sep0667
Land of the Whitetail
If you were going to buy a property for deer hunting, specifically archery, what is the least amount of acres you would consider purchasing?
Of course it depends on what your goals are, if it was just to shoot a deer I would just stick with public. My goal would be to try and attract and retain some deer on the property and ultimately try and have a realistic opportunity at an older more mature class buck. Obviously neighbors being on the same page is huge and perhaps need to look at how many landowners are in the immediate area. If the area has a bunch of property owners with 20, 40, 60, 80 acre peices and multiple people hunting that would not be as ideal as landowners owning 160, 240, 400 etc acre chunks in the area.
Also the the landscape of the area has an impact too. Is the immediate area mostly all timber, or a lot of ag ground too? Is there a water source like a good creek flowing through?
I've always wanted to own my own ground, but as I get closer to being able to actually seriously consider buying the more I begin to lean towards just sticking with the couple small private places I have permission and public.
I run through whitetail properties, land watch, etc a few times a week. It really makes me wonder too on who buys all those big properties for upwards or over a million dollars.
Any thoughts? Things to consider/suggestions?
Of course it depends on what your goals are, if it was just to shoot a deer I would just stick with public. My goal would be to try and attract and retain some deer on the property and ultimately try and have a realistic opportunity at an older more mature class buck. Obviously neighbors being on the same page is huge and perhaps need to look at how many landowners are in the immediate area. If the area has a bunch of property owners with 20, 40, 60, 80 acre peices and multiple people hunting that would not be as ideal as landowners owning 160, 240, 400 etc acre chunks in the area.
Also the the landscape of the area has an impact too. Is the immediate area mostly all timber, or a lot of ag ground too? Is there a water source like a good creek flowing through?
I've always wanted to own my own ground, but as I get closer to being able to actually seriously consider buying the more I begin to lean towards just sticking with the couple small private places I have permission and public.
I run through whitetail properties, land watch, etc a few times a week. It really makes me wonder too on who buys all those big properties for upwards or over a million dollars.
Any thoughts? Things to consider/suggestions?