RE: What is your dedication?
Sure I pay for my lease, though it isn't in any cash amount.
I work for the landowner on the weekends, running cattle, mending fences, bucking hay, etc.
Do I travel? Does 10 minutes count?
I don't think I would pay for a lease because about 150 from where I am is the best Public Mule deer hunting around. And you'll see maybe 3 hunters during the whole season up there.