Arty
09-10-2014, 08:26 PM
I just got word that I was high bid (I think only bid) on a small 64 acre parcel to hunt this year. All mine. Big enough for my and my two youngin's. Surrounding it is very large parcels of mostly farm land. 45 or so acres is 20 year old pines that have been thinned and some of it is pretty clear. Lots of lanes throughout. The edges are completely surrounded by very mature oaks. One corner is bottom land with a creek, and gets somewhat thick.
I only walked the property one time before placing the bid but I was very impressed with it.
One concern where I live is the running of dogs....it can cause problems for still hunters. BIG hunt clubs gobble up ALL land available for leasing. I looked at google maps and drove all around and I do not THINK there is any way for a hunt club to drop dogs that would be able to run across this property. Not to say I wouldn't see or hear a dog, but I am fairly confident that people won't be lined up around the edges of it.
Kinda late in the season to pick up land, but it's not for the lack of trying. I just happened to make a phone call Tuesday morning to a place that I had called 5 other times since Spring, and he said..."Uh, actually we DO have something I think" He said the owner (who owns at least 4,000 acres according to our counties GIS website) must have just overlooked listing it. He said it's happened before. "He's got so much land he don't know where most of it is"....(his words).
The lease is not signed, but it's supposed to be emailed tomorrow. I'm a happy guy tonight!
I only walked the property one time before placing the bid but I was very impressed with it.
One concern where I live is the running of dogs....it can cause problems for still hunters. BIG hunt clubs gobble up ALL land available for leasing. I looked at google maps and drove all around and I do not THINK there is any way for a hunt club to drop dogs that would be able to run across this property. Not to say I wouldn't see or hear a dog, but I am fairly confident that people won't be lined up around the edges of it.
Kinda late in the season to pick up land, but it's not for the lack of trying. I just happened to make a phone call Tuesday morning to a place that I had called 5 other times since Spring, and he said..."Uh, actually we DO have something I think" He said the owner (who owns at least 4,000 acres according to our counties GIS website) must have just overlooked listing it. He said it's happened before. "He's got so much land he don't know where most of it is"....(his words).
The lease is not signed, but it's supposed to be emailed tomorrow. I'm a happy guy tonight!