How much was that and in what era? I'm asking an honest question. I'd really like to know what should be considered fair.

How much was that and in what era? I'm asking an honest question. I'd really like to know what should be considered fair.

Face it, hunting in Texas is now for sport and not for food. And just like any sport people will use technology to pervert it. Bonds, Canseco and McGuire used steroids to excel in baseball and HF ranches use protein and selective breading to grow monster deer and use the fence to keep them from losing their investment. Here in Texas people who are poor cannot afford to hunt and in the past they were the ones who had to hunt in order to feed their families. Now instead of hunting to get food they go to McDonalds for the dollar menu. And the reality is that people with more money than sense will pay a ranch an insane amount of money to walk to a stand in flip flops stare at a protein feeder and then shoot a huge buck or exotic that is going to the easiest food source with very low hunting pressure. And talk about how that was the hunt of a lifetime.

So quit posting here and get over it, your arguement is weak and people think your a joke. Sorry...

The joke is on you. You still have a bill out there designed to stop HF hunting. It's no skin off my back but sure is on yours. Personally I don't care what you think. Hunters keep going away and the day of reckoning is approaching. The present system can't continue yet you think it can. Amazing.

Wow is that best you have? I bet you'd like to kick my arse too.

quartierleblanc:

If you really want to help hunting, then step away from the keyboard, stop spewing your mis-information, and take a kid hunting.

We all know that the number of hunters is decreasing. Duh! It has to do with the demographics of the country, nore urban, less rural, etc. HF's are not even on the radar screen.

The fact is that the number of fishermen is declining faster than the number of hunters, do you think HF's are causing the decrease in fisherment, too?

You have made a complete fool of yourself on this forum. Do yourself a favor and go away!

How much was that and in what era? I'm asking an honest question. I'd really like to know what should be considered fair.

$1-2 an acre is about right

$200-400 leases in our area have jumped to $1500-2000ish since 07... It's priced a lot of folks out bc there's not much money in the area since the forest product market has been iffy.

I brought up to you the idea of using the concession method with several ranch properties merging into one. Property owners who participate would get a tax break and their money up front. You'd have one management team so it would be cost effective. In order to get more hunters you woudn't even have to sell a whole season, just chunks of it. The majority of the trophy fees for full fledged trophies could be shared by the landowners as well. It would also mean more people coming into a given area which would benefit the local economy.

They're not giving anything away. The are effectively leasing it to a professional management group for hunting rights only with guaranteed income up front and the likelehood of more profit downstream. They also get a tax break as well as getting out of the cost of hunter support. More money, less expense and the professional management sounds like a good deal. They still own and control the land.

They're not giving anything away. The are effectively leasing it to a professional management group for hunting rights only with guaranteed income up front and the likelehood of more profit downstream. They also get a tax break as well as getting out of the cost of hunter support. More money, less expense and the professional management sounds like a good deal. They still own and control the land.

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