Oh without a doubt and working in the real estate/assessing world anyone buying land that needs and easement or right of way do two things always: -TRY TO PAY TO HAVE THE PARCEL YOU NEED TO CROSS SPLIT INTO TWO AND PURCHASE THE NEW SMALL ONE OUT RIGHT FOR YOUR ACCESS. -IF ABOVE ISN'T POSSIBLE, THEN MAKE DARN SURE YOU OFFICIALLY RECORD THE EASEMENT AGREEMENT WITH YOUR COUNTY RECORDER (OR SIMILAR FUNCTIONING OFFICE). I have heard a few horror stories of people with un-recorded easement agreements lose legal access due to new owners not honoring what used to be....not good.
Me and my hunting crew didn't get our name for nothin. We have nine acres and are covered in deer. The surrounding land is a combination of dense woods, a few small fields, and a few hillbilly trailers/houses down the road. We put a small cabin on the property for camping and hunting convenience. As the others have said, location is everything. I'd much rather have my private 9 acres than 50 acres of some of the other busy and more public locations that other people hunt on.
I would hunt any size property, but if looking to buy for the sole purpose of hunting, it would need to be at least 40 acres. Even that wouldn't be enough really.
The land rates/price in Northern Wisconsin make this doable...not so much in some parts of the country.
Before I bought the ground I have now, 30 acres sounded like a huge spread. It's not. I probably wouldn't buy anything less than 40 now.
I understand this. But, I wouldn't blow my money on a small piece of land just for shooting an animal when there's huge tracts of public land out west that I could take trips to hunt with that same money. I know I know, it's an investment, it's all mine, I can do what I please with it.......blah blah blah. Let's be realistic, hunting the same 5-20 acres every year would get old very quickly. After the first year, I would be able to hear the fog horns shouting "booorrrrrrrrrrring."
I don't find my 40 acres boring at all. I love being able to walk out my back door and be in my stand in 10 minutes. It affords me a lot more hunting time than if I had to drive a good distance to my hunting property. I know the deer that frequent my property and I really enjoy trying to figure them out. Killing the deer that I've been getting on camera since he started putting on velvet is a pretty cool thing to me. So, to each their own, but I personally don't find it boring.
Do you live on this property? Also, 40 is more than the 5-20 I mentioned in my previous post. Maybe you missed the first post where I said it would have to be 40 acres minimum.
Yes, we bought the land and built our house on it. My 40 hunts more like 20 though since the north side has our house and about an 15 acre hay field. Living on it does make a big difference, no doubt. I have access to 3000 acres of public land 4 miles east of me and I never use it because it's just so convenient to hunt on my place.
I don't have to ability (funds lol $) at this time to purchase land but I've hunted properties as small as 5acres with success and most notably my father in laws down on Front Royal Va is only 10acres and have had lots of success... But in saying that it's always been my belief that the smaller the size of property you hunt the less you can hunt it cause of pressure and just the overall amount of deer it will hold (but that might not be true it's just my opinion) < + >
So you didn't buy it for the sole purpose of deer hunting, which is what I thought this thread was about.
.......um........grew up and still love hunting family's 9 acres worth of woods. I get what you're saying but just gonna agree to disagree on this one because personally I think if you get bored hunting 5, 10, 20, 30 acres I'd question you're drive to hunt. We've been extremely successful for some Hoosier boys (pops and I) for only have 9 acres. Never has gotten old, not even for a second. Have we wished we had more? Sure but everyone does. That's just mine and doesn't include a couple younger 8's. Pops has also taken 3, one of which was around the 120 mark. I know not GIANTS by any means but still solid for sure. (disclosure, the biggest picture in the collage is last year's buck and that is the only one that wasn't taken at the homestead property (and isn't as big as 3 of the bucks taken at homestead), it was shot out of a 20+/- acre wooded spot.
Dan, is this when I also tell you I just sent off a written proposal to buy 5 acres.....for sole purpose of hunting? :D
That's why I said "I" would hear the fog horns. So, you would question my drive for hunting because I find it absolutely boring sitting in the same few trees on a small property looking at the same surroundings over and over and over and over and over? I would question your definition of hunting. To me, hunting is an adventure, and there's very little adventure doing the same thing over and over.
Well, actually we did, but after owning a while we realize we wanted to live out there. So initially, recreational land was the reason for the purchase.
I would question the drive as defined by me and what my definition is. Perhaps it'd change or create a hyrbid thinking of drive for me....but than again I've never been blessed with the ability to hunt tons of different trees, terrain, settings and property.....I just don't think either side can write the other off entirely (not claiming you did)....and by stating my thought I show the other side of things is all.
I always picture you in this video when you talk about finding adventure. [video=youtube_share;mY4QCIa3dVQ]http://youtu.be/mY4QCIa3dVQ[/video]
Dan if being sarcastic If you truly find it not sane....just stop. It is ridiculous to think that 5 acres in an awesome spot can't pay off in big ways for years to come. It is a swamp bedding area which will only get hunting during gun season (with a bow) when other push the deer into it...sure I wish it was more (add a "0" in front of the 5) but God blesses me with many things but a deep pocket book isn't one of them currently and I'm okay with that.
