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Average deer lease price
Posted By: jskin
Average deer lease price - 02/21/12 06:47 PM
I have paid a number of different prices through the years but as a whole here in Texas what would you think the average is. This is not a lease price bashing thread because we're all gonna pay what our budget allows.
Posted By: jskin
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/21/12 06:47 PM
I'm gonna say $2000 per gun
Posted By: rifleman
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/21/12 06:51 PM
$1500
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/21/12 06:54 PM
A lot is gonna depend on the area of the state for that.
Posted By: fbchunter
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/21/12 06:58 PM
Most people I know hunt in the hill country or west Texas and pay between 2000 and 2500, and that doesn't include protein!
Posted By: jskin
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/21/12 07:20 PM
A lot is gonna depend on the area of the state for that.
Feel free to break it into different regions then
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/21/12 07:31 PM
I hunt in West Texas and we pay $2950 per year for Mule Deer Lease only.
Posted By: Navasot
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/21/12 07:38 PM
East/central texas unmanaged cattle land...700-1000 per gun...east/central prime bottom land 1500-2000 per gun...east central texas large MLD3 lease 2500-3000 per gun
Posted By: jskin
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/21/12 07:49 PM
That much over there navasota, wouldn't thought it.
Posted By: hook_n_line
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/21/12 08:46 PM
Lease hunting 2 years ago I saw prices from 750 to 3300 in areas like Limestone and Leon counties. Some lands were less than 100 acres and priced at 1500.
Posted By: Navasot
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/21/12 09:29 PM
That much over there navasota, wouldn't thought it.
Maybe only certain areas around navasota...i was talkin more like college station/normangee/centerville/crocket
Posted By: Navasot
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/21/12 09:30 PM
Lease hunting 2 years ago I saw prices from 750 to 3300 in areas like Limestone and Leon counties. Some lands were less than 100 acres and priced at 1500.
Yup most of leon co has good deer pop. but when you do find those certain areas its unreal...and usually the price is too
Posted By: WTN
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/22/12 12:34 AM
$7 - $12 acre
Posted By: DQ Kid
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/22/12 01:16 AM
Too damn much and getting higher, that's why I purchased property four years ago! Seriously, in North Texas - $2000-$3000 per gun and down in South Texas where I grew up, $4000-$6000 with deviations on the lower and higher ends of these ranges.
Posted By: rifleman
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/22/12 01:23 AM
That much over there navasota, wouldn't thought it.
Maybe only certain areas around navasota...i was talkin more like college station/normangee/centerville/crocket
Crockett is cheap...just call and go shoot.
Posted By: Txhuntr2
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/22/12 02:31 AM
Low fence San Saba 1000 acres with 9 hunters and cattle $1200/gun.
Posted By: DQ Kid
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/22/12 03:10 AM
The price sounds good, but does it feel crowded with 9 on a 1000 acres? Just asking.
Posted By: 300j
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/22/12 03:15 AM
4 guns on 550 in Woodson, Throckmorton co., @ $1600 a gun. Paying rite @ $12 an acre.
Posted By: prohunter2011
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/22/12 03:19 AM
1500
Posted By: DQ Kid
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/22/12 03:20 AM
That's pretty good for a non-AR, two buck county within 3 hours of metroplex.
Posted By: 300j
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/22/12 03:25 AM
That's pretty good for a non-AR, two buck county within 3 hours of metroplex.
Well,as you already know, I just got this one and havent hunted it yet. I will let you know if the price was rite this time next year.
Posted By: DQ Kid
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/22/12 03:29 AM
Hopefully the hogs are not as plentiful as they were for my buddy out that way. They had some good deer out there though.
Posted By: rifleman
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/22/12 03:31 AM
Probably the best one around where I hunt is 400 acres for an even $4000.
Posted By: bigbuck1
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/22/12 04:51 AM
Were still paying around $1,000 per gun. 600 acres & 6 guns. Not a great lease but a place to go with a good owner.
Posted By: aeb
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/22/12 05:17 AM
My guys pay a premium but they are not elbow-to-elbow either. It is a very family oriented lease and averages out to about 4-500 acres per hunter. I furnish a decent house on the ranch for them to stay. Also feed protein year round along with grain fields. Lots of hogs, turkeys and a boat load of dove before the $$#%# cold front runs them off. We are sculpting the brush in some areas and leaving other areas super thick. I am too old for that kind of stalking through the heavy brush type of hunting but some of the guys like it. They have their own little world in that area. We lost most of the stock tanks last Summer and I will be restocking this Spring. Bottom line is that I work hard at making a smaller group of hunters that enjoy this type of lease happy and they, in turn, pay a premium. So, as far as price...a lot of it depends on what your ideas are as to what is a good lease.
Posted By: gaharris
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/22/12 02:01 PM
We pay $10 per acre. We have 2000 acres so it's $20,000 per year
Posted By: Navasot
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/22/12 03:01 PM
That much over there navasota, wouldn't thought it.
Maybe only certain areas around navasota...i was talkin more like college station/normangee/centerville/crocket
Crockett is cheap...just call and go shoot.
Haha i did find a durn good one not far from crockett last year it was 700acres for $900 with 7 people...but i just didnt go through with it...i duno why....now if you get on the trinity bottom...its gona be a pretty $
Posted By: rifleman
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/22/12 03:15 PM
It will be and there's big deer... folks I deal with are right outside town on 21.
Posted By: Navasot
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/22/12 03:20 PM
Dang thats a good area...when i worked in weldon i use to go pick up bulls from the ole boy that has the body shop there in town..somethin wolf ranch i think
Posted By: rifleman
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/22/12 03:48 PM
no clue, most of the time the fella with the angus ranch and the woman with all the steer jockeys are who we do our swapping and trading with.
Posted By: Navasot
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/22/12 03:57 PM
no clue, most of the time the fella with the angus ranch and the woman with all the steer jockeys are who we do our swapping and trading with.
Yeah i know what ranch your talkin bout. Hes got some good cattle in there
Posted By: hook_n_line
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/22/12 04:09 PM
With antler restrictions there are bigger deer showing up all around now. That will drive up prices too.
Posted By: Rustler
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/22/12 06:32 PM
$10 ~ $12 per acre NW of DFW.
AR's
Posted By: sportsman
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/23/12 12:19 AM
$6.25 an acre in Young county for the last 4 years. $4000 divided by 4 guys on the lease
Posted By: goodgolly3811
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/23/12 06:06 AM
Amen to the alcohol and food stamp quote Sportsman. I am tired of supporting drunk smokers.lol
Posted By: Txhuntr2
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/24/12 05:16 AM
The price sounds good, but does it feel crowded with 9 on a 1000 acres? Just asking.
I dont think so. We have it divided by area with the most senior hunters choosing first. Each year we only bowhunt our own unless permission is giving to bohunt elsewhere. Then it is a gentlemans rule that a hunter be allowed to harvest a buck before others hunt his stand. Seems to work well as most hunters like their area and do not hunt elsewhere very often.
Additionally, $10.80 an acre is exceptional for San Saba and well worth 9 hunters on 1k acres. If you like seeing lots of deer just about every hunt then it is a great part of the state. The only downside is the deer seem to be smaller bodied and antlered than other parts of hte state.
Good luck in your search for a new lease.
Posted By: DQ Kid
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/24/12 02:23 PM
Makes sense Txhuntr2, was just wondering. I'm not really looking for a new lease per se, I actually purchased a smaller place 4 years ago in Murray, TX (Young county)which is a little over 2 hours from the metroplex, so convenient. I really enjoy being a landowner but am finding it difficult to attract a large number of deer during shootable hours, though I see quite a bit on camera at night. Unlike the prior controversial "honey hole" posting earlier this year from "West Texas", I have only harvested one buck in my seasons; have passed on a few others. Feel free to take a look at some pics I've posted in this forum under the "Young County Report" and provide some general scoring if you'd like. Also, if you have any suggestions on how to attract more deer during shooting hours, I'm all ears to that as well. Thanks.
Posted By: DudleyDoRight76
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/24/12 02:57 PM
Lufkin/ Nac area.. MLD3... $1,000 a gun..
Posted By: Navasot
Re: Average deer lease price - 02/24/12 03:04 PM
Lufkin/ Nac area.. MLD3... $1,000 a gun..
Thats a rare find IMO congrats