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==Leasing land to hunters==

==Leasing land to hunters==

​To maximize the output from their holdings, the Bradleys like most ranchers 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.”<ref>[http://www.tpwmagazine.com/archive/2003/aug/ed_3/ Getting Along with Landowners | TPW magazine | August 2003<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>​

​To maximize the output from their holdings, the Bradleys like most ranchers 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.”<ref>[http://www.tpwmagazine.com/archive/2003/aug/ed_3/ Getting Along with Landowners | TPW magazine | August 2003<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

 

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.<ref>[http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=14410 Jolley: Five Minutes With Minnie Lou Bradley<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>​

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.<ref>[http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=14410 Jolley: Five Minutes With Minnie Lou Bradley<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>​

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