Thats what I need to get into!! I got a 15 week old lab that needs to lean to hunt!
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I have been looking for a lease for a while now, and yeah most of the places around Houston/El Campo area are hunt clubs which require a bit of scouting (X number of ponds/fields so you need to know which pond/field to sign up for for the hunt). If you are new to duck hunting a hunt club may be the way to go since you can learn from others. I would suggest go the public hunting route.
I am not sure what boat you have, but you can stick to the slews or grass line so you can avoid open water. Good luck.
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If I didn't own my property, which is managed quite extensively for waterfowl, I would do one of two things. Hunt the middle Texas coast exclusively by airboat or buy a hunt club membership with Run n Gun or the likes. I see people I work with year after year try their hand with a duck lease. They end up with one pond on a piece of land in a coastal county that they hunt during early teal season and regular duck season. Usually 4-6 other hunters on this lease/pond also. Said pond is usually 40-60 acres in size and in areas that don't hold significant amounts of water. They may enjoy one or two good hunts early in the season and then are lucky to shoot 2 ducks per hunt the remainder of the season. A single lake just doesn't hold the food source, if there was one to begin with, through out both duck seasons. Nor does the same blind handle hunting pressure over and over.
The benefit of a hunt club (like Run n Gun) is they have multiple properties and the ability to move where the birds are. They can also stagger when they pump up certain properties to manage the food source at different times of the season. Hunting the coast is similar in some regards. You don't have to hunt the same blind. Move to where the birds are.Last edited by Pin Oak DXT; 12-07-2017, 11:44 AM.
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Originally posted by DoubleGProstaff View PostThat’s what I have been doing this year
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkOriginally posted by El General View PostYou can take alot of guided duck hunts for the price of a lease.
Same here. Works great, but I would enjoy being able to scout, build blinds.... camaraderie and such...Lesto!!
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Originally posted by El General View PostYou can take alot of guided duck hunts for the price of a lease.
For the ideal duck hunt club or lease I would gladly pay in the $4k ballpark.
All this being said, ive hunted and still hunt public land all my life. I hunt about 3-4 times a week and do well enough to keep me and anyone I bring addicted. Give public land a shot. It is by no means a walk in the park but the learning curve got me addicted.
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