I have had many requests over the years but this request is one I will remember a long time.
I get a call from what seems to be a buyer. The male voice asks if how much is the sell price of the property? How many acres, does it have building sites, how is the hunting?
I asked...would you like to walk the property? Yes, the caller responds, in an anxious voice. I am thinking to myself, great! My next question, are you working with an agent? No...then the voice says, really all I want to do is hunt on the property...who do I get permission from to hunt on it? It that you? What's the owner's name, the phone number I can call, where do they live I'll stop by. I tell the caller, I can't give you that information. I have an agent for owner agreement to keep his contact information private. Please find a friends property to hunt on.
I informed the caller they couldn't hunt on the property and I didn't have the authority to grant that permission anyway. The caller then gets mad at me...he says, why can't I hunt on it...nobody else is! I calmly responded, what happens if a real buyer wants to walk the property and you are out there with a shotgun? Who is going to be liable if you fall down and shoot yourself accidentally? Or if you hurt yourself or someone else?
I appreciate hunters and the sport of hunting for the most part although since Vietnam I do not hunt anything except coffee, lunch and dinner. I also appreciated the hunter calling instead of just trespassing onto the property and the owner or myself walking the property with a buyer and finding a stranger on the property with a shotgun!
Liability issues are to great to allow this activity. The owner could grant permission but I doubt he will do that since he lives on a 10 acre parcel attached to the other 70 acres and uses the property as recreational with his family.
This is the first time I have had the request to hunt on any of the large tracks of land I have listed. It may cause me to add a rider to my sign...."Hunting Granted with Purchase!"
If you would like to find hunting or recreational property please give me a call.
For Personal Service, Call: 616-784-2360 Email: GaryWhite@FlexitRealty.com
Comments(10)