, had always relied on
the kindness of land-owning friends for a place to go hunting. Troy Langan, manager of the
Hunting Lease Network, said additional land will become available as the
Hunting Lease Network makes franchise opportunities available throughout the
United States for sportsmen who are looking to turn a hobby and passion into a
career.

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basketball.
Chris Roach recently joined the Plano Banking Center as Vice President of
Commercial Lending."
Hunting Lease Network has opened more than 212,000 acres of private land
that a few years ago were closed to all hunting.

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DALLAS, Tom Heslep recently joined North
Dallas Bank's Addison Banking Center as Senior Vice President of Commercial
Lending .

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Like many sportsmen, Elliott, of Kansas City, Mo. And while this
was a free arrangement , it did cost him time and energy to track down the
landowner and make sure that their schedules were in sync before he could plan
his hunting trip.nationalhuntingleases. "We started with zero
registered hunters, and at last count we had more than 6,500 located in all US
states and several foreign countries .

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Prior to this, Heslep was employed with another area bank and brings
several years of banking experience to the table. Recently, we've been adding 50 to
100 bidders every day, and we hope to be at 25,000 by the end of 2006.
Hunting Lease Network franchisees throughout the United States will serve
as local liaisons between landowners and lessees -- and the company plans to
branch out beyond hunting leases as well.

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Roach has over 27 years of financial services experience
including bank management, lending and loan review with previous area banking
organizations along with nationwide bank and thrift regulatory liquidation and
receivership expertise. Roach earned his B. (OTC Bulletin Board: NODB), established in
1961, has more than $912 million in assets and is a locally owned bank with
five locations in the Dallas area.
For this fee, Hunting Lease Network also markets the potential lease
nationwide, answers questions from bidders, and coordinates all bidding.
"It was pretty much hassle-free," said Elliott, the sportsman from Kansas
City, Mo.

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Eshbaugh has several years of
banking and trust experience.B., About three years ago, Jack Elliott
went online to find a relationship that allowed him more freedom -- to hunt as
he pleased, that is. He checked out their web
site, visited some hunting ground he'd seen online, and placed his bid to
lease the land he liked best. "We
handle the lease writing, accounting, wildlife harvest reports, hunting
liability insurance carried by hunters, and lease renewals.
"In the past, our family rarely let anyone hunt on the land -- and tried
to keep people off of it -- because some people would have very little respect
for our land," Mount said.

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Langan said that the full-service arrangement through Hunting Lease
Network is especially appealing to absentee landowners like Jim Mount, who
lives in Arizona and owns 1,200 acres in southeastern Nebraska.

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Two corporate-owned franchises are already up and running, and the first
two independent franchises are sold and operating., who now leases 70-, 150- and 190-acre parcels of hunting ground.

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North Dallas Bank + Trust Co. Basically, we
serve as the liaison between the landowner and the hunter for the life of the
lease.

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Heslep received his B.
from Stephen F. When he was hired by Farmers National
Company in 2002, the company had been managing a growing number of hunting
leases as a side service, in response to landowner requests, for the past ten
years. Landowners pay a $100 enrollment fee, which
covers the cost for Hunting Lease Network to build a web page specific to each
landowner's property that includes a detailed description and aerial maps.

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Then he heard about Hunting Lease Network (http://www. "But I'm really happy with this arrangement.

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Austin State University and his graduate degree from SMU
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com),
a subsidiary of Farmers National Company (the largest farm and ranch
management company in the United States) that brings landowners and sportsmen
together online to establish formal hunting leases.
According to the U. This is the first hunting lease franchise in the world.

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Eshbaugh graduated from Washburn University in
Topeka, Kansas with a Bachelor of Arts degree, majored in Political Science
with a minor in Literature, graduated from Washburn Law School in 1999 with a
Juris Doctor degree , was admitted to the Kansas Bar in 1999 and 2001, and the
Missouri Bar in 2001. Member FDIC

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With the proliferation of web-based services, an online "meeting place"
for landowners and hunters presented itself as the perfect solution.
"Once a high bid is received for property, Hunting Lease Network offers
the landowner complete hunting lease management services," Nelson said. Farmers
National Company manages the agricultural production and wildlife habitat on
Mount's land, two-thirds of which is now being leased for hunting during the
non-farming season.

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Jennifer Eshbaugh recently joined the bank's Trust + Financial Services
Division as Vice President and Trust Officer.
According to David Nelson, vice president of conservation and recreation
services for Farmers National Company, hunting leases have been growing in
popularity as landowners look for secure means of supplemental income and
sportsmen feel they can put more money into a higher-quality hunting
experience. The leasing process will
be the same for each franchise .

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"Outdoor enthusiasts have more expendable income for recreation than they
did 10 or 20 years ago, so they have the financial ability to guarantee their
own safe, private, and memorable hunting experience," Nelson said.
"After we officially launched the Hunting Lease Network web site in
September 2002, the buzz really started," Nelson said. "We see real potential for fishing
leases and eco-tourism leases as well," Langan said.

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http://www. Nelson can attest
to this demand for hunting leases. It's
extra money that I wouldn't be getting otherwise , there's the security of the
insurance policy, and I feel that the lessees will police it -- if they 're
leasing it, they're going to keep an eye on it, and keep trespassers off of
it.

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Fish and Wildlife Service's 2001 National Survey of
Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife Associated Recreation, more than $624 million
is spent annually on hunting leases in the United States. "For example, there are
limited hunting opportunities in Hawaii, but we're getting more calls from
individuals and groups who want to lease land in unique locations like that
for fishing, boating, bird-watching, and other outdoor activities.

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Nelson said Farmers National Company and Hunting Lease Network strive to
make the process hassle-free for landowners as well."

For more information about Hunting Lease Network franchise opportunities,
to list land for lease or to view hunting ground available for lease , visit
http://www.com.