Land for personal shooting "range"

[Inebriated]

The foothills are probably one of your best bets in NC. You can find a lot of land out here that's naturally conducive to safe shooting. Not much land moving/tree clearing necessary if you look around for the right piece of property.

 

[herkyguy]

I've got 50 acres on a river in eastern NC. Got it for a steal at the worst of the market crash.

It was clearcut years ago and is a tangled mess. I've got a natural berm for shooting pistols and from time to time i'll build various types of backstops for rifle and heavy calibers. Very little prep for shooting required, but lots of land management to keep trails clear and treestands in order.

I would recommend factoring in a few tools for your purchase.

1: ATV
3: Boom sprayer
4: a good chainsaw
5: Handheld brushcutter

If you've got open land, you may want to look into a compact tractor and implements.

My point is that an extra $10K-$15K is smart planning.

 

[Garrobo]

Since point blank

range is about 25 yards and most shooters zero in at 100 yards for most center fire rifles I'd say that around a hundred and fifty yards with a good backstop is plenty.

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

Cee Zee,

Yup farm land and to make matters worse, not your typical KS county. Leavenworth is more of an urban county now, there are some counties that still do not have codes or inspection requirements. Our raw land depending on size parcel is anywhere from 3-6 K per acre. Land close to post can go for over 12K per acre. Across the county rd from me, they were selling 10 acre plots that backed up to a nice lake for 80K a couple years ago. A lot is due to proximity to the Fort and a large number of 6 figure incomes due to army pensions and either contractor or GS jobs, double dipping is the norm. Not complaining cause "I are one", but it does drive the costs up. Then there's a decent amount of money coming in from the prisons (3-4 here, not sure).

Get away from the major cities, and it's true rural. 1/2 mile down the road starts another county where things are more reasonable.

Chuck

Yep, Jefferson county is pretty rural too.

 

[jrdolall]

Everything can cost more in certain parts of "the sticks". Take Montana, where I have some experience. You can get land for very cheap if you are willing to be out in the sticks. The difference in the sticks of Montana and the sticks of Alabama is that you can be 200 miles from a Home Depot or Walmart in MT so doing any construction or work of any kind is quite difficult. Just about everywhere in AL is within 30 minutes of a "major" city with a Lowe's and Walmart. There are places in MT that are MILES from a power line so generators are a must. 800 foot wells aren't cheap either.

 

[alsaqr]

Be wary of ranch land being broken up and sold by large real estate companies. Years ago i found a great 80 acre place in Montana at a good price. When we mentioned hunting and shooting the agent nearly had a conniption. There were covenants forbidding hunting and shooting.

 

[Cee Zee]

There were covenants forbidding hunting and shooting.

That sort of thing is a terrible blight on this country. I think I'll start buying land and putting stipulations that it never be used for do-gooder enterprises then sell it. If I can turn over all the land in a state I'll have created Uptopia!

Who are those people to limit how land is used after they sell it? Whatever happened to freedom? Montana has become the haven of the rich and reclusive since the Hollyweird crowd decided living in that hole wasn't such a good thing. The way they have influenced Montana politics is awful. I used to want to move to Montana. Tried to talk my wife into doing it way back when. Now I wouldn't even want to visit there if half the stuff I have heard is true.

 

[jrdolall]

Who are those people to limit how land is used after they sell it? Whatever happened to freedom?

I tried to buy 2,500+ acres in GA about five years ago from the Callaway Gardens Estate. The price was pretty good for the type of land and the location. They had developed a "permanent wildlife easement" (or something like that)where the land could NEVER be used for any sort of residential or commercial development other than livestock or forestry. NEVER. I found some other land to buy because I don't want to tell my grandkids they can never develop land that their family has had for 50 years.

 

[g.willikers]

Heck JR,
Don't sweat your grandkids not being able to have used that land as they see fit.
50 years from now those wildlife easement restrictions will have died off, along with their creators.
Sooner or later, reality raises its maw and shows its fangs.
Wouldn't be surprised if a civil war or two had transpired on it by then, either.

 

[jrdolall]

Yeah but that's a big dollar gamble. I bought land in Alabama for about the same money with no restrictions and actually have mineral rights. Haven't checked for any minerals but you never know....
The Callaway Foundation is pretty big and still owns a lot of prime land in Georgia. That is where Bill Jordan got his start poaching, I mean hunting, and near where Foxworthy has a farm.