Moose in the Yukon would be my dream hunt....Jim Shockey would be guiding me But I don't know that I would pass up the opportunity for 120 acres of good land for any one hunt.
To me it is very satisfying every year to take a buck on my property, a piece of property that I spend the last 22 years improving. I have zero issues with a person going on an outfitted hunt but for me the satisfaction of doing it all on my own adds to the experience.
After reading these, it seems to me the ones who say they would buy the land are whitetail hunters without much interest in hunting anything else. After all, you can't buy that piece of land and hunt moose, antelope, elk, bear and caribou on it. I have killed a lot of whitetails with a bow and if you would have asked me this question 20 years ago, I probably would have said buy the land too. But these days, I am thinking more about cashing in preference points for elk and antelope. I've hunted a lot of bears and I am hooked on that, but I crave the experience of hunting new places and seeing new sights. I went on a deer hunt in the brush country of south Texas last month and I loved the experience, not so much because I was successful and shot a buck, but because I experienced a hunt far different than anything I had ever done before. I have often said I could have easily been a farmer, I love the land. I have my little pocket of deer hunting where I live with my single one-acre food plot right behind the house. I enjoy the process of "farming" it with my 4-wheeler. But I when I look out over some totally new country, see new sights, experience new things and meet new people, that's what moves me more than anything else.
I think also that where you are in life plays a big part in mindset. For the last 25 years my priority with my time and $ has been spent raising kids. I simply didn't have the time or the priority to go on hunting trips. I used to buy hunting and fishing licenses in 2 or more states before I was married. I have one kid set to graduate from college this spring and another who is 2 years in with 4 years left because he plans on getting his masters. I do have more time now but my job involves lots of travel one of the last things I want to do is get on another airplane. I do have aspirations of going out of state to hunt muleteer or elk but I am in no rush to do it.
My wife asked me what I was reading. After I told her she just shook her head and said "white people problems." LMAO...
I guess I have to disagree with this generalization. I have hunted and fished from the James Bay of Quebec to the Laguna Madre Bay off the tip of Texas and several trips as far West as Alaska. I still would never pass up the opportunity to own my own land. The rewards of owning those properties is experienced daily. A trip lasts a week or two and you are left with only memories and maybe a trophy if you are lucky. But, to spend time on property that you have worked hard to improve and to share that experience with friends and family on an ongoing basis is far more rewarding in my opinion. I would still recommend buying the land. If you ever tire of owning the land and what it has to offer, you can one day sell some off and finance any trips you want. Just my two cents.
I believe the choices were owning land verses ONE dream hunt? It seems silly to say people who own land don't hunt animals other than whitetails?
Hunting land without a doubt for me. Something that can be enjoyed by others and passed on for generations. Also the enjoyment you can get out of it for several years. Land development is also fun. Food plots, planting trees, etc. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
The question was basically whether or not to use the money for a down payment or use it on a hunt. You couldn't buy much land for what the hunt would cost. Heck, I would rather hunt all those things and have a bunch of land, but that's not really the question that was asked. The OP phrased it as an either/or question.
