 PM
Quote from: huntnfmly on May 30, 2020, 07:42:20 PM
Nevermind went to their website now I see how it works only some are bid on others have permit quotas
Anybody ever buy these?

I made a thread about the Rayonier permits last year when I had an MS elk tag. I did not end up going this route but was informed to be conscious of logging operations in the areas I intended to hunt. All the activity can effect the elk in the area and truck traffic can effect access on the roads.
Thank you I appreciate that input
Title: Re: Rayonier hunting permits
Post by: JimmyHoffa on June 26, 2020, 07:00:15 PM: Quote from: Sitka_Blacktail on May 29, 2020, 02:11:46 PM
Has anyone checked out the Rayonier hunting permits for this year? The greed has really set in now. $2,000 to $4,000 starting bids in the Salmon Creek area...... for elk season. The muzzleloader permits start at $2,000.

A fool and his money are soon parted.
I saw that the start for bids was $1,800 and the first for archery went for $2,400. The deer permits for Salmon Creek I think are going for $600.
They've been having so much traffic on their site, it has had to shut down and reopen a few days later.
Title: Re: Rayonier hunting permits
Post by: EyeTooth on July 06, 2020, 01:06:35 PM: It was fun and served us well. It was at the very end of our progression of options. Elk hunting is over for us now. I think the best (Screaming Deal) access permit in their Salmon Creek area is for the Muzzleloader seasons. The combination elk and deer permits went off the charts this year.
Title: Re: Rayonier hunting permits
Post by: scoutdog346 on July 07, 2020, 05:07:12 AM: I've gotten the fossil creek permit for 5 years back to back and it was worth it.
Title: Re: Rayonier hunting permits
Post by: scoutdog346 on July 07, 2020, 02:59:23 PM: They make no money permits compared to what they make on trees
Title: Re: Rayonier hunting permits
Post by: fireweed on July 08, 2020, 01:01:56 PM: If anyone would look at this, there is a 'cap" on what income per acres these companies can charge and the land still be considered primarily for growing and harvesting of trees. The cap is 10% of taxable value per acres. To be classified as timberland, 90% of income must come from trees. So, if the county has a forestland value of $300 per acre, no more than $30 per acre per year can come from activities OTHER than tree farming. Right no they are operating at about $1-3 per acre per year so there is still a ways to go. Down south, they lease revenue tops the logging revenue.
Title: Re: Rayonier hunting permits
Post by: JimmyHoffa on July 08, 2020, 01:05:31 PM: Quote from: scoutdog346 on July 07, 2020, 02:59:23 PM
They make no money permits compared to what they make on trees
Most of the tree money is every 40 years. The hunting money is annual.