Hello Guys and Gals out there - i need yalls feed-back if you dont mind. It would be greatly appreciated.
I have recently acquired some land out in Athens, TX - 1 hr southeast of Dallas, that has descent hunting on it - which could definitely be made better with a little effort. It is family land that i've always hunted on, and recently got the opportunity to buy the property at a real good price. It is a 72ac tract. Although it being a great deal, I like a lot of other folks don't really have any business buying anything during these economic times. But the price and opportunity i could not pass up.
All of this being said, i have been considering different ways to generate a little income off the property via cows, leasing the property, cutting hay, etc to help pay the note on it. One of the possible options is letting folks come hog hunt basically like a day hunt operation. However, this would be pretty cheap (i think) compared to most of your day hunt operations. there would be no fancy lodging or guide service etc, but just a place to get away on weekend for father & son bowhunt, or couple buddies wanting to get out and kill a couple hogs for a weeknd. Could the TBH clan give your opinion on something like this or say if you or some you know might be interested in such? I'm thinking have couple feeders set up with night lights and maybe like $100 bucks a day or something? What do yall think? Any advice, suggestions, feed-back on such would be greatly appreciated. Like i said, i would just be doing this during off-season times to help pay for the property. There obviously wouldn't be enough room for spot and stalk hunting or anything like that - just gettn out in the outdoors and waiting on hogs to hopefully come in to the feeder. Obviously i would do my best to make sure folks have a chance at being successful in harvesting a hog or two but it would not be your major operation or anything like that. what do yall think - would there be folks interesed in this?
I have recently acquired some land out in Athens, TX - 1 hr southeast of Dallas, that has descent hunting on it - which could definitely be made better with a little effort. It is family land that i've always hunted on, and recently got the opportunity to buy the property at a real good price. It is a 72ac tract. Although it being a great deal, I like a lot of other folks don't really have any business buying anything during these economic times. But the price and opportunity i could not pass up.
All of this being said, i have been considering different ways to generate a little income off the property via cows, leasing the property, cutting hay, etc to help pay the note on it. One of the possible options is letting folks come hog hunt basically like a day hunt operation. However, this would be pretty cheap (i think) compared to most of your day hunt operations. there would be no fancy lodging or guide service etc, but just a place to get away on weekend for father & son bowhunt, or couple buddies wanting to get out and kill a couple hogs for a weeknd. Could the TBH clan give your opinion on something like this or say if you or some you know might be interested in such? I'm thinking have couple feeders set up with night lights and maybe like $100 bucks a day or something? What do yall think? Any advice, suggestions, feed-back on such would be greatly appreciated. Like i said, i would just be doing this during off-season times to help pay for the property. There obviously wouldn't be enough room for spot and stalk hunting or anything like that - just gettn out in the outdoors and waiting on hogs to hopefully come in to the feeder. Obviously i would do my best to make sure folks have a chance at being successful in harvesting a hog or two but it would not be your major operation or anything like that. what do yall think - would there be folks interesed in this?
Then, you got to have hogs ALL the time. So that means keeping enough corn on the ground to keep them there. Water!!! Wild hogs love the stuff. You need a good mud hole year round, if not several. Most places and most hunters want to start the weekend hunt on a Fri evening. Then end it and head home about noon on Sun. So you would have to be available on Fri afternoons thru the whole weekend. The most I would even consider would be $100 per hunter for the whole weekend, which I think is too much. Then, when the hogs show up everyday of the week at the feeders, EXCEPT for Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, you have to try to explain to your DISGUSTED hunters why they didn't even see a pig. Also, you have to put up with some that would get lost in a Wal-Mart. Then you will have some that wants to hunt all night long, only to have your neighbor call you the next day and tell you he found your "lost souls" way back on his back 40!!!
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