I don't think that would happen with the way they are laid out but I have to spend the money before the capitol gains take hold.
They both sound pretty good to me. I like having the tillable area that you could lease out for some extra income, not to mention the added food source. Would you live on either property?
All really comes down to which property had the most potential. There's both good and bad with having the public land bordering your property. My experience with public land hunters hasn't been great. It would be nice to know if the public land gets much pressure. Might be worth a call to the local conservation officer to see if he knows how much pressure it gets and if there's been any issues with it.
I owned property next to public land before and yes I did prosecute couple of hunters and so did some of my neighbors. It cooled down once people knew you didn't put up with trespassing. The 2nd property I bought was a lot better because I researched the neighbors to see if they were QDM. They are QDM and they are also the best neighbors I could ask for. Property one would be my choice if the neighbors are good people. Good neighbors have helped my hunting a lot. I wish you the best of luck.
That's the one thing I like about Illinois public land they make you keep tabs on what you do in the woods. I know people aren't completely honest about hunting but from what I have seen it doesn't get a lot of traffic.2015 there was one reported deer taken off of it.
If the house isn't important...i vote 2. What year is the CRP in? Something that could become tillable?
I'm sure someone could work it I just don't know if I want it worked. There was a lot of deer beds in it
I'm still on the "walk the land, talk to the neighbors and F&G team" and go with where you can see yourself hunting. (and if that is just too much pressure, buy the one that "I" would like to hunt on the most!!!!!)
There are not many 50-80 acre honey holes that hold mature deer, actually hold them, because they wont put up with any activity of any kind that you can't get away from on a small property. If you want to shoot just anything like in your avatar...buy away! LOL
If you're not planning on living there, and provided the public land access point isn't too close to your property line (assuming most public hunters aren't going to walk from from access points), I'm leaning toward #2 especially if the area that is overgrown is tillable.
Not all properties are created equal. Plenty of 20 acre parcels that will have way better hunting than 200-300 acre parcels. All about location, access, and of course, what you're willing to do to improve it. Plenty of guys on here hunt smaller parcels and do very well.
Did you sell a property to buy one of these? Or are you in the process of selling? Are you Doing or planing to use a 1031 exchange?
Of course, I have owned and still own one great 40. I have bought enhanced and sold many of them over the last 30 years. Its one of my jobs. Many guys have great small properties for hunting. But the problem is most people that buy nowadays use them as recreational properties now. And I understand that. They want to cut trails through out the property, put in food plots, cut firewood, hunt tree rats, hunt turkeys and hunt deer. And that's all great, but you won't hold big bucks, it don't happen on small properties with that much activity. The best thing a guy can do is pray a storm comes through and blows half your trees over, wait three years and then hunt one week during the rut. Stay out of a small property as much as possible, but people don't want to just hunt nowadays, they want to use the entire property as much as possible. So as I said, buy away if it will make you happy.
