How many acres per hunter?

[SJP51]

Throwing 30-06 bullets around, I like to be pretty spread out. Not so much with arrows.

Hunting deep east Texas deer and hogs. Thick brush and/or pine with some hard woods. How many acres is a minimum for archery hunters? I'm thinking 25 to 40 acres per hunter?

[sharkhunter]

I like 150 minimum. 200 acres is better.

[johnpaul]

If you put a hunter every 25 acres in east Texas then you’re going to have more humans than animals on the property.

[Pernell]

We do about 350 acres per spot.

[DRT]

We are hoping to pick up 800 acres and we will put 6 bow hunters on it if we do.

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[RMW]

Rifle minimum 500
Bow minimum 250

[SJP51]

You fellas hunt some big places. Buddy and I hunted 120 acres together for 10-years and always took a few does and usually a buck or two between us. Gobs of hogs, too.

Was thinking of buying a 60 acre place I saw for sale that would give me only a 15 min drive from home to stand for me and one other. Archrery only.

[BobbyJoe]

West Texas: 300-500
South Texas: 200-350
Hill Country: 150-250
East Texas: 100-150

[TheHammer]

500 acres per hunter if funds allow. The less # of Hunters the better everytime.

East Texas you can get by with a lower acre/Hunter ratio, but I still would try to keep it above 200.

[Greenheadless]

How many deer per acre are you able to hold?

[ShaBow]

East texas I’d say minimum 150 acres per hunter but 200-250 would be better

[Greenheadless]

How can you tell how many people is good without knowing your optimal carrying capacity?

[Mr. Stickers]

We hunt 10 guns on 5,000 acres

[DRT]

How can you tell how many people is good without knowing your optimal carrying capacity?

That's a good question. I think most places go by how much total split by how much people are willing to pay.
The area we are in there are good numbers of deer, a ton of pigs and turkeys. But the land we are looking to lease is $15 per acre.
Personally I'd like to put four people on it but $3000 a bow is pretty high for most folks.

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[Greenheadless]

If you run 25 acres per deer (not uncommon in E Texas pine plantation country). That would be 6 deer on 150 acres. Depending on your harvest plan, 25% harvest rate would be 1.5 deer per 150 acres. Each hunter on 150 acres would get 1-2 deer per season.

See where I am going?

Once again, all variables can change depending on range conditions, long term management plan, changes in property composition, etc.