Lost lease
 

Got word yesterday that we were out bid and lost our lease. I know there are a few other guys on this site that had blinds on that property as well. It was nice while it lasted fellas. Thanks again BigHutch for last season, a lot of memories made. Yall scoot over on the public land, coming in hot.

Sorry to hear that. Good luck on public land and hopefully everyone there will treat you as you treat them.

The lease price jumped 4 and 5 times of the previous bids for the school board. Prices are getting stupid. Some of the places can only support 4 blinds max and the bids are over $30,000!

rich mans sport

Must have lions on that property.

Two went for 35K one went for 55K. Wow.

Getting a non-resident TX & KS license also. A few lakes in TX I used to do well on, and my little brother just moved to KS on a baseball scholarship so I have a place to crash and someone to scout before hand. It'll be a learning experience for sure. Been a while since I actually had to scout and work for em.

How many acres for each lease?

Around 640. I will be the first to admit I bid on one of them and thought I bid a crazy amount. Not crazy enough, lol

a section. 640 acres

I am surprised Vermillion Crop does not start doing this (seal bid) for all their Pecan Island leases...

I hunt KS for turkey. Allot of WIHA property to hunt. See a bunch of ducks there in spring and non of the locals have ever eaten a duck much less hunted one...

After hearing what sections went for Monday at the bid I can pretty much close the casket on me leasing any marshes around SWLA for a long time. Increases 2,3 and 4xs since last time it was available. Over it!

Got some blinds near Monroe that go for $15k and you will be 1/4 mile from another blind. Waiting list to get in also. Used to be decent hunting now blinds are too close and its a garhole. Landowner has a nice blind way away from any other ones thoigh:grinpimp:

Daves Bayou?

Hwy 15. Elton kennedys place

yeah ive heard about how bad it is over there. Lots of the spots in that area are waaaayy over priced for the quality of the hunting

It's odd how different things are in the midwest for ducks and geese. I was working in Wyoming a few years ago and we had no problems asking landowners for permission to duck and goose hunt... no one tried to charge us and everyone we asked said yes.

They were not as friendly when asked about antelope and deer hunting... haha.

Yea they like their pheasants too. I've got the little bro collecting names and addresses of well known land owners around his area as we speak. A ton of public land up there also. Gotta step my thermal underwear game up though

Always bring seafood. Nothing like sweetening a deal for them northers like some fresh shrimp. A guy I was talking to says a land owner calls and asks him to come back every year just to get some seafood.

If you ask local farmers to turkey hunt they normally tell you yes but only if you shoot them all and not just the ones you are going to tag and bring home.

Merino wool, only way to go for me. Especially if you are deer hunting and worried about smell.

Last fall I found some good coveys of quail and a few pheasants while bow hunting in Nebraska seems they are making a comeback.
I have a GSP pup and hoping I can bring her on morning bird hunting and evening bow hunting trip to midwest.

Last year our contact there was impressed the most with my homemade Tasso but he specifically requested seafood. He and his wife go to the local bar and grill weekly for fried carp night.
I had to laugh at eating carp but told him could bring him some flounder and what ever else I could fit in the big ice chest.

I am surprised the prices are increasing so much with the Energy sector struggles.

Stupid Expensive Duck Lease
 

Man I'm still trying to wrap my head around that 55K lease.

I'm not sure what's worse 7 $8,000+ blinds or 11 $5,000+ blinds. (I'm not even factoring in profit margins, but I'm sure there will be)

Either way someone is getting the shaft if they lease those blinds. :spineyes:

How many years is the lease?

5 years...

Same here. There were tons of bids in the high 20s and both hackberry sections had more than one 30k plus bid.

If my sources are correct Acadian Ambulance won the $55,000 lease in Creole. Deep,deep pockets!

Where was your lease?

Well in that case it isn't that bad. I mean still way to high for me but split a few ways over 5 years isn't bad. I thought it was one year.

Price is per year, it goes back up for bid in 5 years.

Oh wow

30 and 3 bruhhhhhhhhhhhh

Grand Chenier, South of hwy 82.

Genius. I'll just save some of my shrimp that I bait the scaup up down here with and bring with me.. lol

Yea dude like I said stupid expensive, it makes sense now with Acadian Ambulance those guys burn money for fun.

Lost lease
 

30 to 55k a year! That is literally almost a grand a hunt. I'm no mathematician, but couldn't you just go guided everyday for cheaper. Not have to put in any work, no boat upkeep and a jam up lodging experience for cheaper? It just doesn't add up. What is even more nuts is the prices people in Houma marshes pay to shoot ringers and spray hyceinth and Salvania every year. SE part of the state will eventually catch up. Plenty of guys that like to pull their gator tail boat with their Range Rover or Porsche SUV to Delacroix.


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You think they are doing all this work you mention. If they have that much money to pay trust me they have hired help doing all this work. They likely call their hired help and tell them when to have the pro drive ready to go. Also, I am sure they are entertaining a lot of clients and friends....A guided duck hunt is about 1K for 3 people just for a drive up hunt...most have a 3 person minimum..... so if you entertain a lot and need to pay for overnight stays it adds up even more. This is not your avg middle class person paying all this $ for these leases....and if I had enough money I would pay the $ to...lol

I was told on these school board sections you get all the rights hunting,fishing
Shrimping,crabbing,alligators. Heard some sections have very valuable crabbing and shrimping and you are able to recoup a lot of money

The crabbing and crawfishing does not go with the hunting leases. You must negotiate a separate contract for aquaculture or agriculture.

Was it the school board section south of the elementary school?

The $55k lease has some crab income on it. I was told a substantial amount to pay the lease.

One of the $30k leases in West Hackberry has crawfish income to other is just hunting.

Don't be surprised when it happens! Heard a lot of talk about that recently, due to numbers....When it does, a lot of leases will come back open...

Numbers are higher than ever.....

record hatches and numbers the last 5 or so years... Stop listening to what your buddies are saying

X2....only people saying this...reduced limits and days are about to happen are people that lost their lease....:work:

Catch 22. Listen to your buddies or listen to the government? Lol

55k for a section with 4 blinds ain't terrible. You can pick out the best blind and sublease the 3 others for 15k a piece (plenty of suckers with deep pockets) and then you are out of pocket 10k for the best blind. If your blind isn't the best one that year then trade with the best blind or kick them out so you can have the best blind. That's what has been happening lately anyways. Some people end up subleasing and essentially getting their blind for free or very reduced rate