St. Gunner
New member
Moosie you said something the other day about coming on a hunt down here. We've been doing a few over the years, no advertising or anything, just somebody ask and we take em. Before we charged $175 a day per person and a kill fee of .50cents per pound.
The guy who is doing this with me and I have been talking and we want to set-up in such a way, the average joe can afford to go if he wants to. What's happened in the past is you have the two of us guiding one guy apiece. Then the kill fee situation they always want to know what size the hog is. So the idea at present is to set-up a kill fee arrangement that is set in stone and easy to live with. One set number that it costs you when you pull the trigger. The number we have been kicking around is $100. Now would you guys as hunter be willing to pay, $175 per day, plus $100 per hog to hunt, when you know your not going to be stuck in a stand all day, your going to be guided. That means any of a few ways of hunting. Summer it means stalking water holes at mid-day. Fall-Spring it means hunting grain fields and stalking along their edges, or using dogs. It would mean in a normal day you'll get in all the daylight to hunt, minus whatever you take for lunch or breaks.
Then if you so desire, you can hunt into the night with lights and such, or dogs, for an added on price, we thought about $50 till midnight or so.
Now the only money we would pocket would be guide fees, the kill fee goes direct to the landowners. With hunting costing what it does now in South Texas, you can't get by like you could four or five years ago by just asking to go shoot hogs. The landowners want something in return since the dang things are tearing up everything and they are letting more than just a couple yahoos who build fence for them on the place.
Now what we have been kicking around alot is taking out more than one guy at a time per person. It means we have to be a little more careful and watch a few more muzzles, but it means the hunter gets a break, not charge more like some folks do, just let the hunters split the regular daily fee. For two guys $87.50 a pop and if you want three guys, about $58, plus the kill fees. The next question is does everyone have a chance to bag a hog and the answer is yes. On the grain fields this past winter we often shot upwards of 15-20 rds per evening, the hogs would return shortly after the shots. In the Summer months, it's feasible for up to three guys to be able to shoot a hog at a water source. Its up close shooting normally under 20yds. There is lots of water available to hunt, just means a pick-up ride in between water holes.
Now my question is what do you like about this idea and what do you not like. Is it a hunt you'd like to go on? I think if we want to try to make a go of this we need to have input from you guys on what you want. We don't have lodging, but a cheap clean motel just down the road($30 per night) or you can camp for nothing here. We'll probably provide one meal a day, it'll most likely be something on the grill, with lots of beans.
I don't make much money, but this is a price range I feel I could handle on a real limited budget. If I took one buddy along I could spend about $400 and bag two hogs and spend two days.
Kick me some more ideas around on places you see need for improvements.
The guy who is doing this with me and I have been talking and we want to set-up in such a way, the average joe can afford to go if he wants to. What's happened in the past is you have the two of us guiding one guy apiece. Then the kill fee situation they always want to know what size the hog is. So the idea at present is to set-up a kill fee arrangement that is set in stone and easy to live with. One set number that it costs you when you pull the trigger. The number we have been kicking around is $100. Now would you guys as hunter be willing to pay, $175 per day, plus $100 per hog to hunt, when you know your not going to be stuck in a stand all day, your going to be guided. That means any of a few ways of hunting. Summer it means stalking water holes at mid-day. Fall-Spring it means hunting grain fields and stalking along their edges, or using dogs. It would mean in a normal day you'll get in all the daylight to hunt, minus whatever you take for lunch or breaks.
Then if you so desire, you can hunt into the night with lights and such, or dogs, for an added on price, we thought about $50 till midnight or so.
Now the only money we would pocket would be guide fees, the kill fee goes direct to the landowners. With hunting costing what it does now in South Texas, you can't get by like you could four or five years ago by just asking to go shoot hogs. The landowners want something in return since the dang things are tearing up everything and they are letting more than just a couple yahoos who build fence for them on the place.
Now what we have been kicking around alot is taking out more than one guy at a time per person. It means we have to be a little more careful and watch a few more muzzles, but it means the hunter gets a break, not charge more like some folks do, just let the hunters split the regular daily fee. For two guys $87.50 a pop and if you want three guys, about $58, plus the kill fees. The next question is does everyone have a chance to bag a hog and the answer is yes. On the grain fields this past winter we often shot upwards of 15-20 rds per evening, the hogs would return shortly after the shots. In the Summer months, it's feasible for up to three guys to be able to shoot a hog at a water source. Its up close shooting normally under 20yds. There is lots of water available to hunt, just means a pick-up ride in between water holes.
Now my question is what do you like about this idea and what do you not like. Is it a hunt you'd like to go on? I think if we want to try to make a go of this we need to have input from you guys on what you want. We don't have lodging, but a cheap clean motel just down the road($30 per night) or you can camp for nothing here. We'll probably provide one meal a day, it'll most likely be something on the grill, with lots of beans.
I don't make much money, but this is a price range I feel I could handle on a real limited budget. If I took one buddy along I could spend about $400 and bag two hogs and spend two days.
Kick me some more ideas around on places you see need for improvements.