RE: Need advice on land purchase
Sounds a little iffy , have you looked at other parcels in the region since this would be used for hunting only ? If I were buying "hunting only" land I'd want more than what you described and a better price per acre even if it involved a drive to get there . I'd also like the parcel to be buildable in case my current Shangi-La suddenly got a development surrounding it(depressingly common these days) that prevented me from hunting my own property anymore . Your current set up sounds tenuous at best , I'd keep shopping .
My own situation is that I live and hunt a ten acre wood with good game , it's situated between a similar parcel with non-hunting neighbors on one side and 80 undeveloped(and very unlikely to be) acres of scrub woods . It's the only cover other than windbreaks for at least a half mile in any direction . Recently , the landowner who owns the land on the next road over auctioned off several lots totalling about 150 acres at auction . They were sold in sizeable lots , but my concern is that a developer may have bought them and plans to put in high dollar yuppie barns and their stupid covenant restrictions , which could affect my hunting , or maybe even multiple single family homes . The patches on either side of me are relatively safe , but the influx of potentially several hundred humans could impact game movement and possibly even get my area declared a "no discharge area" . I have plenty of other places to hunt , but I like getting up at my leisure and wandering into the back yard for some laid back meat hunting .
This scenario could easily be yours , I'd keep looking .