Hunting Leases

Rio Grande Turkey Hunting Leases in Texas

Texas holds the largest Rio Grande turkey population in the country, and almost all of it lives on private ground. If you own acreage anywhere from the Edwards Plateau across the Rolling Plains and down into the South Texas brush, you very likely have birds on it — and spring turkey is the one season most landowners never think to lease. Deer ground is competitive and gets negotiated hard; spring turkey access on the same acres sits empty. The Hunting Exchange lists Texas turkey ground free to browse, with escrow protection on every season lease and instant pay on day hunts.

Browse ListingsList Your Land — Free

Texas turkey listings

🌱

Be the first to list your Texas turkey property

We're new and growing fast. If you own Texas turkey 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.

List Your Land — FreeBrowse All Leases

Why a turkey lease is worth putting up

Spring turkey doesn't collide with deer season — your deer lease has been over for months, so you're selling the same acres twice, in two different seasons, to two people who will never meet. It's low impact: a turkey hunter is on the ground at daylight, usually done by mid-morning, and gone. The birds are already there, roosting in the same cottonwoods, pecans, and live oaks every year and watering at the same tanks, so ground with roost trees along a creek and reliable water is turkey ground whether you manage for it or not. And it's an easy first listing if you've never leased to a stranger — a two-morning spring hunt is a far smaller commitment than handing over a season.

Season timing, and why this page exists in September

Texas spring turkey has zone-specific dates that change from year to year, plus a separate youth weekend — check the current TPWD Outdoor Annual for your county rather than relying on a printed date here. What matters for a landowner is when the leasing happens, and the answer is months before the season, not weeks. Hunters plan spring turkey trips over the winter, so a tract posted in the fall gets found and looked at all winter, while a tract posted in March is competing with everyone who was organized.

Where to hunt in Texas turkey

Hill Country & Edwards Plateau

Kerr, Mason, Llano, Gillespie, Edwards, Kimble — live oak and cedar with creek-bottom roosts. The most-searched turkey region in the state.

Rolling Plains & Concho Valley

Concho, Coleman, Throckmorton — mesquite, cottonwood draws, and stock tanks with far less hunter pressure.

South Texas brush country

Webb and Dimmit — Rios often add on to whitetail ground sitting idle in April.

What you can hunt

Rio Grande turkeyFeral hogsDoveWhitetail deer

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 Texas turkey 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.

Or list it yourself — free

Keep exploring

Texas Hunting Leases →List Your Texas Hunting Lease — Free →Hill Country Hunting Leases →South Texas Whitetail Hunting Leases →Gillespie County Hunting Leases →Llano County Hunting Leases →Axis Deer & Exotic Hunting Leases — Texas Hill Country →Hunting Leases Near Lubbock, Texas →How to Find a Hunting Lease: The Complete 2026 Guide →How to Avoid Hunting Lease Scams →First-Time Hunting Lease Checklist: What to Ask Before You Sign →