Best Low Fence leases?

[kingranch]

if you can find one in kenedy county off 77 that is gold

[freerhunter16]

The Junco is high fenced.

There are many places like you are asking about but you will not hear about them on a forum. And trust me, just because they are not "well known" does not make them one penny cheaper.

[breederbuck33]

If ya'll find one of these hidden gems looking for a group let me know! lol High fence, low fence, big fence, no fence I don't discriminate for the right place!

[CDavis]

The Junco is high fenced.

There are many places like you are asking about but you will not hear about them on a forum. And trust me, just because they are not "well known" does not make them one penny cheaper.

It was just a broad post I didn’t expect to find a lease here. I guess I should’ve worded my post differently but I wouldn’t expect to spend less than 12-15,000 on one of those leases which is what I pay now for where I’m at and we aren’t killing 180-200 inch deer like some of those places but I’m okay with that but if I ever did have an opportunity at an elite place like one of the ranches above it would be hard to pass up.

[GarGuy]

I was thinking there would be some actual recommendations other than the big well known ranches... silly me.

I'd like to know - other than the ones already listed are there any hidden gems that don't advertise and prefer to be kept secret?

Yes. Several. You can get kicked off for sharing pics online too.

[D C]

La Bota is a good one

[ranchdog]

Number one rule about a deer lease, you don’t talk about the deer lease.

There are probably hundreds of good, solid leases that are never talked about, and for good reason! People searching the internet or social media looking just for that info.

Exactly, My landowner every year was like you gotta enter the big buck contest at said local store in town and I was like, dang I keep forgetting to do that....
Yeah not. I been killing big deer off that place every year. I sure as heck was not going to start letting locals know what I was growing and harvesting every year.

Ranchdog

[CDavis]

La Bota is a good one

No Doubt! I’m just talking yearly leases.

[rtp]

If you are looking for a place that is big acreage, low fence, can grow big deer and is close to Houston look at the Rooke Ranch in Woodboro, Refugio county. I hunted it for 18 years, with total control for the last 9 years. I had that place on a major upward trajectory until some clowns way over bid it and I let it go. They were gone in year 2 and year 3 respectively after completely demolishing my work there. Not sure what is happening with it now but given it's proximity to Houston, I cant think of a better place. The genetics are there for 200" deer, it just has to be managed properly.

[BrandonA]

Red River bottom up in the panhandle would be a very good place to find a hidden gem

[CDavis]

If you are looking for a place that is big acreage, low fence, can grow big deer and is close to Houston look at the Rooke Ranch in Woodboro, Refugio county. I hunted it for 18 years, with total control for the last 9 years. I had that place on a major upward trajectory until some clowns way over bid it and I let it go. They were gone in year 2 and year 3 respectively after completely demolishing my work there. Not sure what is happening with it now but given it's proximity to Houston, I cant think of a better place. The genetics are there for 200" deer, it just has to be managed properly.

My dad and I actually had our deposit in on that place when that happened to you. That sucked man.

[Grayson]

It was just a broad post I didn’t expect to find a lease here. I guess I should’ve worded my post differently but I wouldn’t expect to spend less than 12-15,000 on one of those leases which is what I pay now for where I’m at and we aren’t killing 180-200 inch deer like some of those places but I’m okay with that but if I ever did have an opportunity at an elite place like one of the ranches above it would be hard to pass up.

How long have you been on that place?

[Barney1971]

Exactly, My landowner every year was like you gotta enter the big buck contest at said local store in town and I was like, dang I keep forgetting to do that....
Yeah not. I been killing big deer off that place every year. I sure as heck was not going to start letting locals know what I was growing and harvesting every year.

Ranchdog

this guy hit the nail on the head.... over the past few years several in our group have entered deer in one of the big south texas contests and done well. and we NEVER give ranch name... or county for that matter

[CDavis]

How long have you been on that place?

I haven’t been on it very long and its also a large high fence place. They certainly have potential to get to the 200’s and have I think taken 1 deer over 200 and had one more that was probably going to be eligible this year that has disappeared. It would have to be an amazing low fence place to get me to move from where I’m at but I was just curious on everyone’s thoughts on low fence leases.

[rtp]

My dad and I actually had our deposit in on that place when that happened to you. That sucked man.

So did you get sucked into the mayhem that ensued or were you able to avoid it?