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 how much will you pay for a day lease??
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10/12/07 07:39 PM
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without a guide and use your own dog for quail? $250 a day ! that hurts. or am i just a tightwad. i can live with $150 a day. $200 is pushing it.
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Re: how much will you pay for a day lease??
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10/13/07 12:11 AM
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They get $550 per gun per day to guide wild birds, $250 is less than half. But I agree that it is steep, but it is what it is, like I have always said when hunting texas you pay or you pay.
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Re: how much will you pay for a day lease??
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10/13/07 12:37 PM
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I hunted with a kid in knox county a couple of years ago. 3k acres just me and him, my dog. we moved 15 coveys in 3.5 hrs. cost me 175.oo and I slept at the lodge one night.
hard to find but it is out there.
alan, gus is doing really well. his coat is coming in nicely on his back, retrieving a deadfowl teal to hand every time. nice pup. thanks again
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Re: how much will you pay for a day lease??
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10/13/07 01:45 PM
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trigger
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Kid, come on Kirk give me a little bit of credibility. J/k. Hows everything going. Did you get that bobcat mounted?
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Re: how much will you pay for a day lease??
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10/14/07 03:09 AM
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younger than me!! all is well, I should have him at thanksgiving. I sent him to michigan for my cousin to do the work, also a pair of widgeon drakes.since I am family he is giving me a price break but not a time rush.
all his bobcat hunting buddies in MI were drooling over the spots on that tom.
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Re: how much will you pay for a day lease??
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10/15/07 02:45 PM
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You'll have to post some pics of him once you get him back. My friends missed two bobcats last year about 200 yards from the lodge.
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Re: how much will you pay for a day lease??
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10/15/07 03:48 PM
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just my .o2//// its hard to tell people that have hunted with me that its 1500.00 to chase a little quail bird around this year.. but diesel is 2.59 for farm fuel and the tractor burns 8-10 gal per hour,,,oat seed,,food plots,,,feeding twice a week,,working the predators,,thank god for the rain and could he send me another inch or so but please let it be slow this time,,,I just finished working on the ditches from this spring,, aandim on the third shredding yhis year,,,,who new that rosin weed could grow to be 9 foot tall,,,,,the 1500.00 3 hunters 2 days semi guided,,,, i take you out and show you the bounderys, you stay at the camp, and the are all wild birds....cliff
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Re: how much will you pay for a day lease??
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10/15/07 05:46 PM
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That is the dumbest arguement I have ever heard....... fuel went up, that sucks.. That means the average joe also has to pay that to come to your place.
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Re: how much will you pay for a day lease??
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10/15/07 06:01 PM
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how is that dumb? if I run a business and my overhead went from $100 to $200 then my price to the end user is going to go up. no reason for me to bear that extra expense.
back to the post..I think about $300 is my limit, and that would have to be a real good place.
Attention rickym, this is not a troll post, just a good hearted fun type of post
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Re: how much will you pay for a day lease??
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10/15/07 06:12 PM
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Look, I guess you can do what you want...but you will not be gettig my business. Sorry fuel is higher than giraffe genitalia.. its just hard to imagine hunting at that cost.
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Re: how much will you pay for a day lease??
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10/15/07 06:17 PM
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I sure cant imagine paying that much either, but quail are a little differant then a dove or duck. it is considered a gentlmans sport and calls for a gentlmans price.
Attention rickym, this is not a troll post, just a good hearted fun type of post
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Re: how much will you pay for a day lease??
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10/15/07 06:19 PM
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Well if you didn't like those prices try these on!! My outfitter charges $850.00 for ONE man to hunt quail for two nights (first night of arrival) and two days. Includes lodging and meals and guide. No one gets on the ranch without a contract and no unguided hunts. How dumb is that? Well we have the most bookings ever in the history of our hunting ranch! Again, how dumb is that?
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Re: how much will you pay for a day lease??
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10/15/07 06:34 PM
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There is always the APH  We know how much management goes in on those places. And $49.00 is cheap right, well times that by the 200 thousand permits and then take that 1 millon acres state wide and times that by the average lease that TPWD does of $4.00 per acre. That is 5 acres per permit holder, and the cost was 4 million and revenue generated is 9.8 million, that leaves a net of around 5 million, and there is no wildlife management that is conducted by TPWD on these properties. Then someone wants to complain about $1500 to hunt a well managed property. I would tell you, " I do not need your business " and to go buy or lease your own ranch. We all know that the costs you indure would be far less than $1500 right,  besides that when you get it all done with your time and your money call me and I will come hunt for free  to bless you with my being.  
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Re: how much will you pay for a day lease??
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10/15/07 06:45 PM
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LOL, Im not cutting anyone down..... Im just telling you I could not afford that. Man hunting is getting expensive here. If that is ALL you do (create land to hunt on) I could see that. My personal experiance is that where I have hunted it has been furm land that was blessed with animals. So hunting is not the main source of income. JMO. This may be another situation,,,,,I dont know
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Re: how much will you pay for a day lease??
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10/15/07 06:53 PM
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A lot of those days in TX are gone bro. That is very unfortunate. A lot of the places we hunt now a days have little to no ag. The land owner makes way to much on hunting alone to interfear with the hunting, I can tell you for one example that one of our ranches "leased" in S.TX cost over 80,000 per year. This one ranch is only 3500 acres. do the math, that is $22.86 per acre. This dose not include most of the management that is put in to the ranch each year. I wish you could walk out and find a nice place to hunt for little or nothing but the truth is you cant, not a place that produces day in and day out.... If it did someone would have a lease on it....
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Re: how much will you pay for a day lease??
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10/15/07 06:58 PM
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Yes sir, I agree! Very unfortuanate. I am very fortunate to have a place to hunt...on one of my former college professors land. Really a great guy. I still choke when I read prices sometimes however. I am also pretty fortunate to have met some folks on here that I have hunted with (not for a million bucks a year). That is why this forum is so great!!!!
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Re: how much will you pay for a day lease??
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10/15/07 08:01 PM
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Even over 5 or 6 years ago the average quail hunter spent $10,000 a year on the sport. That is quail hunting. It has always been that way. I don't think they polled guys like me and others who go once a year for free or a day place.
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10/15/07 08:05 PM
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I have read about that $10k poll before...it is not a cheap sport, an kick arse deer lease is cheaper then an average quail lease
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10/15/07 08:23 PM
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Well if you didn't like those prices try these on!! My outfitter charges $850.00 for ONE man to hunt quail for two nights (first night of arrival) and two days. Includes lodging and meals and guide. No one gets on the ranch without a contract and no unguided hunts. How dumb is that? Well we have the most bookings ever in the history of our hunting ranch! Again, how dumb is that?
i sure would like to know what these people do for a living to pay 300-400 a day to hunt quail. i am new to texas so what i dont understand is if quail hunters pay so much how come we have to wait until deer season to end to start hunting on most ranches????
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10/15/07 08:32 PM
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Well if you didn't like those prices try these on!! My outfitter charges $850.00 for ONE man to hunt quail for two nights (first night of arrival) and two days. Includes lodging and meals and guide. No one gets on the ranch without a contract and no unguided hunts. How dumb is that? Well we have the most bookings ever in the history of our hunting ranch! Again, how dumb is that?
i sure would like to know what these people do for a living to pay 300-400 a day to hunt quail. i am new to texas so what i dont understand is if quail hunters pay so much how come we have to wait until deer season to end to start hunting on most ranches????
Real estate, bankers, investments, lawyers, IT, doctors, insurance, construction, sales, accounting, etc, etc, etc. 
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Re: how much will you pay for a day lease??
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10/15/07 08:40 PM
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Attention rickym, this is not a troll post, just a good hearted fun type of post
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10/15/07 09:16 PM
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i sure would like to know what these people do for a living to pay 300-400 a day to hunt quail. i am new to texas so what i dont understand is if quail hunter
Real estate, bankers, investments, lawyers, IT, doctors, insurance, construction, sales, accounting, etc, etc, etc.
I would most likely never quail hunt if my brother wasnt an attorney!!!!!!!! He is the one with the $$$ and the quail lease.
Im a poor ol government employee. Therefore i am a duck hunter.
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10/16/07 12:11 AM
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Blanked, its just a matter of money. I would venture to say that over half of the customers that patronize our place for hunting purposes, especially quail, can't hit their butt withboth hands! So, why do they come? Number one, because they can and they want to get the heck outta dodge wherever that is!! Granted there are some that buy hunts that know what they are doing and make the best of their time and money. I try to personally meet everyone that hunts on our place for the simple fact its just good business. And this is how we make a living. Our outfitter is one of the best in the business and knows how to cultivate customers and wine and dine them! Yes, quail is expensive but they are also a fragile bird that if not conserved while hunting, they won't be as rewarding in the future. It cost money to manage and practice conservation. More than most people know!!! And to answer your question of having to wait. Quail hunts usually last for two to three days in most cases. Deer hunts can last up tp four or five days so the turn ratio is quicker on quail hunts thus yielding more money!! My2cents 
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Re: how much will you pay for a day lease??
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10/16/07 10:48 AM
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My cost per year is about 20k. That includes lease cost, maintaining 10 dogs, a atv, fuel, truck. That figures to about $500.00 per day for the days I hunt. Friends pay $250 per day. Clients pay $650 per day. Everything is furnished except guns and shells.
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10/16/07 11:32 AM
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Yes, isn't it strange that when you put the pencil to it, it scares the heck out of you knowing how much it costs to operate for one day at a time. But, you have to do it in order to come out in the end.
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