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I have been approched to get in on a duck lease with 6 other people (7 people total) for $1500 each. The lease is in between Nashville and Memphis, it is 70 acres. We would only be leasing the duck hunting rights. Nobody has hunted this before, so there is no history, it does have corn and it will hold water.
What do you think is this too much money for an unknown?
or would you jump in?

Pullit,
$10,500.00 for a blind in a field that has never been hunted is, in my experience, waaay out of line. That's the kind of money one would pay for the ultimate suck hole. And, besides pulling all the ducks in a five county area, it would need quick, easy access, perfect water management, and a well-designed, well-built blind.
Perhaps you could offer $3,500.00 (total) for this first year and, if it pans out, pay the big money for the next two years.
Having learned some bitter lessons in the high-dollar duck lease business, I'd pass on this deal and let somebody else be the crash-test dummy.
RS

Well just thought I would let you know, I bit, I went in on the lease. It looks good real good, if we get ducks in Tenn. we should kill some. I guess that makes me a crash test dummy <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> I guess I've been call alot worse <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />. It's like I always say "I don't care what you call me as long as you call me for supper". <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Pullit,
Good luck with your lease; I hope ya'll rip 'em. Let us know how the season works out for you.
RS

Thanks, I may regreat it but even if we dont kill a thing, I hate to say it but I have spent more and gotten less.

Good luck---hope it pans out for you. I know down here weather and migration schedule are a lot more important than exactly where your lease is. As long as you've got water and feed, you'll have ducks if they're down in time for the season.

We should have water. We just bought (3) 22000 gallon pumps, and we sit in the Y of two rivers. Just wish we could pump in ducks. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />