re: Looking for Hunting Clubs or Leases near BR

Yea 140 is sort of unrealistic unless you have the correct "expensive" setup. Really would make it nothing younger than 4-4.5 unless designated a cull. In the areas where I want to be, along the river, Concordia, Tensas etc a 4-4.5 yr old deer is going to be close to 140 class if not bigger.

There bones dont completely growing until 3.5 so until then the majority of there nutrients they consume go to that. There biggest jump in antler growth will be between 4-6 yrs old. However once they get to that age they damn near become ghost.

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Yea 140 is sort of unrealistic unless you have the correct "expensive" setup

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Maybe but it doesn't hurt to try and get the age structure and habitat where a 140 isn't unrealistic

Oh I am diff with you, a lot also has to do with how others are managing around you. You pretty much dont want to get out of WF though right?

Unless you know someone with the land you are going to be leasing, the cost to lease per acre in one of those premier parishes or counties is probably $30-40/acre range.

If you want 1,200 acres and 8 members, you're at $4,500-$6,000/year without putting a kernel of corn or a pellet of protein on the ground, that's without planting an acre of oats and fertilzing, Not having a place to stay, running water or electricity. No tractor or diesel to maintain the roads. No stands.... there's a lot more that goes into it.

This I know which is why I said ideally, I know it is a long shot to say the least which is why I will probably settle for something in Woodville area or a place similar.

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There biggest jump in antler growth will be between 4-6 yrs old

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According to a study done by MSU and Texas A&M this is incorrect. A deer has reached 80% of his max potential by 3.5 years

I don't disagree. I have a climber and some tripods I could throw in there right now. Pick up some corn/rice bran to give them something to stop at. I have cameras that I'm sure some still work.

However, I'm not driving 4 hours round trip 3 days in a row when I'm off, so I'd need a place to stay. If its going to cost me 4.5k+ I want a place to rest my head and a place to drop a deuce.

I feel like I'll never find a lease..