I might be getting too practical here, butI believeweare assuming you're just buying hunting land and are not going to move to that state?

In that case a major influence, with me at least, would be the game laws for non-residents. Many states have instituted huge price hikes for their non-resident licenses AND they are radically restricting what kind of hunting non-residents can do and where they can do it. Seasons have been altered for non-residents, they're banned from hunting on public land, fewer tags are allocated, and other restrictions apply and it doesn't matter if you own land.

For example, New Mexico is mentioned. I don't know the current particulars, but I do recall that non residentswere either very restricted as far asthe number of elk tags that were allocated after the residents get tagsorthere are no non-resident tags at all unless you're with an outfitter. I could be wrong on this as it relates to NM, but the point is the rules are different ifyou're not a resident and often the cost is 2-10X more for a license or a tag.

Look at South Dakota as well. It doesn't matter if you own land out there, you're still paying $110 for a pheasant license. And then they tried to ban non-residents from hunting at all during the first two weeks of season but later backed down not because it was a monumentally bad idea, but because the hotel, motel, and restaurant owners reminded the legislators which side of the bread the butter was on seeing as how the average resident spends $50 a year on hunting and then expects change.

Basically it's quickly reaching the point where just because you own land doesn't mean you'll be able to hunt on it.

Grouse