Posted By: JohnRussell
Kids decided they want to hunt..... really? - 08/06/20 10:21 AM
So, first off, yo @erathkid and @pitchfork Predator - had to say howdy
Okay... so, we own some land in S Texas... 4 tracts... well, the kids did not care to hunt, they got too old to take out of school on a whim.. heh, and they love to fish, so, eh.. decided the ranch cost more than I was using it for (too much drama etc)...sold the main tract with the larger cabin on it and bought an offshore boat. (they really wanted to fish, or so they said...and I sold the last one to buy the ranch so they could enjoy that lol)
Fast forward... that was last year, hell.. may have been the year before that, I forget... Saved about 1500 a month, give or take... still had 3 tracts, 254 acres, a small cabin, nothing fancy but had a roof and electricity and an a/c, right? Don't need more than that. Welp... we were really picky about how that sold as we did not want to sell it in pieces. I did not want to go out there to maintain it and see people staying in my cabins while I slept in a truck lol... so, all or nothing. Got an offer on it last week. Now, not sure if it will sell.... don't care either way, however.. that is when my 13yr old daughter asks for a bow and arrow set.
Okay.. I like the idea.. but told her my rule (grin)... she learns to hunt with it. I know.. but.. trying to get past this whole "I want...but I do not want to hunt". I do not bow hunt. I need another hobby like I need a hole in my head.. lol
So, she is fine with that.
Now, both kids want to hunt...10yr old son. "Really? We get an offer and will have to LEASE a place and NOW you want to hunt?" lol
So, here I am.. curious.. I hated leasing before.. all I found we chuckleheads that did not pay their fair share.. or I ended up paying for friends that could not afford it. How hard is it to find a lease with actual animals on it these days? I do not care about anything trophy etc.. if it is legal to shoot, meat .. all I care about....that and to ME.. all about bringing the family, even if all you do is camp together and they hunt.
Last time I had a lease I ended up paying for 2 spots so I could invite a friend, all the protein etc, found out later the other lease people were not paying and the manager was charging me for the entire thing because I was an idiot, and I knew no-one... and could not bring family. Hunted one time, shot a deer and never went back....cost me almost 10k dollars.
Yea, I'd rather do a day hunt with does lol.
Anyway, curious if it is a nightmare looking for a lease still. If so, may just find day hunts.
R
Okay... so, we own some land in S Texas... 4 tracts... well, the kids did not care to hunt, they got too old to take out of school on a whim.. heh, and they love to fish, so, eh.. decided the ranch cost more than I was using it for (too much drama etc)...sold the main tract with the larger cabin on it and bought an offshore boat. (they really wanted to fish, or so they said...and I sold the last one to buy the ranch so they could enjoy that lol)
Fast forward... that was last year, hell.. may have been the year before that, I forget... Saved about 1500 a month, give or take... still had 3 tracts, 254 acres, a small cabin, nothing fancy but had a roof and electricity and an a/c, right? Don't need more than that. Welp... we were really picky about how that sold as we did not want to sell it in pieces. I did not want to go out there to maintain it and see people staying in my cabins while I slept in a truck lol... so, all or nothing. Got an offer on it last week. Now, not sure if it will sell.... don't care either way, however.. that is when my 13yr old daughter asks for a bow and arrow set.
Okay.. I like the idea.. but told her my rule (grin)... she learns to hunt with it. I know.. but.. trying to get past this whole "I want...but I do not want to hunt". I do not bow hunt. I need another hobby like I need a hole in my head.. lol
So, she is fine with that.
Now, both kids want to hunt...10yr old son. "Really? We get an offer and will have to LEASE a place and NOW you want to hunt?" lol
So, here I am.. curious.. I hated leasing before.. all I found we chuckleheads that did not pay their fair share.. or I ended up paying for friends that could not afford it. How hard is it to find a lease with actual animals on it these days? I do not care about anything trophy etc.. if it is legal to shoot, meat .. all I care about....that and to ME.. all about bringing the family, even if all you do is camp together and they hunt.
Last time I had a lease I ended up paying for 2 spots so I could invite a friend, all the protein etc, found out later the other lease people were not paying and the manager was charging me for the entire thing because I was an idiot, and I knew no-one... and could not bring family. Hunted one time, shot a deer and never went back....cost me almost 10k dollars.
Yea, I'd rather do a day hunt with does lol.
Anyway, curious if it is a nightmare looking for a lease still. If so, may just find day hunts.
R