Oops - TX Landowners Forgot Deer Hunting Provisions When Leasing Land For Fracking

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David McKown, ranch manager at A&M's La Copita Demonstration Ranch and Research Area in Jim Wells County, which doesn't have oil and gas production, said hunters are not enjoying the typical, quiet South Texas winter. “Hunters are very disappointed,” he said. “They were looking for a decent deer lease. Now there are roads and trucks everywhere.”

McKown says owners will have to figure out how they will manage their property. He tells people not to rely on any one type of business, even if that business is lucrative oil and gas royalties, and encourages ranchers to have a mix of cattle or goats, hunting and activities such as birding.

“What's the long-term picture? I would imagine that some of these people are just crippling their deer herd with all of that activity,” McKown said. “One of the things we preach to people is longevity. How are you going to pay all of your bills?”

Retzloff, who also owns a business that monitors well tests for mineral owners, said that the oil boom could bust if prices drop too far. “These people who say this is going to last 10 years or 20 years shouldn't be saying that,” he said. “They can't predict what commodity prices are going to do.”

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