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SabineHunter
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Originally posted by Greenheadless View PostI don't know if you were being facetious, but there is some truth to this.
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I own land and it's more expensive than a lease for sure. That said if it were in an area known for trophy deer I probably couldn't have afforded it to begin with.
At 57yo I don't think I need a trophy head on the wall to make me feel I'm a good hunter. Would I like one? Sure. But it's a quest I've given up on.
Just like all the years of bass boats, rods, reels and tackle and yet I never made the professional circuit.
I like seeing good bucks. I'd like to shoot a mature buck every season.
But in the end his score doesn't define me.
I'll be looking for a lease next season and I hope to find a good lease that has good guys to hunt with, good deer numbers and a few decent bucks taken each year. That'll be enough for me.
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Pay to play. Most WTX places don’t need to take over one trophy per 1K acres. I’m talking trophy….not the piddly 130-140 class deer that most guys shoot. If you wanna kill a 170…..you can’t shoot the 150’s….
Most deer leases don’t have that quality to begin with…..and there is just too many hunters to let them grow. All wanna high five over their little piddly azz 130”
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I did it for a about 10 or so years. I killed some really good bucks, but it wasn't cheap and it was a lot of work, I mean we paid a lot and worked our butts off. I didn't mind the work, as it was fun. Hunted the Junco a couple years, another ranch with a crazy BIL of the owner running it and driving us nuts, and another ranch that right before the season tried to impose a 25k penalty for shooting a buck without his (manager)approval (lawyers involved to get help get our equipment off that lease). Lots of drama, which we finally got away from when my buddy bought his own ranch in Zavalla County. We hunted there for about 8 years, grow some amazing low fence deer for being 170 acres. I don't care to spend that kind of money anymore and as long as I have place for my son to shoot a couple of deer, I am happy. I don't need to shoot another whitetail the rest of my life. Now elk and mulies, I am still mad at them. lol. I will say that I was on the Horn Ranch for about 7 years and we killed some great bucks there with the best landowner you could ask for in David Price.
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Originally posted by muddyz View PostAre there guys out there that want to do this?
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There aren't many leases that are managed correctly and have a group of hunters who will put in the time, money and patience to consistently shoot big deer. For every true trophy lease, there's 100 run of the mill places with a landowner/lease manager who THINKS they have this kind of trophy place. Usually they're just playing junior biologist and the "management" plan does nothing in the long run besides take the fun out of hunting. People still pay top $ for it though because "muh big buck." The good news is, if you want to shoot anything that moves, there's always public and plenty of hunting/not farming leases available, usually for cheaper. You just gotta find what you want and what your pocketbook can justify.
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Originally posted by Passthrough View PostPay to play. Most WTX places don’t need to take over one trophy per 1K acres. I’m talking trophy….not the piddly 130-140 class deer that most guys shoot. If you wanna kill a 170…..you can’t shoot the 150’s….
Most deer leases don’t have that quality to begin with…..and there is just too many hunters to let them grow. All wanna high five over their little piddly azz 130”
I’d gladly hunt a lease like that so long as my wife and daughter could shoot my culls. Just can’t afford it lol!
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