Originally Posted by
Topgun 3006
8000 acres down in Texas is not really that big of a ranch---just sayin! The 2000 acre one I use to hunt on bordered one that was 30,000 and that was just a part of what was left after they had sold many thousands of acres over the years.
I'm with ya Topgun, in the bigger Texas picture this may not be considered overly large. On the other hand, there was a lot of talk that at 3,000 acres Cazador was huge and easily managed for large bucks. Now it's more than doubled in size and he was darn proud to have re-connected some old historic ranches back into one unit.
Wis, here in southern MI the land has been broken up so much that thousands of contiguous acres are pretty hard to come by, no doubt. Up north, in the less populated areas, a different story. But then again, all the ag ground is down south (bigger and more deer) so there is a tradeoff. I talk with and see customers properties down south that are counted in thousands of acres and it simply boggles my little brain! It's so much different where I live. Little woodlots surrounded by acres of corn/beans.