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Recreational Leasing |
The Noble Foundation Wildlife and Fisheries staff receive numerous inquiries each fall regarding recreational leasing. These inquiries are from landowners that are interested in leasing their property and from hunters looking for a place to hunt. Whether you are trying to lease land that you own or you are looking for a place to hunt, timing is essential. We have learned this from our experience in advertising recreational leases and from discussions with landowners and hunters. Usually, if you wait until September to begin advertising or looking, you are too late. June and July seem to be the best months to begin advertising property for lease hunting or looking for a place to hunt (with the exception of spring turkey hunting). This allows for three things: Hunters and landowners have time to locate each other and become acquainted; hunters have time to evaluate habitat quality; and there is time for hunters to arrange the necessary finances to secure leases. Grant Huggins compiled the following list of primarily packaged hunts from advertisements on the Internet. Information obtained from these sites will provide an idea of prices associated with packaged hunts (assuming the sponsors are successful in obtaining hunters). Landowners that choose to lease their property on a year-round basis and include all game will probably not find this list useful. However, based on our experience, landowners leasing in this fashion and emphasizing deer hunting can expect an average of $2.00 to $3.00 per acre in southern Oklahoma.
BB Hunting Chain Ranch Sportsman's Club www.splitrailoutfitters.com Wayne Mead Guide Wing and Rack Ranch Selman Ranch
Wayne Mead Guide
Selman Ranch Wayne Mead Guide Wing and Rack Ranch
Selman Ranch Split Rail Outfitters Wayne Mead Guide Wing and Rack Ranch
Duck Club of Oklahoma Selman Ranch Wing and Rack Ranch Western Oklahoma Waterfowlers Mike Porter compiled the following list of websites for landowners to advertise their properties for hunting in Oklahoma and Texas. Like the list above, landowners can obtain an idea of pricing by viewing some of these sites. www.agweb.okstate.edu/fwa/lease.html www.huntinglease.com www.hightechredneck.com If you are planning on leasing your property, late winter or early spring is a good time to prepare. Remember, the early bird gets the worm. |
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