Non-res landowners
myself and a friend of mine are interested in buying land in Ohio to deer hunt. Mainly bow. We both are farmers in the mid atlantic and would like to buy land within a days drive. It's just too crowded here. A 130 class buck is posssible here. (I've killed two P&Y) 140 class is exceptional.Ohio keeps getting more and more recognition for its big bucks, so its our first choice. He just got back from a trip to ohio to look at land and talk to real estate agents. The agent told him that he could never keep the residents from hunting it while he wasn't there. They would respect him and his property when he was there, but when you leave it's basically public land. How do you solve this problem and is it really that bad? I wouldn't want to plunk down 200,000 - 300,000 and then have people run all over you. I can do that here for nothing. The agent said buy an acre, build a house/ cabin and hunt public land. Anyone out there with this problem?