leases have been the norm in Texas for many years. it's not going away. 2000 per gun is pretty typical.
Exactly his point. When I lived in Katy, Texas as a young kid and teenager my family could not afford for me and my brother to hunt in Texas. We deer hunted twice in 12 years.

If you don't have money available for hunting then you won't do much of it in Texas.
Holler, I agree with you 100%. Hunting isn't hunting any more. Every season that goes by it becomes more and more a rich mans sport. I know plaes in Alabama that charge up to $25 per acre to lease.