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If you're leasing your land for hunting, one of the first decisions is how to sell access: by the season or by the day. Both work — they just fit different properties, different goals, and different amounts of involvement. Here's how to think about it.
With a season lease, one hunter or a group leases the hunting rights for the whole season at a set price. The upside: predictable income, one set of people to deal with, and far less day-to-day involvement. The hunters often take care of feeders and stands and treat the place like their own. It's the lowest-effort option once it's set up, which is why most full-season deer leases work this way.
Day access means selling individual days or weekends. It takes more coordination — more bookings, more arrivals, more turnover — but it brings in a higher effective rate per day and lets you keep some flexibility on your own property. Day hunts are ideal for dove fields, hog hunting, and short windows around specific seasons, and they're a great way to test demand before you commit to a full-season lease.
These aren't mutually exclusive. A common setup: a season lease on one pasture for steady income, and day hunts on another for dove or hogs. Or a season deer lease that converts to day-hunt hog access in the off-season. Splitting the property lets you capture both the predictability of a season lease and the higher rate of day access.
If you want simple, predictable income and minimal involvement, lead with a season lease. If your property suits short windows (dove, hogs, ducks) or you want to test the market first, start with day access. Not sure? Day access is the lower-commitment way to find out what your land can earn, then convert to a season lease once you know demand is there.
On The Hunting Exchange you can list either way — a long-term lease, day access, or both — for free. You set the price, the dates, and the rules, and only pay a 5% fee when a booking is actually paid.
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