I am on a deer lease with seven other dudes and we were informed that the lease price will double AFTER the upcoming hunting season that starts in September of this year. The lease is located about an hour south of Wichita Falls.
The lease is 2400 acres and is pretty much 50/50 pasture land and farm land that is sewed in wheat in late Fall. We have year around access but it is only used from late July to the end of February or so.
It is first and foremost a ranch so at any time there are cows and calves on the property, which has never been a problem.
We, the people on the lease, own all the feeders and associated items, all game cameras, and all blinds which include bow and regular blinds. We pay for all corn and we fill the feeders ourselves.
We shred all trails and shooting lanes, and weedeat the inside and outside of all feeder pens and maintain the feeder pens which we paid for.
The lease has electricity, which is paid for by the land owner. The lease has no water, but we catch rain water in large totes and chlorinate the heck out of it and use it for showers in the campers. We have access to a decent size old barn that we hang out in and eat in. All improvements and upkeep to the barn have been done by us as the owner wants nothing to do with the barn, and that is fair since we are the ones using it.
We have never had an issue in 15 years with cows or calves getting out due to use and have quiet frankly had a good relationship with the owner. So, the possible doubling of the lease payment is sort of out of the blue. The land owner is rich as hell, like multi millions, so money isn't an issue.
There are deer, turkey, hogs, doves, some ducks (not many) and a handful of coveys of quail. The bucks are nothing special, the largest seem to be in the 130 score area.
So, all the above is to ask y'all what you think would be a good amount per acre to lease the above if it was yours? We need to know if what we are currently paying is on par or if we have been getting over for a while. Thanks for any for any feedback.
The lease is 2400 acres and is pretty much 50/50 pasture land and farm land that is sewed in wheat in late Fall. We have year around access but it is only used from late July to the end of February or so.
It is first and foremost a ranch so at any time there are cows and calves on the property, which has never been a problem.
We, the people on the lease, own all the feeders and associated items, all game cameras, and all blinds which include bow and regular blinds. We pay for all corn and we fill the feeders ourselves.
We shred all trails and shooting lanes, and weedeat the inside and outside of all feeder pens and maintain the feeder pens which we paid for.
The lease has electricity, which is paid for by the land owner. The lease has no water, but we catch rain water in large totes and chlorinate the heck out of it and use it for showers in the campers. We have access to a decent size old barn that we hang out in and eat in. All improvements and upkeep to the barn have been done by us as the owner wants nothing to do with the barn, and that is fair since we are the ones using it.
We have never had an issue in 15 years with cows or calves getting out due to use and have quiet frankly had a good relationship with the owner. So, the possible doubling of the lease payment is sort of out of the blue. The land owner is rich as hell, like multi millions, so money isn't an issue.
There are deer, turkey, hogs, doves, some ducks (not many) and a handful of coveys of quail. The bucks are nothing special, the largest seem to be in the 130 score area.
So, all the above is to ask y'all what you think would be a good amount per acre to lease the above if it was yours? We need to know if what we are currently paying is on par or if we have been getting over for a while. Thanks for any for any feedback.