Land or trips??? edit for clarity
11-19-2007, 05:11 PM
#32
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blossvale, New York
Posts: 21,199
RE: Land or trips???
YUP, take the land. I tell you what happens with these out of state trips. You can't get anything else done because you're either preparing to go or cleaning up when you get back. I've been on the go so much this year either on little fishing, golfing, hunting and whatever trips that I really haven't had much time to hunt. Like now.. I just got back from the Southern Tier of NY. Bucks should really be on the prowl around the house but I've been cutting up and freezing deer meat, washing clothes, paying bills and doing all sorts of things so I can leave Wed for Georgia. If I were to go hunting and shoot something I wouldn't hardly have time to mess with the meat. I have a great piece of property just across the line into NY Southern Tier that I haven't even had the time to walk through to see what's there. OH well, I'll hunt it next year.[&:]
11-19-2007, 05:19 PM
#34
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 9,445
RE: Land or trips???
Deffinetly land! But it would be land out in the western states like Montana, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming! I would love to live in the mountains away from all the people and idiots in this world. I can't think of anything better then getting woke up in the morning from a bull elk bugeling in the mountains in the middle of no where. To bad its just a dream and not reality![:@]
11-19-2007, 06:18 PM
#35
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Albany, NY
Posts: 4,679
RE: Land or trips???
Even after restating your question, I still take the land assuming I can have my friends and family to share it with. That's what the hunting is about for me. I only wish I lived on my family patch and could walk and enjoy it without having to travel nearly 4 hours to get there. The satisfaction I had this year watching a3.5 year old stud of an 8 pointer nose to the ground looking for ladies in my big food plot........well, there is really nothing I can compare it to. I really take pride in and enjoy working with the land.
11-19-2007, 06:35 PM
#36
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Kansas baby!
Posts: 708
RE: Land or trips???
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Land. They aren't making any more of it.....and I'd LOVE to work my own farm.
Land. They aren't making any more of it.....and I'd LOVE to work my own farm.
11-19-2007, 06:55 PM
#37
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Western PA
Posts: 374
RE: Land or trips???
I am in the process of making this decision right now. I too live in PA and have been researching raw land prospects as well as modest cabins/houses on a small plots of land. I have been fortunate in recent years to take several hunting trips (New Brunswick for bear, Africa for plains game, Ohio for whitetail)but still desire a camp/land of my own. The desire has intensified as my children become more interested in Dad's outdoor exploits. I'm not in a position to purchase a parcel to live on and maintain as we just built a house 3 years ago, but looking more toward a weekend/seasonal getaway. Granted it wouldn't provide me with elk/pronghorn opportunities you referenced, but with PA's recent game management, I am certain I could find deer, bear, turkey, and trapping opportunities to keep me busy. In a perfect world, we could have both.
11-19-2007, 07:17 PM
#38
Super Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Southeast Central Illinois USA
Posts: 6,969
RE: Land or trips???
Land. In fact I am sort of torn right now. The land my brother, 4 sisters and I have inherited will most likely be up for sale within a couple of months. Divide that up by 6 of us and it doesn't leave much for me to buy over here in Illinois. Probably 40-50 acres if I am lucky and more like 30 acres with the price of land here now.
200 acres here is going to cost you a minimum of $400,000 and some will go $600,000 on up!
200 acres here is going to cost you a minimum of $400,000 and some will go $600,000 on up!
