In south arkansas leases are just a fact. i lease 2000 acres with 12 other people. yeah we pay 400 a year but i dont worry about a place to hunt . around here hunting is like a cult. everybody hunts. and if you drop your lease someone will snatch it before you can blink. i could hunt family land for free but the fun we have is priceless. actually i get my moneys worth because my lessors let me cut dead or downed trees for firewood. after our ice storm i have been having a field day. my lessors get the check. i make the checks out to the landowner . unless its international paper or other timber company. they seem to be going up every few years right now we avg. 2.75 @ acre. i guess someday they may out price the good ole boys. i'll deal with that when it happens.