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Invited on a small Hill Country lease in Kendall County. It's a little 18 acre lease that would allow me and the other person year round access. I can bring others on if the partner is not there and vise versa. He's been on it for 2-3 yrs. and the couple years that I know, he's put a couple deer each year in the freezer.

I'm not a big trophy hunter, I want to harvest what is legal and still do my part to manage the population where I'm at by not taking a small buck just because. This place pretty much guarantees deer and the bottom line is they prolly won't be trophy's but good for a little bit of Venison.

At a tad over $500 for me, what do y'all think?

Thank You for your input!
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$500/year for "18" acres. :shock: I think that's a steep high price for such a "tiny" place.
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I'v hunted the Hill Country on an 33 acre lease. its not bad but if there water hole in the place and your more likely to kill deer and if there not a water hole then you will need to feed more.
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Night Wing wrote:$500/year for "18" acres. :shock: I think that's a steep high price for such a "tiny" place.


Agreed.

But - if there's water, then perhaps it's not so bad.

That's the biggie - if there's no water though I personally wouldn't be interested in paying that much for such a small place.

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Depends where the 18 acres are, whether there is water or not. Some 18 acres may be worth $500 and others aren't worth $0.50. Two people on 18 acres doesn't leave a lot of space to hunt. Again, it just depends on the deer traffic on those particular acres.
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come to my neighborhood shoot all ya can take down , Hell i'll only charge ya $100.00 , now the neighbors might see things different but we can run & hide I counted over 100 last night ridding around the Hood . :shock: Hungry they are :roll:
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WATER HOG wrote:come to my neighborhood shoot all ya can take down , Hell i'll only charge ya $100.00 , now the neighbors might see things different but we can run & hide I counted over 100 last night ridding around the Hood . :shock: Hungry they are :roll:


The hogs still runnin' nuts up there?

I could ALWAYS count on shooting a hog when I hunted near Medina - it was packed with 'em. Pretty good chance to see axis too - never did get a chance to shoot one though, and have ALWAYS wanted to as I've tasted 'em and man oh MAN they're tasty! :)

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I pay $500 for year round in kerr county up in comfort. Lots of deer no real trophy's. My opinion is hey if it's a place to get away relax and talk to god it's pricesless. Would you be able to shoot exotic's? I'm sure you should have axis passing through.
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i forgot to mention my side is only 75 acres for $500
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Blesker , lots of Hogs , in fact there were 2 killed in the neighborhood a week ago 2 small ones ran over right in the entrance .
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WATER HOG wrote:Blesker , lots of Hogs , in fact there were 2 killed in the neighborhood a week ago 2 small ones ran over right in the entrance .


Yeah - typical.

Also - you make a good point about paying $500 to get away and be with friends. :)

Man, I might just have to try to get a lease up that way again soon.

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Hey, if you can afford the 500.00, and not miss it too bad, and you want a place to hunt and to just go out and be away from it all, then go for it. I just paid 1500.00 for a lease here in central texas, and I once told myself that I would never pay to go hunt. :oops: :roll:
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Thank you all for the feedback, it is greatly appreciated. I'm in a position now where I can meet folks that I actually would want to associate with. My previous line of work (2 jobs over 12 years) was not the case, from felons to just general deadbeats. No, I wasn't in prison, just worked in one :lol: !

Where I'm going with this is that generally you have to know someone to get on a lease or that's what it seems to me. I haven't been on a lease and this one seems to check out alright except the price per acre. There's water or what should be on the NE boundary, it's a creek that's dry now. All's fair on the lease, Axis have been seen there but I don't think any have been hunted or taken. Large properties pretty much surround this one and I'm told that there's hunting pressure on the other side of that creek that borders. Agreements are in place to retrieve a kill if it goes outside the fence.

That's pretty much the details on this thing. I've got a week to decide, I have never shopped or compared leases, so this is the reason for me posting.

BTW - Lumberhound, it's between Comfort and Welfare.
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wish i could find a lease for 500 -1500 bucks, in central/hill country...where you looking?
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Hey Texan did you decide to take the Lease?? If you did let me know I'llhave you over to our camp for some ice cold ones and I'll lie about what I saw on my morning hunt!!! You should be about 15 min from my place
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Lumberhound you have 179 days left before you can have a cold one ! :twisted: you man the bet !or promise !
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it's o.k. to drink at the deer lease only!!! Don't take that away from me!!!!
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IM going to tell !! or you can pay ME $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ :twisted: I need a new something ? :roll:

ok maby at the lease & coast & river & pool & my House & lake & so on & on :D
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I pay 350 a year for a lease with very little dear but it is a good place to relax and that makes it all worth it.
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General rule if you can shoot a few across the next few ranches it's not a good deal. :lol:

Seriously though, Texan, do yourself a favor and shop around a little and go look at several ranches before pulling the trigger. 18 acres is not good, in fact IIRC some counties it's not legal to hunt on less than a certain amount of acreage. There's a list I subscribed to last year that would email me a fresh list of ranches for lease twice a week and there was usually a good 50 or so in south texas. I'll see if I can find that info for you.
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Well, Texan, did you make up your mind?
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I am currently looking for a lease in the hill country/ south Texas for around $500.00 to $1000.00, anyone know anyone who might know someone who can help me out? If not where is a good resource to find a lease other than the Hunting Lease section in the chronicle?
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Sometimes the Chamber of Commerce in small town knows which landowners might be leasing their land.
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I didn't realize that there was some loose ends on this one. :lol:

I went ahead and did it. Next year I should have better connections for a lease and should be able to move on if I don't like this one. I went out there and looked at the set up, it should hunt a lot bigger than it is since it's pretty well tucked in around big properties. The folks that border know the land owner and are real laid-back with retrieving a kill if need be. We'll give 'er a go and see what happens this year.

Lumberhound, you ain't right man :P ! I'm not sure about this, but with y'all talking about beer here and there and not at the house? Man, how bad of a bet is that? I wouldn't touch that with a 10' pole even if you spotted me 9' :lol: .

I'll holler when I head that way. A cold beer at the camp sounds pretty darn good.
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Good luck to you bro. I guess next time the truck needs work, we can trade out in backstraps :?: :lol: :lol:
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