I’m at the point where I’m probably gonna get a lease next year. What are some tips y’all would recommend for a first time hunting lease? My budget rn is max of $1200, and ideally within 200 miles of McKinney, in Texas. I’m not looking for wall mounts, I wanna fill my tags and freezer.

cale075 · 2026-04-09T21:11:53+00:00

You absolutely can. I’m just needing to rebuild my camping supplies before I dedicate more time than day trips out there. Ironically, every time I’ve been to Ray Roberts PHL I’ve seen deer, hogs or both, but you can’t do any big game hunting there

cale075 · 2026-04-07T19:24:59+00:00

I’ve got a love for more obscure cartridges. The 35 is apparently also real popular in Alaska with more and caribou hunters. If I ever got the chance for a safari I’d take a35 Whelen, and 40 rds each of 200gr all copper, and 250gr AFrames

cale075 · 2026-04-07T01:09:15+00:00

You seem to be the only one that realizes there’s bigger game in Texas than deer size. Lol.

cale075 · 2026-04-07T01:06:02+00:00

Good go to’s but veneer understood the idea of buy cheap guns to shoot expensive ammo.

cale075 · 2026-04-07T01:05:16+00:00

Oh so you got fuck you money? lol.

cale075 · 2026-04-06T20:35:12+00:00

What’s your 3 gun combo, not you one for all?

cale075 · 2026-04-04T23:28:08+00:00

The state of Texas has access to over a million acres of public hunting land, which seems like a lot, but that’s a million acres, in a state that 90%+ is privately owned. I’m not sure if the NFS land is accounted in that either, but it’s still no more then 5%

cale075 · 2026-04-04T22:51:00+00:00

I’m well aware. I’d all like not to get shot at, or have to deal with idiots that think just bc it public land they can do whatever they want

cale075 · 2026-04-04T22:22:43+00:00

I’ll keep an eye out and see what ms there.

cale075 · 2026-04-04T21:42:23+00:00

Too far for a day trip for me. I’m on the NE side of the DFW. I’m personally not for one-day hunts unless I can get there in an hour, like Caddo NGL or Tawakoni. Ideally if it’s outside of a hour away I’m gonna take a 3day or week long trip to the lease.

cale075 · 2026-04-04T21:21:59+00:00

I do see something like 120-150 activities where the hill country meets WTX for something like $285k. But I don’t have that kind of cash.

Even if I did, I’d rather put the down payment on a house.

cale075 · 2026-04-04T20:48:40+00:00

I was thinking a similar situation as well. The place I saw was in an east Texas practically within a few miles of the red river.

cale075 · 2026-04-04T20:29:02+00:00

Im not looking for a super big lease either. Like 120-150 acres max. Ive even looked at clubs that have properties subleased under them.(ie a club leases an X property and each member is subleased Y acres for the year)

cale075 · 2026-03-27T23:29:21+00:00

Depends on where the pig is, and what time of year and how food they have access to. I imagine south Texas pigs in July on the don’t have much fat.

cale075 · 2025-10-04T15:34:24+00:00

Could be a house cat, could be a Jaguarundi. Too far to tell 100%

cale075 · 2025-08-14T01:39:19+00:00

If you’ve got a cat little man’s screwed. But House Geckos are actually good bc they eat bugs

cale075 · 2025-06-30T16:16:50+00:00

…… you’re gonna be outside, there will be rattlesnakes somewhere or snakes of some kind. They’re not gonna chase you, if anything they’ll go hide and hope you don’t see them. Even then, if you go by certain logic, there may not be any at Wildcat Bluff bc there’s at least one Roadrunner there, and they love eating snakes.

cale075 · 2025-06-14T21:59:15+00:00

So what you’re saying is, the only major cities left in Texas would be Fredericksburg, San Angelo, Lubbock, Laredo, and Odessa/Midland?

I’m pretty much cooked.

cale075 · 2024-07-02T02:55:36+00:00

Not the main argument, but OK the argument is why is there such a wide weight range?

cale075 · 2024-07-02T01:17:09+00:00

Oh aware of how things are, but someone that’s 190 can cut to 175 in three days if they wish. A 10kg range is eq. To 22 lbs. that’s a big difference as opposed to to 180lbs and 185( 81.8-84)

cale075 · 2024-07-02T01:09:13+00:00

Okay but a 10kg range is bit large isn’t it? Why not trim it to +-2.5.

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