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 How many acres per gun is acceptable?
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03/03/10 08:50 PM
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ChevyHDGert
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I found this lease in East Texas for 3 guns at $800 per gun, so I emailed him some questions and asked how many acres it was. He replied back with 20 acres. I replied back with "3 guns on 20 acres?" to then he replied "Yes" so I quickly replied back "no thanks".
Are people that money hungry? My goodness, it's almost as if you'll be shooting at the same deer.
How many acres per gun do you look for? I was thinking at least 50 acres per gun with 100 being ideal.
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 Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
[Re: ChevyHDGert]
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03/03/10 08:52 PM
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scot
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As always the answer is, it depends on the location and layout of the land.
I would think 50 each for rifle hunters would be the absolute minimum but I know thats not the case.
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Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
[Re: ChevyHDGert]
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03/03/10 08:53 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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Depends on location, hill country 1 to every 200, panhandle 1 to ever 1000.
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Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
[Re: ChevyHDGert]
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03/03/10 08:54 PM
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rifleman
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I try to look for around 300 acres/gun in east texas....with at least 2 possible stand locations.
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Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
[Re: rifleman]
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03/03/10 08:58 PM
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elliscountyhog
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We are running 150 acres/gun in east texas and 500/gun in san angelo.
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Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
[Re: rifleman]
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03/03/10 08:59 PM
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Justin T
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Somewhere around 150 or 200 is fine.
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Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
[Re: Justin T]
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03/03/10 09:03 PM
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Oline Coach
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We try 350/400 per acre in Val Verde County.
God Bless Our Troops and Always Play To Win!!!
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Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
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03/03/10 09:14 PM
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sportsman
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We have 160 per gun in Young county.
"If you can afford alcohol and cigarettes, you don't need food stamps "
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Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
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03/04/10 04:04 PM
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TxTechsan
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I hunt the SE panhandle area and I try for 500 ac/gun. Alot of the landowners up there think more like hill country landowners of 150ac/gun.
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Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
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03/04/10 04:38 PM
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kk66
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the minimum I would be comfortable with in east texas is at least 50,
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Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
[Re: kk66]
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03/04/10 05:19 PM
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gogburn
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150 Acres per hunter in Young County (Graham), 1200 acre lease, 8 hunters.
Good Hunting,
Gary
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Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
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03/04/10 05:24 PM
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pokerj2
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Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
[Re: pokerj2]
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03/04/10 05:27 PM
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rifleman
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we hunt either 2 guns on 680acre (actually are only hunting about 280 of it) or 8 guns on 5000.
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Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
[Re: rifleman]
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03/04/10 05:51 PM
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deerfeeder
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Better question might be how many bucks to take per acre?
Theory says to take care of your herd, no more than one buck taken per 500 acres. That sort of messes up the 3 or 4 guns for 200 acre type deals.
I'm not sayin', to each his own, I don't have an answer, I'm just sayin'.
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Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
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03/04/10 05:59 PM
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wiesel
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Man im a land surveyor and we stake out oil well locations and we do most of it around livingston in a lil town called Leggett and its mainly big timber tracks and those guy's will set their stands and feeders 250 to 300 feet apart i literally threw a rock from one past the next one. imo i think its crazy but it doesn't at all surprise me for east texas
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Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
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03/04/10 06:02 PM
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wiesel
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And thats now a pipeline right of way that is surrounded by trees so your basically shooting at each other.
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Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
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03/04/10 06:11 PM
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KG68
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We harvested 1 buck for every 50 acres and 1 doe to 75 acres in 2009 and still have too many deer.
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Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
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03/04/10 06:39 PM
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dfwroadkill
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There isn't one right answer for that question. Too many variables...
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Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
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03/04/10 06:46 PM
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Justin T
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Better question might be how many bucks to take per acre?
Theory says to take care of your herd, no more than one buck taken per 500 acres. That sort of messes up the 3 or 4 guns for 200 acre type deals.
I'm not sayin', to each his own, I don't have an answer, I'm just sayin'. That is definitely way off for a lot of areas. We are taking more like 1 doe per 70-80 acres, and maybe 1 buck per 400 acres, although we are allowed more bucks than that.
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Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
[Re: Justin T]
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03/04/10 07:22 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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Better question might be how many bucks to take per acre?
Theory says to take care of your herd, no more than one buck taken per 500 acres. That sort of messes up the 3 or 4 guns for 200 acre type deals.
I'm not sayin', to each his own, I don't have an answer, I'm just sayin'. That is definitely way off for a lot of areas. We are taking more like 1 doe per 70-80 acres, and maybe 1 buck per 400 acres, although we are allowed more bucks than that. You take one Mature buck(5.5) per 400 Acres? or just one buck?
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Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
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03/04/10 07:26 PM
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Justin T
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Almost every buck we take is mature. So usually just one buck, and it is mature. We are allowed to shoot somewhere around 1 buck (cull or trophy) per 125-150 acres.
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Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
[Re: Justin T]
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03/04/10 07:38 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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Almost every buck we take is mature. So usually just one buck, and it is mature. Impressive. LF or HF?
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Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
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03/04/10 07:39 PM
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Justin T
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Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
[Re: Justin T]
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03/04/10 07:52 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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How many acres and hunters?
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Re: How many acres per gun is acceptable?
[Re: ChevyHDGert]
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03/04/10 07:57 PM
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riley
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I found this lease in East Texas for 3 guns at $800 per gun, so I emailed him some questions and asked how many acres it was. He replied back with 20 acres. I replied back with "3 guns on 20 acres?" to then he replied "Yes" so I quickly replied back "no thanks".
Are people that money hungry? My goodness, it's almost as if you'll be shooting at the same deer.
How many acres per gun do you look for? I was thinking at least 50 acres per gun with 100 being ideal. I think that each lease is different so one unified answer would not fit everyone. I'm not sure I could answer that question indefinitely, but the one thing I could say for sure is that 3 guns on 20 acres is nuts no matter where you are hunting. I think that must be some landowner that has never leased out his property and is very money hungry.
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