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About how much its going to cost to pump up this year. I know all my leases went up 30%. One of my holes will take 500 gallons to pump and another big brake will take 750 gallons. We must be a bunch of crazy sob's to pay this to hunt.

Just thank your lucky stars you get to hunt em every day......You could be one of those dang Alabamians who pays that much then gets to hunt it twice b/c the wifes honey do list is too long...........Kinda like Mallard Mauller in a little over a year and a half........without the Alabama part.........I hope......

torch wrote:About how much its going to cost to pump up this year. I know all my leases went up 30%. One of my holes will take 500 gallons to pump and another big brake will take 750 gallons. We must be a bunch of crazy sob's to pay this to hunt.

You could hunt places that don't require pumping.

Your right in that many things will change this hunting season

olemissduckhunter wrote:Just thank your lucky stars you get to hunt em every day......You could be one of those dang Alabamians who pays that much then gets to hunt it twice b/c the wifes honey do list is too long...........Kinda like Mallard Mauller in a little over a year and a half........without the Alabama part.........I hope......

We've already discussed that and i laid down the law ....so we'll see how long that lasts! I need to find employment so i can join the club in AR!!!!!!!!! I already bought 4 dz decoys!

I was riding home from work the other day.. Got behind a big old bass boat with a 200 hp engine on it.. Got to thinking about my ski boat that I sold in 05. (I had consided buying it back since it was for sale again). It had a 150 on the back. In the summer of 02 when gas prices spiked at 150.00 I went and filled up my Z71 and the boat..

2002 - Truck - 40 Gallons + Boat - 30 Gallons = 70 Gallons * 1.50 = $105.00

2008 - Truck - 40 Gallons + Boat - 30 Gallons = 70 Gallons * 3.93 = $275.00

I don't miss that Truck or that Boat as much as I thought I did..

Just got back from the field were I was talking to a local contractor. Said he's running 3 rigs 10hrs a day that are burning 18gal/hr. At $4/gal that's $2160 a day in fuel alone.

Its alot cheaper to pray for rain.

I know a guy that's running about 2 grand a day through his well to keep up with the irrigation. That's 1 well. We bought 300 gallons the other day and it wasn't cheap. Leases are going to have to go up, and i forsee a lot less fields holding water due to the rise. Public area's are going to be fun, then again if gas keeps climbing, it might not be too bad for the people that want it bad enough.

Got a customer moving dirt in TN that spent $80,000 in diesel last month

If you see a white corolla at Malmaison with a black dog in the backseat it's me.

EVERYBODY STAY HOME.

At the golf course right now we are pumping 750K gallons of water a day out on the course and the landscape beds, and our well can only pump 300K gallons back in the irrigation pond.

Hey Torch, why did your leases go up 30%? Is that the increase for fuel factored in or just landowners upping the price. The reason I ask is, with the landowner I deal with he has had people not able to afford the leases and has offered it to me. We are picking up a good bit. I have heard alot of this going on with the economy, fuel prices, and everything else going up. I've seen some farmers take less money to lock up the lease here recently. May not be your case, just woundering.

torch wrote:About how much its going to cost to pump up this year. I know all my leases went up 30%. One of my holes will take 500 gallons to pump and another big brake will take 750 gallons. We must be a bunch of crazy sob's to pay this to hunt.

"You can not apply economics to Duck Hunting"

Fuel is going to be a tough this season!

We are putting in 2 electric pumps this year!


We had a family meeting to discuss the summer, I told the kids they could go to the beach and Disney World or I could take that money and build and redo duck blinds and pay for pumping.
It's been pretty peaceful around my house lately, My wife and kids don't talk to me any more!!!

torch wrote:About how much its going to cost to pump up this year. I know all my leases went up 30%. One of my holes will take 500 gallons to pump and another big brake will take 750 gallons. We must be a bunch of crazy sob's to pay this to hunt.

Ever thought about going electric