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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: rogwar on June 13, 2003, 10:18:02 AM
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If you are not living in Texas, and do not hunt, please disregard this message.
We are looking for two more interested hunters for a spring turkey only lease in Bowie, TX. Please let me know if you or someone you know is interested in joining. Here is the info:
Cost $500 each, need $100 deposit now, $400 before season starts next April. There are a total of 5 hunters on the lease. Two spots opened up because of job changes, moves, etc.
Lease for spring turkey only (6 weeks in Apr - May 2004).
There is a large garage/storage building which you can camp in for free, with frig, tables, etc. The ranch is 1800 acres, with a lot of turkeys (we took 12 this year). I got my limit of 4 nice Rio Grande birds.
Bowie TX is 1.5 hour drive away from the center of DFW, and very convenient to drive and hunt the same day. The lease is just 15 minutes from the town of Bowie.
Please message me if you are interested.
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Nope, I'm not from Texas so I'm in violation of your reply rules.
But, the fact that it costs $2500 for a turkey "lease" in Texas moved me so deeply that I just had to say......
"Man, am I GLAD I live in Kansas."
Been hunting Turkey, Duck, Goose, Pheasant, Quail, Deer and Coyotes on both public and private land for 30 years........ for free, basically.
Good luck in your search though.
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I get my turkey for about $20 from Publix, just gotta remove the gizzard bag and add stuffing and it's ready for the oven :)
you go caveman :)
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4 bird limit for $500 bucks?????
Dude go buy a butterball, and do your hunting at the local paintball range.
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ahhh good ole private leases here in Tx. Wish it was set up like other states where you can hunt on public land for free. But I hear that's a bit more dangerous too...
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Limited sample, I know.
Udie, I haven't had a single bit of trouble or any "incident" on public land that even remotely was a threat to "safety". But that' only in 30+ years or so.......
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Wished I lived closer, I would like to look at the place. Just turkey, or is other hunting allowed (quail, deer, etc..)? Any fish tanks on the place too?
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For 1/2 that price I will gladly toss 4 butterballs into the air for you to shoot.
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Originally posted by -ammo-
Wished I lived closer, I would like to look at the place. Just turkey, or is other hunting allowed (quail, deer, etc..)? Any fish tanks on the place too?
Yep all that and more. They lease it out for particular seasons: quail, dove, deer. There are quail all over the place. It has trophy class deer. There is a big tank (pond, small lake) stocked with Bass and catfish. I caught about a 7lb bass out of there and a bunch of other nice ones as well this year.
Also, there are feral hawgs and I hope to get one next year. Goring to bring my blackpowder rifle next season.
Toad, I grew up in Arkansas and never had to pay for it (hunting that is) until I moved to Texas. However, this land is managed and there is a descent place to stay. It's also just under an hour and 20 minutes from where I live in DFW.
And other fellas, I could buy turkey at Kroger, but that's not the main reason I like to hunt. Of course I would never kill a game animal I didn't intend to eat. Plus turkey are a lot of fun. That's the only hunting I do anymore, well with the exception of my visits to the Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro :)
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Jeez Rogwar...I have 165 acres south of Bowie I woulda let ya hunt. Deer, Turkey, Quail,Dove. You city boys.....
Are you familiar with the LBJ National Grasslands? Over 1 Million acres mostly in Wise County. It is limited to Bow and Black Powder. All you need is a Hunting License.
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How tough is it to kill a turkey?
The things walk around, eat, poop and gobble gobble. What do you do, walk up and cap 'em with a 45?
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Wild Turkeys are very difficult prey. If you ever witnessed a hunt, you would understand. Wild Turkeys are not the brain dead bird you see at a Turkey Farm.
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No sorry..you misunderstood. I was referring to Ripsnort.:p
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Originally posted by rpm371
Wild Turkeys are very difficult prey. If you ever witnessed a hunt, you would understand. Wild Turkeys are not the brain dead bird you see at a Turkey Farm.
Heheheh...city folk!
We hunt a place called Stoneburg Ranch in Stoneburg, North of Bowie. I had access to other lands for less but I really like this particular area. There are lots of game and lots of areas to hunt.
Wild Turkeys take a lot of skill and patience to hunt. You have to practice and learn how to call as well as know their habits.
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They have a terrible kick to them too... (http://www.barrelsoffunstore.com/images/catalog/bourbon/smaller/kentucky-spirit-wild-turkey.jpg)
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Originally posted by Toad
Limited sample, I know.
Udie, I haven't had a single bit of trouble or any "incident" on public land that even remotely was a threat to "safety". But that' only in 30+ years or so.......
You've never met a Texan hunter before have you? :) Each year the monday after the first weekend in Novemer, if you read the paper, you see stories of hunters shooting other hunters. One that stands out was about 10 years ago a boy shot his grandfather with a bow. He thought his grandfather was a turkey :rolleyes:
I'd love to come up there and hunt some birds some time. I don't do deer anymore. Birds are a blast to shoot though. I'd like to see if WB/AH improved my shooting skills too. Never learned about lead shooting back when I was a "hunter" (LOL)
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Originally posted by rogwar
Heheheh...city folk!
We hunt a place called Stoneburg Ranch in Stoneburg, North of Bowie. I had access to other lands for less but I really like this particular area. There are lots of game and lots of areas to hunt.
Wild Turkeys take a lot of skill and patience to hunt. You have to practice and learn how to call as well as know their habits.
Once while hunting deer I was walking back to camp after an afternoon of not seeing any deer, the sun had just gone down but there was still light to see with. I'm under a HUGE live oak and hear a bunch of turkey near by. Then about 100 yds away I see a big tom out in the middle of a field. I figure the turkey's I hear are hens and he's on their trail. So I get down on one knee and aim at the tom. When I shot (I missed) all hell broke lose around me. Turkey's started dropping all around me out of the tree. I mean landing 1 ft. to my left and right and front and back. I just about ****e my pants!
Up to that point I didn't know turkey could fly! Much less that the roosted in trees and in very large groups. They guys at camp had a good laugh that night :D
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Rogwar, that sounds like a hunter's paradise. And not a bad deal either far as money goes. If I lived near there, I would be interested for sure. Especially since I didn't get to go deer hunting last year...first year I've missed in 15 years.
It was a cool April morning in 1998. I'd never gone turkey hunting before. My friend would go after turkeys, and he wanted me to hunt feral hogs with my deer rifle. We pretty much knew where they (hogs) would show up, and I was carefull not to shoot in my friend's direction where he was hunting turkeys. The terrain was suited for this strategy, and we knew where each other would be. I was so tired from the previous night's jubilation, I was even thinking about returning to camp to get some more sleep, since I wasn't turkey hunting anyway.
Fortunately, soon as we separated at a fork in the road, he must have spooked a large hog toward my direction, because the hog came out on the road in front of me about 50 yards away, and I shot it with my .270 soon as it walked into the road. We were about ten minutes into the hunt, and I heard a twig on the ground snap. I was ready. I brought the hog back to camp, cleaned it, put the meat in the ice chests, and went back to bed to get some much needed sleep.
The location was about 100 miles north of Mobile near a beautiful river swamp. If there ever was a hunter's paradise, it was there. There were pine trees which must have been 300 years old (about 4 ft. diameter.) This was old growth forest probably going back to colonial times.
It's all gone now. The clearcutters came in and cut all the trees down. They re-planted with something called Cherry Oaks. Haven't been back to see it, so I don't know how it looks. Am kinda glad I haven't been back to see the clear cut devastation. One of my hunting buddies told me it looked like someone had dropped an atomic bomb there.
Good luck Rogwar. Don't mind me fellas...I'm just a bit drunk, and Rog's post made me remember better days. Shoot one of them hawgs for me mate.
Les
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Be careful partner, the North Texas Turkey is the most dangerous animal known to man.
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Originally posted by MrBill
4 bird limit for $500 bucks?????
Dude go buy a butterball, and do your hunting at the local paintball range.
4 bird limit but unlimited hunter :p