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For leases and landowners. Does anyone think there would be any interest, or enough interest, in leasing feeders.

Along the lines one person supplying the feeders, corn, maintenance, setup, and takedown. It could be setup year around and fed year around, or setup year around and fed only for deer season. Something along those lines.

I don't know that there would be any interest, but it sounded like a good idea. It's lacking a few details, such as what to charge. I get bulk corn at 7.25 per 100. Roughly 350lbs to fill a 55 gallon feeder.

But despite the details, would there be a market for it? No hassle, no maintenance, don't have to worry about batteries or corn. You wouldn't have to waste a day going to refill.

Whatcha think?

-John

[.41 magnum man]

It is one of those things that you might just have to try in order to know. Get one or two landowners to go for it, then see how it goes. That is pretty much how I began my taxidermy business. You never know how it will turn out. I started mounting stuff for family and a few friends, then friends of theirs came to me, and then their friends and family, and after a couple years I thought: What have I done? I CREATED A MONSTER! HA! :D I get enough stuff in now, that I don't even do fish or birds anymore, just mammals. So that might be how you will need to start out just to see. Some people want the benefit of something without any work, and some don't have time. It is one of those things that it will take quite a few renters to make it worth while, but if you can afford to wait on it to grow, I can see the potential. One deer head a month isn't going to do much for me, but until I built up, that is what I had to do.

It will depend on a few factors, like how many landowners are there in your area, how many that have a hunting lease, and how many are actually hunt the area. Some guys might have permission to hunt another property and want you to put a feeder there for them. Regardless of any business a person starts, the average time it takes to get going good is 3 years or so.