Where was your first deer lease

[RascalArms]

Growing up we always had 2 deer leases (back before they cost an arm and a leg).

First place was between Mason and Junction with my dad, grandfather, cousins and uncles and I swear there seemed to be deer behind every tree. Target rich environment, great cabin and the most fond memories of my childhood. Been trying to relive or re-visit those times ever since.

Second place was in East tx between Athens and Palestine that we hunted with a bunch of my dad's coaching and teaching buddies out of Dallas. More for the fun and entertainment (card playin-hell raisin!) than the hunting. I think I hunted a solid week one year without seeing a deer. Not sure I ever even saw a buck but every now and then (blue moon?) a really nice deer would be taken. That place sure made me appreciate the Central Tx lease.

[JAGR]

Right outside of Oilton, Texas NW of Hebbronville.

[RickyS]

A couple hundred acres on Brushy Creek right outside Yoakum, Texas. Saw my first cougar track in the creek bed. I was around 12 years old. I never did hunt that blind that was way down that creek....same direction the tracks went.

[TexasHunter.280]

Kimble, county in Cedar Springs Ranch. Still there!

[Montec man]

Red Rock Texas.

[C-beck]

Woodville tx....didn't kill much

[wingnut4540]

I tagged along with my dad as soon as I could walk, first time ever hunting was in Daingerfield, then we hunted in Decalb until I was 13 & now I'm in Mason.

[lovemylegacy]

When I was a kid, there was no such thing as leasing...at least not where I lived.

[txnduckhntr]

never had a deer lease but killed my first buck in Sheridan on uncle's Foote Ranch.
I grew up in Smiley on 4k arces family ranch back then I could ride my horse anywhere and anytime as long as you left the gates like u found them.

[Homer75]

Oakwood, TX my families place before I sold it. I miss the hell out of that place.

[rtp]

Egypt, Tx., Wharton County, 28 acres in 1983. Cost me $200 and I killed a deer there every year. Shot a lot of ducks pass shooting as they went to the pond next door and plenty of squirrels. A few years later, I upgraded to the place next door after several years there. Several friends and family got on the new place. 800 acres which bordered 2000 acres that wasnt hunted and it was bordered by the Colorado river. Great times for a young man.

[br549redneck]

Young County, outside of Graham on the Brazos river. Stovalls was the name of the place 1968

[Muddy Bud]

Duval County 1983 to 1987. 500 Acres between Freer and Benavides. We had some nice deer on that place. My dad even led the muy grande deer contest for 3 hours one year, lol. Never had a real blind on it. We mostly hunted on the ground in makeshift pallet blinds or from the truck depending on weather. I was a crack shot with my marlin 336 in 30-30 and open sights out to 150 yards. I can't even see the front sight now. I could shoot a limit of quail from the camp after breakfast with my 22 short in 1 hr. First place I ever rattled up a deer. It was a doe but she came running in to within 5' of my cousin and I. Probably the best place I had I hunted for the price. We payed $500.00 a year per family. There was only three paid hunters on it. My dad, uncle and a good family friend. Eventually we got out bidded big time by a major construction company owner from Corpus.

[sniper steve]

I had 435 acres of family land in northern Illinois all to myself until I was 20 and the land was sold. Lived there, worked the farm there, and had the ENTIRE place to myself for hunting. My dad hunted some, but was more interested in teaching me. We got poor, recreational hunting turned into sustinence hunting, and if I didn't come home with meat, we didn't eat. Learned a whole lot of things that I still use to this day.

[hoythunter02]

Jackson County...killed first buck and bobcat out there.