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Idaho Startup Aims To Be Airbnb For Hunters

A new startup out of Idaho is hoping to bring more access to private lands to sportsmen nationwide in an online marketplace that operates like Airbnb.
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A new startup out of Idaho is hoping to bring more access to private lands to sportsmen nationwide in an online marketplace that operates like Airbnb.

An online startup out of Idaho has launched a new service pitched as Airbnb for hunters, anglers and other outdoor enthusiasts.

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The company, EntryG8, allows landowners to list their private property and what it offers ("Oregon pheasant hunting," for example) and those interested pay a "daily trespass fee" to access the land.

Boise-based friends David Keil and Robert Studebaker started EntryG8 earlier this year after continually having problems getting access to private land.

Keil grew up on a Montana farm and says things have changed.

"I remember people knocking on my dad's door and saying, 'Hey, can I hunt?'" Keil said, adding his father would usually allow it.

Today, he said he finds landowners more skeptical of these requests from strangers.

"There are so many people out there nowadays that just don't treat other people's property with respect," Keil said. "They litter, they leave gates open, they rut up roads."

He said a service like EntryG8 could help solve this because, like Airbnb and Uber, both parties rank each other after a visit is finished.

"Having better rankings allows you to have better access to those services in the future," Keil said. "We thought, we could apply that to hunting and then eventually to other types of outdoor recreation."

The website only really emerged from its testing phase about a month ago and while Keil has already heard from hundreds of sportsmen, landownders have been harder to reach.

As of now, the site only lists a handful of properties across Idaho and Oregon. The goal though is to be nationwide.Find reporter Dan Boyce on Twitter @BoyceDan.

Copyright 2018 Boise State Public Radio

This story was produced by the Mountain West News Bureau, a collaboration between Wyoming Public Media, Boise State Public Radio in Idaho, Yellowstone Public Radio in Montana, KUER in Salt Lake City and KRCC and KUNC in Colorado.

Copyright 2021 Boise State Public Radio News. To see more, visit Boise State Public Radio News.

Dan Boyce moved to the Inside Energy team at Rocky Mountain PBS in 2014, after five years of television and radio reporting in his home state of Montana. In his most recent role as Montana Public Radio’s Capitol Bureau Chief, Dan produced daily stories on state politics and government.
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