Leasing Land To Hunters
To maximize the output from their holdings, the Bradleys lease their lands during hunting season. Minnie Lou has issued ten suggestions to her temporary tenants. One is “No litter”; anyone caught littering, and that includes cigarette butts, will not be invited back to hunt on Bradley 3 land. She insists that guests treat her as a friend, not as a business associate, and that they stay in communication: “We have a busy ranch, so I like to have hunters call ahead of time and let me know when they’ll be there. All of my hunters are great at communicating when they plan on being out and are always quick to let me know if they see any problems on the ranch.”
Bradley said that the ranch leaves no time for hobbies. “I’m always trying to improve the ranch. It’s not the biggest, but I want it to be one of the best. It’s only 11,500 acres, but there’s a lot of work to do – controlling brush, improving the grass. We’ve gone from 250 cows to about 400 cows and that takes some work. We’re in the heart of the Texas deer and quail country, too, so we lease out some land to hunters.
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