explain a duck lease to me

[Aggiechick]

I really hope they did not have their dog in that kennel. Why would anyone put their dog in a kennel on a boat??????? I can not stand irresponsible hunters.

[Tmag]

Y'all think one hole is expensive? Try having 13! No but seriously a guided hunt is the way to go $185 a gun you can hunt a lot and not spend as much as a lease.

This^^^^^^^^!! I have not hunted with Ryan but I have hunted in his area and they is some ducks down on that rice prairie fo sho!!

[SETXoutdoorsman]

due to the recent Duck Dynasty hype, public land hunting has gotten waaaaaay out of control as there are lots of Willie Robertson wanna-be's who have no business being in the outdoors

That's what I call them too. I used to be able to hunt some great public spots without worrying about anyone but now... not worth it. I have been public hunting once in two years now because of it. I am at the point to where I would rather just not go.

[Kmart49]

I really hope they did not have their dog in that kennel. Why would anyone put their dog in a kennel on a boat??????? I can not stand irresponsible hunters.

I was thinking the same **** thing!

[Sparkles]

I lived in Wyoming one winter 10 or 12 years ago.

They have lots of ducks, most every pond is covered up.

I went up to a ranchers house and asked permission to hunt his ponds.

I told him I was from East Texas and that we loved hunting them.

He told me " Son you live in Wyoming now, we have Elk, mule deer, whitetails and antelope. "



He put his hand on my shoulder and with a sad look on his his face said

" You dont have to eat ducks any more "

That's funny.

[b.latiolais]

I don't duck hunt, but I heard some guys at work e days before teal season opener this year talking about driving by McFadden and that there were guys camping out to get spots that had already been there for 2 days!!!!!!! So camping out 5 days in advance just to get a spot! They said there were at least 10 groups there already with 5 days to go! Ain't nothing in the woods around here worth that especially for the chance to shoot 6 teal!!!!

Yea, its' just plain stupid. I see those guys there all the time. Most are high school kids that want bragging rights to being first in line. It simply allows them to get which pond they want first. Really sucks they started doing it that way. Back when I was in high school it was always a matter of who knew the marsh the best and who had the baddest boat. You could be first in line and still not get the pond you wanted if you had a slow boat or didn't know where you were going in the dark.

[rbertman]

Alot of new Duck Hunters out there coming in from College Ducks Unlimited chapters and they can be very disrespectful kids. Last couple years I have had words with some of these young men but that's Public Hunting. If I were able to afford it I would travel and do guided hunts lot less work involved too. Did not know duck leases were that expensive I knew the Duck Clubs were like that but that's catered hunting would expect to pay that much

[Bonesplitter]

Public land ain't bad depending where you go. We take our boys a bunch on public land, they get to cut their teeth the same way the Ole man did. Yup, sometimes we sit in line all night and it sucks but it's something he will always remember. He loves it and gets to learn how to kill ducks and geese that are pressured and you have to work for. We hunt all over, public and private. It's all fun to us and we kill ducks on some of the same potholes and flats I killed em on 30 years ago. They taste pretty dang good too if you know how to cook em!

[Dollie]

My cousin is Sean deCento. He is the current National Vice President of Ducks Unlimited, and lives right there in the San Antonio area. You should be able to find him on FaceBook. Give him a call. I believe he may be able to send you in the right direction, or at least give you some options. Good Luck

[Atfulldraw]

Good grief that brings back some painful and some good memories.

We had it so good in college and law school......

My roommate's dad owned a spot on Ashbrook island and we got to go for two weeks every year. Free accommodations and hunting. He didn't care a thing about duck hunting, we found a lot of practically every species and a pile of banded birds on that little island paradise stuck in the middle of the Mississippi River.

The rest of the year we took my best friends Pathfinder right down the Mississippi to the refuge, paddled out in our pirogues, and hunted right next to that sucker, then fished the rest of the day., either camped or bunked together at the Venice Marina if the weather was cold.

Living like kings on twenty or thirty bucks a day.

Then I tried to buy a duck lease a few years later and found out I wasn't that interested in duck hunting.....

[LeanMachine]

There is still good hunting to be had on public land. You just have to think differently than everyone else.

[Eagle19]

You might be better off trying to buy some property on a river that floods out. I've done the public thing and I think it works depending where you hunt. But it's better to own property to set stuff up how you want it. IMHO

It's addictive but expensive.

[Slew]

Good grief that brings back some painful and some good memories.

We had it so good in college and law school......

My roommate's dad owned a spot on Ashbrook island and we got to go for two weeks every year. Free accommodations and hunting. He didn't care a thing about duck hunting, we found a lot of practically every species and a pile of banded birds on that little island paradise stuck in the middle of the Mississippi River.

The rest of the year we took my best friends Pathfinder right down the Mississippi to the refuge, paddled out in our pirogues, and hunted right next to that sucker, then fished the rest of the day., either camped or bunked together at the Venice Marina if the weather was cold.

Living like kings on twenty or thirty bucks a day.

Then I tried to buy a duck lease a few years later and found out I wasn't that interested in duck hunting.....

I killed my first deer and turkey on Ashbrook in 87. That place was awesome!! I haven't heard that place mentioned in a long time. Had about 100 deer go by me one morning.

[meangreen04]

Go enjoy a guided cast and blast in South Texas.