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Time to take up public hunting. I've had some great experiences in places that most Texans don't even know exist.

Thank You or Kiss my ass.... Just in case I ever forgot.

Skane too.

David also - everyone named David....

And most Texans. And all-you-all that put me on ignore 'cause I said I think Weaver rings look like chit cause I really meant it! Thousand dollar rifle and a set of stamped metal rings - Geebus!

And anyone else I forgot to acknowledge, positively or otherwise, Thank You or KMA!

Carl

Exactly the reason I'd never live in that shythole. People like to rag on those of us who live in NY because we have shytty politics and bad gun laws but I've hunted 41 seasons here, killed multiple deer every one of them and never spent a dime on lease/trespass fee's. Never will either. We have six million acres of public land and 10's of thousands of acres of it are within a 15 minute drive in any direction from my home. There are also still landowners here who will give permission to hunt for free. I have permission on 326 acres of private land just across the road from my house and another 148 acres 2 miles up the road. I have several more properties if I want to drive a ways but rarely do anymore as I don't have any trouble filling my tags right here at home. If you want to drive to NY in November I'll show you some places where you can set up camp and hunt till your hearts content.

Plus stupid property taxes, stupid people (see above) the the willingness to give YOUR money to people that want to destroy the Constitution.

Brilliant.

We don't pay stupid lease fee's like you Southern retards do.

That's a shame. I bet you're a blast to have around in deer camp.

if powdr will build himself a good hog trap, put an ad in the paper "I trap hogs" --- he will be welcomed with open arms on many ranches, and some old rancher will let him shoot a deer or two. And, on the plus side, you can even pick up some pocket change and some new friends.

This is great advice. Offer something in return.

Yeah, leave it to guys like Skane who can hunt for the cost of a tag to get his peter all bent out of shape. He's still mad cause I didn't say thank you for a worn out sling he sent me one time. God I wish I had his address so I could send the sum bitch back to him.


Or ole Big Ed, while switching between his summer cottage and his other seasonal home...poor bastard, wants to give financial advice to someone on a different scale. I feel for ya Ed. powdr

Rick,

I surely hope I didn't come across that way. I was merely trying to illustrate that a guy with limited discretionary income might need to prioritize.

What makes the campfire great is the abundance of fantastic folks - mostly strangers, that would seemingly give one another the shirt off of their back simply because of a shared interest/passion. Three people above have shown the OP cannot appreciate or at least acknowledge even the smallest acts of kindness.

The OP might be shy on funds but seemingly rich in time-on-hand due to retirement. Yet no offering to go above and beyond to move/fix stands, fill feeders, camera czar, process deer, reload ammo, trap hogs, yada, yada, yada - simply, "I'm looking to pay less".

I don't excel at many things but I am pretty good at reading sign. And past performance is indeed indicative of future results.

I don't have a dog in this hunt. However, he asked about "reasonable" not free hunting. What is reasonable in one part of Texas might not be in another part. For example, if I was not a landowner, I would never be able to afford South Texas where I hunt. Why because it is not reasonable to hunt based on my salary, and I make a very good salary. Do I hunt in the same blind each year with the same feeder each ymkear, yes I do and more then happy to. And I take a deer each year at least 140 pound and at least the same score. I really don't care about the rack anymore, I have so many of them, its pointless, its more the weight for me. My family also had some "hill county" land, that I hunted when I was a child too, but that sold. If the deer was more then 80 pounds, that was a monster. There were so many deer in the area that a year round lease was cheaper then the taxes on the property, but that was years ago.

Quite frankly if you are not making better then 250k a year (based on south Texas wages), you are priced out of South Texas. Would I never lease for deer, never. For hogs, it was not for the liability and the lease permits, etc., that's a different story. I wish rancher's would stop managing hogs trying to make money on hogs and just get every kill every last one of those things.