Well to those looking for private land to hunt. You can thank the turds that ruined it for all. I haven't hunted in a few years. I will not hunt public land. Thinking about other hunter's watching me through there scope turns me off. Saving up to buy my first house so leasing is out. I can drive to NC and hunt a friend's place. Just to far. So for now I'm enjoying reading everyone else trips. Until I we buy a few acre's. And I'm cool with that. But I do miss fried rabbit.
Access to hunting land, do we do it to ourselves?
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Blnt4rcetrauma
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My dad used to let his cousins hunt our Small 75 acres in Texas hill country. Would shoot anything that moved, often over fences even after explicit instructions not to. They would leave shot shells, brass and beer cans. When they all got too old to go out and hunt or to others with bigger land it has taken us at least 10 years to get out white tail population up.
Now I’m only allowing a coworker who’s a good friend go because he is offering to pay our land owner association fees for this year and wants to take his daughter for a hunt.
Other than that no one but me and my brothers
Now I’m only allowing a coworker who’s a good friend go because he is offering to pay our land owner association fees for this year and wants to take his daughter for a hunt.
Other than that no one but me and my brothers
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If you lived out West, public land is just about the only way to hunt; of course, in states like NV, that means about 85,000 out of 110,000 square miles........
Mom has a bounty on garden raiders right now......
I understand the travel thing, if you're ever looking for pronghorn in Nebraska though, be sure to send me a message!
I appreciate the offer. I'm located in Georgia. I'm keeping an eye on a few rabbits running around the neighborhood. Also I'm feeding the squirrels. So when it's season I'll have some dumplings. And get to teach my kids how to skin squirrel.
alsaqr
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There is one cardinal sin committed by many hunters when they finally get permission to hunt: They bring their buds along. Last year i gave permission to a friend to hunt. Yep, he brought his bud along: Neither will be back.
.455_Hunter
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In CO, there is plenty of public land to hunt. Whether you get anything is dependent on your ability to push deeper into areas than the typical drive around on ATVs all day and get out of breath after walking 20 yards crowd. Also, learning how herds interact in the public land /private land interface can be very useful.
I relied for sixty years on public land, the kindness of a few farmers who I paid back with work and gifts, and finally, after saving, investing and stretching bought 45 acres of timber and bottomland in the Illinois golden triangle. Let "random" people hunt it? You gotta be kidding! Me, my two boys and three nephews, who work hours and hours on land improvements are plenty.
Way too many folks want to be entitled with no investment. Beyond my initial investment, and I worked for my money, there is an annual tab of over $4k for taxes, insurance (lots of insurance), electricity, gas, seed, fertilizer, chemicals.
Get out and hustle. Work for a farmer. Don't cry poor or feel someone owes you access.
Way too many folks want to be entitled with no investment. Beyond my initial investment, and I worked for my money, there is an annual tab of over $4k for taxes, insurance (lots of insurance), electricity, gas, seed, fertilizer, chemicals.
Get out and hustle. Work for a farmer. Don't cry poor or feel someone owes you access.
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.455_Hunter
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I don't blame you. What a bunch of jack wagons. And we wonder why there can be a negative public impression of hunters and shooters...
hossfly
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For 25 years or so I've been seeing the demise of hunting as we used to know it. The numbers bear it out as it's well documented fewer people are in to it now and we all know why.
I grew up hunting and it was a big part of my life. But my youth was similar to the gentleman from Wisconsin. That world does not exist now.
Now the idea of buying property solely for hunting just does not make economic sense to me personally. You can buy a lot of hamburger with that money. Hunting was always secondary to other uses when I was a kid.
I just hope shooting and subsequently 2A and freedom don't die the same death.
I grew up hunting and it was a big part of my life. But my youth was similar to the gentleman from Wisconsin. That world does not exist now.
Now the idea of buying property solely for hunting just does not make economic sense to me personally. You can buy a lot of hamburger with that money. Hunting was always secondary to other uses when I was a kid.
I just hope shooting and subsequently 2A and freedom don't die the same death.
One or two other things factored in to this purchase. The land was priced about $800/acre below what neighboring land was selling for. It had a couple of structures that could be rehabbed and one is now a nice cabin. There was electric service. I found a useable septic system. And it came with a tractor and bulldozer (neither running but now useable). It is easily worth twice what I paid fifteen years ago and my boys will inherit a nice legacy. Win-win but I wish I'd done it ten years earlier before all the age related ailments set in.
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