Last minute duck blind for lease
 

There is a blind that is built and ready to be hunted in Hackberry near black lake for lease for $5,500. This is a marsh lease and the person leasing the blind is Reggie Knoles. I have not hunted this blind and know nothing about it so I cannot personally speak for how the hunting will be. Reggie asked me to post this for him so that is what I am doing. The blind is located on 9,000 or so acre property and there are 12-15 blinds on the property. You can reach Reggie at 337-853-7975, let him know you are replying to the salty Cajun add for the blind near black lake.

I have been told a tunnel hull work be fine or of course a mud motor, only one boat is needed.

And you can believe zero percent of what Reggie tells you about the blind.

I have heard some horror stories about Reggie knoles. Beware.

That's why Reggie didn't post it himself. His reputation precedes him...

I would never lease a blind from Reggie Knowles.

I did and never again. He'd lease you a mud puddle in a Walmart parking lot if he could make a buck.

Not to me to mention 5500 is a lot for a marsh blind.

One of those....this blind was great last year.....urban legend stories...:rotfl:

I guess that bean field was not worth a crap???

My buddy leases a few blinds from him and they do well.

If its for lease right now it blows!

what do you consider to be "doing well"?

Well he's from Lafayette and works in TX and also has about 3 or 4 different leases, one in Tx last year. So he doesn't hunt it a whole lot, b/c it's a long ride from Lafayette. Think he's working on getting a camp in Hackberry though. But last year they had some good hunts. Don't think they shot any limits but always killed. But I bet he didn't make more than 5-6 hunts out there last year. I think he made one teal hunt out there this year and didn't do too well but he said it was covered with big ducks.

For $5,500 I better kill no less than 300 birds a year. And even then, that's a lot of money for a marsh blind.

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I am not saying all his blinds suck. I am sure he has some good ones; but, I can guarantee you that he does not care if there was ever a bird killed out of the blind. He leases blinds strickly to make money.

I know a guy that leased from him last year in pine island. He lied about everything he told them. Said they would control the water level for them. Had to wear chestwaders in their pond because it was too deep for hip boots. Had 20 random people around their pond during teal season lining the levees that had "permission". He was unable to contact Reggie the whole season after he got the money.

10 4 Top Dawg. I have heard many, many similar stories

There is another guy in gum cove trying to lease marsh blinds for $5000 each. From what i hear they aren't worth $2000. But I think he actually leased a few for that price.... Now this guy wants $5500.... $3500 is high for a marsh blind unless it is just lights out!!

What makes a marsh blind over $5k high when you pay over $5k for a field blind? Don't you usually kill more birds in a marsh blind than a rice field? Just wondering. Know plenty of ppl that would pay way over $5k for a productive marsh blind. Guys in camp next to me pay $40k for 600 acres. It is what it is nowadays. Gotta pay to play. Thanks Duck Dynasty!

Never leased a field blind, but I guess the convience. Blinds are already there, farmer controls water and food supply. The hopes of the speckle belly kill.... goose season runs a lot longer than duck season. No boat needed... all just guesses.

I guess convenience does play a role. I know guys that pay $7500 for productive rice field blinds in Whiteville. Owners know they can get it. My lease has gone up every year the last 3 years. Too many "yuppies" with deep pockets.

I'm learning that quickly this year. I hunted a field blind years ago by Rayne and it was as easy as walking to the blind in your tennis shoes. You could easily make a hunt before school in the morning. Ducks were decent, but the geese were phenomenal. This year we got in a marsh lease and it's non stop work!! If it isn't one thing, it's another. I'm not complaining because any reason to be out there is good enough for me, but hunting in a pit blind from a levee is cadillac!

If you know somebody that is willing to pay over $5000 for a blind in the marsh tell them to PM me. My blinds are leased for this year but I have 2 that kill 250 -350 ducks per year. I would consider leasing them one of the blinds next season.

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Big Hutch

Where are they? I will pass the word.

T-Top hit the nail on the head, nonstop work in the marsh. 30 AND 3 OR BUST!

Matt, get ready to spend some money in a marsh. Our lease isn't that much for 1 section, but the up keep is killing us. In the last 5 years we have spent thousands of dollars trying to keep it open and clean. We finally broke down and got mud boat. This should help. But don't expect any help from land owners on any problems. The river drains have the state trough the GC marshes off of it. That's a lot of fertalizer coming down. That's why it grows and changes from 1 year to the next.

Pm me your contact info

My buddy leases 4 blinds for 36k a year (Rice field)

Same guys have leased for last 5, he does allow them to guide hunts on it if they want. They do guide quite a few speckle belly hunts. Last year they hunted 22days in a row with limit of specks each day

Do what????? That's like 9k a blind insane!!!


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Well crap while we are at it...I need a lease in GC...lost ours...

I would pay 9k if... It was same quality blind as w is talking about and it was less than 20 min drive from Baton Rouge

20 minutes from Br would be tough to find a blind that would consistently produce like that. I know of blinds 30 minutes from lafayette where you can get action like that at a third of that cost though.


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Yep, and they pay it... use to be 30k but they had to install a whole new irrigation system so prices go up


I personally would never pay to hunt, im lucky enough to have enough good friends who farm and family land that I don't have to lease to kill anything



I buy decoys and have bought a few pit blinds etc which i think that I should at least do that much to hunt!!



Some Drs and lawyers pay some stupid money to hunt, I think Cherry Ridge its 10K for two day hunt for 6 people

Sorry let me correct my self I meant to say a third less of that cost.


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I looked at that grosse savann place .. 41k for 16 guys!!! Not going that route

Never in my life will I ever pay those prices. People want everything set up ready to go. They scared of a lil work.


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What's white lake cost for the weekend?? 6 blinds sat and sun, for 30000 or 40000. You paying the state when pay that money, guides work for wildlife and fisheries.

An avg rice field blind will go at 5k minimum. If you are able to have one for less than that price and kill 200-300 ducks not counting teal season consider yourself very lucky. Most are 6-8K and that is the range we pay and we kill about 350-400 just for big duck season. Also, not all blinds are the same (good) even on the same farm. 1-2 blinds will always be better for the most part than the others on the same farm.

I don't think they do the group hunts anymore. It used to be $30k for up to 12 people all expenses paid.


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$6k is not unreasonable or hard to find but if anybody is offering for less than $5k it probably ain't worth it.


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How much does this land sell for an acre?? Seems you would be better off buying land to duck hunt as opposed to paying that amount for a lease.

Nobody's selling

They better bring a greyhound bus full of strippers and a bud light truck for that price

Even if it sold for 1k an acre, you'd be deep in to get enough land to hunt. Then you'd have to basically become a farmer to have what it takes to get birds (plant rice, rotate, irrigate, sale crop, pay to have it all done, and so on). And, at the end of the day, you may have no birds and a huge investment/business interest to manage.

May as well lease unless you plan to become a farmer.

Marsh would be easier, but still has it's management costs associated and risks of no birds. I kick myself for not buying 20+ acres of marsh by Klondike a few years back - I was one of the first to hear about it by chance by striking a random conversation with the owner. I scouted it and saw ducks frequenting it too, hunted a lease not far from the land... Just wasn't in a position to buy it, could have, but didn't due to tunnel vision. Hindsight


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I heard it was 38,000 for 18 ppl

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Duck hunting is not deer hunting (petting zoo) where animals can be tied to trees / fenced in until they are shot or brought in and feed all day...:work:
Most peeps farm their land or have a farmer plus you need access to water...canal to pump from.....there is more involved than you think.

Yall got it right with marsh blinds being a lot of work... I've hunted pit blinds in a field before and its pretty convenient but I enjoy getting out in the marsh and scouting for a good area, building a blind etc...just doesn't compare to hunting a blind that u don't even need boots to get to.

You looking for a weekend hunt for a group of people?