[NW80]

As I iterated in a previous thread, I've hunted deer in Texas for 43 yrs and in that time have killed ALOT of deer. I also helped a fellow manage his Mule Deer in the Trans Pecos. Needless to say deer hunting has been the centerpiece of my avocations and I feel sad about the current situation dicuussed in a previous thread.
My answer is sight fishing with a flyrod to tailing fish ( Bones, Reds, etc.) You have to "hunt" them, then get them to eat the fly and you get to turn them loose when you' caught them!
I don't think that GOD and the State of Texas are going to go up on my lease price!

 

[RJVFISHER]

I don't think that GOD and the State of Texas are going to go up on my lease price!

Fishing licenses go up in price almost every year!

 

[NW80]

So do hunting licenses!

 

[DeerTexas]

Why new thread?

 

[NW80]

The other had become too violent!

 

[kenforu]

Some people seem to take threads to far with comments, I do agree with you I started the landowner thread and I am close to going to fishing and fly fishing is so relaxing. You get the same thrill when the strike happens as you do when a deer steps out.

 

[DeerTexas]

The other had become too violent!

Depends on your perspective, I suppose. PETA would think fly fishing is violent. If someone starts yet another thread regarding the same issue, I bet it's a PETA member. If it happens, maybe we should SHOOT HIM.

 

[NW80]

Seeing a pod of Redfish tailing or a school of Bonefish cruising is just about as much fun as seeing a herd of Mule Deer.

The best part is you can turn them loose after you play with them. And, I've never known a trout( Brown,Brook or Rainbow),Bonefish, Permit,Redfish or Tarpon that lived in an ugly place!!

 

[scubaru]

I've never known a trout( Brown,Brook or Rainbow),Bonefish, Permit,Redfish or Tarpon that lived in an ugly place!!

Yep, too bad not many live in Texas either. Guess I'll just have to drive to the ranch this weekend.

 

[shallowminded]

I'm with you N-80. I still have my deer lease, but stalking trophy trout or reds in 8" of water, and then having one of them blow up on a top water is not for the weak of heart. I'll continue to hunt as long as it is reasonable. If I have to choose between them, the deer lease will have to go.

 

[NW80]

"Shallowminded", thanks for your thoughts. I too will keep shooting deer but only culling and training my Catahoula blood dog. There's something about stalking fish with a flyrod that "sets ya free"!

 

[kenforu]

Deer Texas sure wants to curve your opinion if it is not about hunting and where in the world did PETA come into this conversation

 

[jferrell1211]

NW80, that sounds sweet, I got a brand new flyrod and riggin for Christmas last year and still haven't learned to use it.....being a southern boy---flyrods have always been the domain of others...but I'm ready to give it a shot......I'll be practicing in the backyard later when the rain stops!!!

 

[GinMan]

Obviously you've never caught a redfish at Lake Colorado City.........LOL

Seeing a pod of Redfish tailing or a school of Bonefish cruising is just about as much fun as seeing a herd of Mule Deer.

The best part is you can turn them loose after you play with them. And, I've never known a trout( Brown,Brook or Rainbow),Bonefish, Permit,Redfish or Tarpon that lived in an ugly place!!

 

[DeerTexas]

Deer Texas sure wants to curve your opinion if it is not about hunting and where in the world did PETA come into this conversation

Where's your sense of humor?

 

[Outcast]

There's other things to hunt and you can let them go after playing with them as well. (providing she'll leave!) Oh.....the price isn't any better than current dear lease prices in S TX!!

 

[DeerTexas]

Yowza

 

[texasjellyfish]

been hunting in comfort same lease since 1977, price is still the same @ 400 per gun 4 gun max, 650 acres, cabin , ele, running water , no septic

 

[mickey]

Lifetime License

I purchased my lifetime license this year. It is probably one of the best longterm hunting/fishing investments I could have made. The prices are going to always go up. Right not, the license cost is $1000, quite a chunk of money. However, if you plan on fishing for more than 13 years, it pays for itself at current prices. Remember that the price will only go up. I will purchase one for my kids when I am some. I would have already paid for the lifetime license by now with all the ones I have bought every year. Just a thought. How many people out there have lifetimes?

 

[kweber]

keep in mind that there are groups who would like to privatize bays and beaches also.