Hunting Leases

Hunting Leases Near Austin

Austin hunters have the Hill Country right out the back door. The Hunting Exchange lists leases and day hunts within an hour or two of the city — whitetail, free-ranging axis deer, and exotics across the limestone hills — all free to browse, with escrow protection on every booking.

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We're new and growing fast. If you own Austin-area ground, you can list it free in about five minutes — you set the price, the dates, and the rules, and keep 100% of your price (hunters pay a small service fee on top). Get in early and be the first listing hunters see here.

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Hill Country at the doorstep

Austin hunters have the shortest drive to good deer country of any major Texas city. West into Blanco, Burnet, Llano, and Gillespie puts you on high-density whitetail in under two hours, on leases that cost a fraction of brush-country ground.

Free-ranging axis are established across most of that country and carry no closed season or bag limit on private land, which makes a lease here useful in June and July, not just November.

Other directions worth checking

South of Austin toward Gonzales and Lockhart mixes ag and river bottom with strong dove and heavy hogs. North toward the blackland prairie and Milam and Falls counties gets you cheaper acreage and good deer in the creek bottoms, at the cost of another thirty minutes.

Because the Hill Country is the most competitive lease market in the state, start looking in February. The good places don't reach September unclaimed.

Where to hunt in Austin-area

West into the Hill Country

Whitetail and axis in Burnet, Llano, Blanco, and Gillespie counties.

South of Austin

Deer and dove in Hays, Caldwell, and Bastrop counties.

North toward the prairie

Whitetail and waterfowl in Williamson, Bell, and Milam counties.

What you can hunt

Whitetail deerAxis & exoticsDoveFeral hogs

Why hunters use The Hunting Exchange

Free to browse, always

No paywall to see listings or contact landowners. Search is free, forever.

You don't pay until a deal closes

Funds are held in Stripe escrow until you confirm the property is real. Instant pay for day hunts.

Verified landowners

Every landowner is verified through Stripe before they can take a payment — so you're booking with real people, not a Craigslist gamble.

Map-first search

Filter by county, acreage, game, price, and season, and see exactly where the ground is.

Own Austin-area hunting land? List it free.

List a lease or day hunts in about five minutes — completely free. You set the price, the dates, and the rules, talk to hunters through the site before you agree to anything, and get paid safely through escrow. Listing is free and you keep your full price — hunters pay a small 5% service fee on top.

Not sure what your ground is worth, or whether it’s worth the trouble? Leave your number and I’ll talk it through with you — no account, no obligation.

No account needed, and no obligation. I’ll call back — usually within a few hours, always within a day.

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