| If you've wanted to try different types of hunts and | | | | few friends to an area you weren't familiar with. |
| cannot afford a guided outfitter or charter fishing | | | | More than likely it was a good time and a nice get |
| services than trading hunts or fishing trips with other | | | | away from the day to day, but it could have been |
| outdoor enthusiasts is the best way to go. That's | | | | more successful had you known someone that was |
| what says. Paul and Sherri of Ladysmith, WI recently | | | | familiar with the area; someone to tell you where the |
| developed a common meeting place for hunting and | | | | fish were biting. |
| fishing enthusiast to meet and trade excursions. | | | | Other benefits could include access to stands that |
| Your next hunting trip could be free and possibly | | | | are in place and possibly use of your exchange |
| include accommodations along with a chance to fulfill | | | | partner's equipment such as blinds, boats, 4-wheelers, |
| your dream hunt. Those are the benefits of an | | | | etc. It all depends on what you and your exchange |
| outdoorsman exchange: I'll take you bear hunting in | | | | partner work out. You can find mule deer, elk, |
| exchange you take me caribou hunting. | | | | whitetail, moose, game birds, waterfowl, deep-sea |
| How It Works Outdoorsman exchange facilitates the | | | | fishing, bear, small game, wild boar, trout fishing and |
| arrangements by offering listings of potential | | | | more all under one website. You can search for your |
| exchangers on their website. You can find an | | | | exchange by state or the species you're interested |
| exchange partner by posting an ad yourself or | | | | in. Outdoorsman Exchange will be maintaining the site |
| answer someone else's. | | | | continuously so you won't find non-current members |
| On line listings and e-mail will provide outdoorsman | | | | who posted a listing several years ago and no way |
| with hunting and fishing opportunities all over the US | | | | to contact them. You might develop friendships |
| and Canada. It'll also provide quicker and more | | | | where you have many return visits for years to |
| convenient access to - and communication with - | | | | come. |
| potential exchange partners. You can gain access to | | | | Trading With A Stranger Not sure if you feel |
| more up to date listings, view photos of successful | | | | comfortable trading a hunt or fishing excursion with a |
| hunting/fishing expeditions and send correspondence | | | | stranger? Just remember you won't necessarily be |
| via identity-protected e-mails. | | | | trading with a stranger. Before you trade excursions |
| There are variations of trading outdoor exchanges | | | | you will have already exchanged several e-mails, |
| such as: a hosted hunt - I'll take you turkey hunting | | | | talked on the phone, shared photos of past |
| on my land and you take me trout fishing. Another | | | | successful fishing or hunting excursions, and swapped |
| exchange option is to trade with an un-hosted | | | | stories. By the time you host or exchange |
| exchange. You hunt my land for whitetail and I'll hunt | | | | excursions, you won't be strangers anymore. You'll be |
| your land for wild boar. The difference, neither | | | | trading with someone who shares the same interests |
| member is obligating himself or herself to be readily | | | | you do. |
| available to each other. | | | | Who Would Want To Fish Or Hunt In My Area |
| Benefits Of Exchanging The money you can save on | | | | There's no doubt that members who have many |
| trading with other members can be substantial - up | | | | acres or a waterfront cabin in Colorado, Alaska or |
| to thousands of dollars, depending on the type of | | | | Canada will receive many exchange inquiries. But keep |
| hunt you're interested in. You're eliminating not only | | | | in mind that people also have interest in seeing new |
| the guided outfitter cost but you might be eliminating | | | | places and having new hunting or fishing experiences |
| your lodging expenses too, depending on what you | | | | with others that share their same interests. |
| work out with your exchange partner. | | | | If you don't have your own private land to offer, |
| Less tangible benefits include the chance to hunt or | | | | you're probably familiar with public land or have family |
| fish with someone that's familiar to the area. They | | | | or friends with land. Outdoorsman Exchange |
| already know where the trails are running or where | | | | recommends that you're familiar with the area and |
| the hottest fishing spots are. Eliminating those blind | | | | know where you can take your exchange partner |
| hunting or fishing trips when you ventured off with a | | | | for the best chance of a successful hunt. |