Tony,

Sometimes I wish I was more selfish............I did hunt Steuben a couple times a few years ago and it was nice. I just couldn't go that far from our families.......may as well just move out of state.

I am thinking you are correct though...........what would be ideal is to find about 100 acres that is landlocked by some friendly farmers who don't mind letting the neighbor wander around.

It'sa tough decision.........I really don't know what to do. Sometimes I think that I shouldn't worry about land because traveling a little bit to hunt is ok with me and if I work hard enough I can have access to lots of land for free.......bad part is that could always change and in a flash you could have no where to hunt. Other times I feel like a huge house is stupid and I would much rather just step out the door with bow in hand then wander around a big empty house. Still other times I feel like just getting a nice house and buying land and a cabin as a seperate getaway. Thankfully my wife wants the same thing (she doesn't hunt but loves the woods, privacy and land for our lab to run.

Still other days I feel like instead of spending $100,000-$150,000 on land I could just as easily lease some land in the corn belt.........hunt that every year and go on trips to other places for the next 30 years.


Maybe a bunch of us WNY's should all just get together and lease some land in SteubenCo andbe done with it