FYI a ranch that is 8000 acres or more is about as free range as you can get when a deer normally lives within a one or two square mile area it's whole life even when it can go wherever and whenever it wants to. Granted the hill country is littered with high fence places and a lot of them are small enough where I also wouldn't call it hunting, but please don't include those huge ranches in with them as you wouldn't know you were hunting within one if you didn't have to go through a gate to get in there! You are certainly correct though that the lease fees are crazy compared to back in the 70s, but that's the hunter's own fault. If they didn't pay them, they might come down to a reasonable amount.