??TX Panhandle Hunting Lease Prices??

[DuramaxDude]

Ok I am trying to get an idea of lease pricing ($/acre) for the Texas Panhandle area. I am looking at the upper NW corner of the panhandle. The areas would have no place to stay on the property (in a tent if you did), not managed for wildlife, less than 1000 acres, nothing fancy just open cattle country to hunt mule deer (1 buck by law) whitetail(1 buck 2 doe by law) and hogs from Oct-Jan. Decent animals on the properties nothing B&C material seen so far. What are some ideas for dollar amounts per acre???

[Redraider]

Man its a crab shoot. $4-10/acre. Depends a lot on the property around it and landowner. Only put a couple hunters on it. It seems a lot of places up there put more hunters then the deer capacity to keep price down per hunter.

[Mudslinger]

NW corner of the Panhandle if iffy when it comes to wildlife populations. Lots of antelope, some muleys, but not sure about whitetails. Can you give more a specific location of this place, like nearby towns and such.

[bentstick]

That land really gets $4-10 an acre? I would think it would be enough for one hunter. Maybe a father/son.

[Redraider]

That's what I've paid in Hall, Cottle and Childress. But he might b way north of that. More agriculture and numbers aren't as high. Really just depends on location.

[DuramaxDude]

NW corner of the Panhandle if iffy when it comes to wildlife populations. Lots of antelope, some muleys, but not sure about whitetails. Can you give more a specific location of this place, like nearby towns and such.

A bit more northwest in the panhandle than Hall Cottle and Childress counties. I am talking about Oldham, Potter, Moore, and Hartley counties. Like Amarillo west to Vega then north to Hartley and then east to Dumas. More farm ground and lower populations of animals than the southeast part of the panhandle like Childress, Hall and Cottle counties. Like I said not all that many deer or hogs and smaller hunting areas like less than 1000 acres.

[Redraider]

Send JJ Matt a message. We have a lease in that same general area. He lives in Amarillo and knows more about that country than me. We have 10k acres w 7 hunters.

[PanhandleAggie]

You're in the High Plains versus Eastern Rolling Plains. Big difference. Eastern Rolling Plains are averaging $8-10/Ac. Some get lucky and lease for less and then there's folks wanting closer to $15/Ac and yes, people do pay that. So in the High Plains things are much more spotty although there are great opportunities depending on location. I've seen some monster muleys come out of Oldham and even Moore Co. Most of that on bigger ranch land though. I would expect to pay a bit less on average for acreage in the High Plains versus Eastern Panhandle but, again it really just depends on the locale.

[DuramaxDude]

Send JJ Matt a message. We have a lease in that same general area. He lives in Amarillo and knows more about that country than me. We have 10k acres w 7 hunters.

JJMatt is his screen name on here?

[DuramaxDude]

You're in the High Plains versus Eastern Rolling Plains. Big difference. Eastern Rolling Plains are averaging $8-10/Ac. Some get lucky and lease for less and then there's folks wanting closer to $15/Ac and yes, people do pay that. So in the High Plains things are much more spotty although there are great opportunities depending on location. I've seen some monster muleys come out of Oldham and even Moore Co. Most of that on bigger ranch land though. I would expect to pay a bit less on average for acreage in the High Plains versus Eastern Panhandle but, again it really just depends on the locale.

What dollar amount would you think? Some landowner(s) up in that part of the world don't really seem to hunt much themselves or care much about it and don't or haven't leased stuff out before. More than likely all you would be able to shoot is the one mule deer buck and hogs. There is not a whole lot of whitetail around the areas I am talking about.

[Bear82]

I just called on a places near Turkey SE of Amarillo. 800 acres with a house $18k. I was looking at 4700 acres with house in the same general are for $19k. Just depends on the owner.

[DuramaxDude]

I just called on a places near Turkey SE of Amarillo. 800 acres with a house $18k. I was looking at 4700 acres with house in the same general are for $19k. Just depends on the owner.

$18,000 for 800ac with a house on it that person is nuts. That's $22.50 an acre. It better have Boone and Crockett deer all over the place and a dang nice house with the prettiest house attendants ever.

[DuramaxDude]

ttt

[Redraider]

I think u should look at it like what would u pay to kill a nice mulie. There are some really good mulies up there. Would u pay 2k-3k for a chance at a good mulie? It would b cheaper then paying to go out of state w no guarantees. There are whitetails also in Potter and Oldham counties. Our lease is up there and we have both.

[Heron]

From the area you're describing, I'm picturing the broken terrain and Canadian River bottom drainage area that one sees on the road out to Boys Ranch from Amarillo. I've never hunted this area but it looks promising. The closer the place is to the river the more likely it will have whitetails.

Regarding muleys in that area, I wouldn't lease a mere 1,000 acres in hopes of shooting one. The place I hunt on in Hemphill County is larger than that, and we always have quite a few Muley does but rarely see mature Muley bucks. They are very transient and you'll be lucky to find one crossing the place, especially since they tend to rut after the 3 week season ends.