Questions about joining a lease....

If money is an issue ask about additional expenses. Last thing you want to do is be surprised by having to come up with your share to rent a dozer / put a new roof on shared camp/ etc.

Simply ask for all of the rules, review them, then create your list of questions. The new guy always gets the shitty spots, so factor this into your plan. Can you hunt the other stands when they're not there? How do they feel about both kinds of music blaring around a fire at nights? Does Greenjeans or Wophead Dolly ever use the place as a lover's hacienda in front of game cameras? Does anyone in the lease own a judge or a 308? Do they kill every snake they come in contact with?

My wife got me on a lease for next year. I had the opportunity to hunt it, and even killed a doe. They have 50+ members, and I have 150 acres to hunt. My drive time is 15 min from my house. It was $1500 for the first year, and $800 every year after that. Granted, it's my wife's uncles land, so I'm not sure if I would have been able to hunt it anywhere else.