lease?

[wipartimer]

Ok guys, A few dumb questions for ya... 1) What is a hunting lease and how does it work? Where I live its all smaller farms(100-40 acres) and you just ask the farmer if you can hunt on his land. It's either yes or no but almost unheard of for someone to charge to hunt/ trap thier land.2) how do you get into a lease?  And do Texans let yankees in on them? I like to go to Texas once a year to hog hunt, but would probably go a little more often if I didn't have to pay a guide/outfitter evry time. Thanks for educating me!

[shooter444002]

In a lease situation you do just that, you lease the right to hunt on that property. You pay so much a year or season to take a certain amount or species of game. There are many variations and stipulations depending on who you are dealing with. There are very few places here in TX where you could walk up and ask to hunt and someone say yes. It is a money game and gets higher every year. East TX leases which were cheaper are going up every year especially since the timber companies are selling out to private investment groups(thats ok, makes buying timber easier and thats how I live.) Some land that we manage and lease out is up to $8/ac this year depending on the amount and types of game.electricity, water,creeks, ponds etc. The better it is the more it costs in most places. Hope this gives you an idea.

[howie1968]

here is how  i  am able to hunt on places for very little.  how  i  am on my awersome hog lease is  i put an ad on the interent wanting a hog hunting lease only within days several people emailed  me  and  told  me  what  they  had  and  how much   i  got  this  lease  for 150 per yrear   then  i volunteerred  to  fill  the  feeders  and  keep  them  full,   the  hunting clubs  expense of coures  so  that knocked  it  down  to  100.00.  i  then  made  out  some  business cards  offering free  predator removal coyotes  bobcats  hogs  crows.   got  a  few  calls  from  that  but  what  has  helped  me  the  most  is  on  the  tolar  ranch  i  was invited  to  hunt  and  i killed  a  few  coyotes  by trapping and shooting  them  then  i  offered  to  fill  his  feeders  he  has  sika  axis   but free  ranging hogs  i  also  started baling hay with him.  another  guy also invited  me  to  coyote  hunt  so  i killed  one  coyote  and  now  i  have  an awesome deer lease  now  the  word  has  spread  and  i  have unlimited oppurtunities  and  i  only  end  up  paying  100.00 a  yr  to  hunt  deer   pigs  squirrel  bobcats  doves   any time  i  want