Best hunting Counties and reasonable land in NY??
08-03-2003, 08:51 PM
#1
Fork Horn
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Best hunting Counties and reasonable land in NY??
I grew up hunting in Columbia County, moved to Ulster County and ended up in Suffolk County which all my hunting areas have turned into mostly back yards now.
Finishing my career and am now finally going to have time and some savings to devote to hunting again. I am hoping to buy a hunting retreat and build a cabin with a minimum of 100 acres. I was hoping to spend between $500-1000 an acre. Any ideas about where? Have a friend who wants me to get land next to him in Chenango County don’t really know the area and was thinking the Adirondacks was the best place, the wife wants me to get a place back in Columbia County but the land prices seem awfully high now. Where’s the dream hunting area in NY that’s still affordable?
Any opinions or suggestions appreciated
Finishing my career and am now finally going to have time and some savings to devote to hunting again. I am hoping to buy a hunting retreat and build a cabin with a minimum of 100 acres. I was hoping to spend between $500-1000 an acre. Any ideas about where? Have a friend who wants me to get land next to him in Chenango County don’t really know the area and was thinking the Adirondacks was the best place, the wife wants me to get a place back in Columbia County but the land prices seem awfully high now. Where’s the dream hunting area in NY that’s still affordable?
Any opinions or suggestions appreciated
08-04-2003, 06:26 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Adirondack Moutains USA Member since sept/02
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RE: Best hunting Counties and reasonable land in NY??
I' m not sure where the best place for you would be. Just remember when you get your property watch out for the tax man. I met some real nice people awhile back that bought some beautiful land up by Old Forge, didn' t cost much. Then they built a small cabin, then it came time for taxes[
][X(] The taxes were more then the cabin and the property put together. Sometimes the good deals, aren' t all that good.
][X(] The taxes were more then the cabin and the property put together. Sometimes the good deals, aren' t all that good.
08-04-2003, 07:33 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: western N.Y.
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RE: Best hunting Counties and reasonable land in NY??
i moved out of the NYC area some 20 years ago, and know many hunting areas
well in n.y. from the adirondaks to the catskills, to the finger lake region, to lake
erie, If i was in your shoes, and considering reasonable nice looking land, with
high deer and turkey populations, land is still very cheap in the western part of n.y. with on average some of the best bucks killed every year, have to admit i do love all the other areas mentioned, but for plantiful game, at a reasonable price
and beauty to match, you cant beat south western N.Y., and taxes are very cheap
in fact can set you up with, my sister inlaw, who is a realitor, and is looking for
land for my dad right now, who lives on staten island, send me a PM if your interested, shes got printouts on listing by the hunderds,
well in n.y. from the adirondaks to the catskills, to the finger lake region, to lake
erie, If i was in your shoes, and considering reasonable nice looking land, with
high deer and turkey populations, land is still very cheap in the western part of n.y. with on average some of the best bucks killed every year, have to admit i do love all the other areas mentioned, but for plantiful game, at a reasonable price
and beauty to match, you cant beat south western N.Y., and taxes are very cheap
in fact can set you up with, my sister inlaw, who is a realitor, and is looking for
land for my dad right now, who lives on staten island, send me a PM if your interested, shes got printouts on listing by the hunderds,
08-04-2003, 10:07 AM
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: waterville/barre vermont USA
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RE: Best hunting Counties and reasonable land in NY??
check out gunhut.com, or is it thegunhut.com? anyway i don' t know your counties, but there is a lot of land posted on it, not only for ny., but all over. scroll through all of the pages, looks like lots of good deals in it.
08-04-2003, 11:27 AM
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Old Bridge, NJ
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RE: Best hunting Counties and reasonable land in NY??
I would try Northern Delaware County. Still a top producer in deer, land is still relatively cheap, and its good quality land, Farmland, with big woods.
Try Looking around Stamford, Gilboa, Davenport area.....
Try Looking around Stamford, Gilboa, Davenport area.....
08-04-2003, 06:42 PM
#7
Fork Horn
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RE: Best hunting Counties and reasonable land in NY??
Thanks for your kind help guys. norsemen, I emailed you. I' m going to Columbia County next week to look at some land and then to Chenago in the early fall. Both areas are reccommended by friends who know the area, but are smaller than what I wanted.
