Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
I really enjoy watching everyone transform their properties. I feel like it is a very noble calling to take a piece of land, however big or small, and make it the best you possibly can. It’s always been a dream ever since I first started hunted to put my stamp on a piece of property. Fortunately January of last year I purchased 250 acres in western Kentucky. It is close to where John Prines’ famous song Paradise was about so I figured Down the Road From Paradise was a fitting title for this thread.
I feel like I’ve (we’ve, dad and buddy have been huge helps) come a very long way in a year and half but there is a ton more to do but that’s the beauty of it. It’s a lifetime of work that is so enjoyable and rewarding. The part i didnt love was working on the cabin that was part of the property. Since I don’t live too close to the property I needed to make this livable. The previous owner had a lake place down the road so he didn’t necessarily have to make it a second home.
Step 1 was to give it running water. This is an off the grid set up (generator) where he brought in water. That wasn’t gonna fly!
Thankfully buddy has a skid steer with a trencher. So me, him and dad carved out a weekend in February and ran 1800’ of water line. Kill me before I do this again! But it was an absolute game changer for this property.
I feel like I’ve (we’ve, dad and buddy have been huge helps) come a very long way in a year and half but there is a ton more to do but that’s the beauty of it. It’s a lifetime of work that is so enjoyable and rewarding. The part i didnt love was working on the cabin that was part of the property. Since I don’t live too close to the property I needed to make this livable. The previous owner had a lake place down the road so he didn’t necessarily have to make it a second home.
Step 1 was to give it running water. This is an off the grid set up (generator) where he brought in water. That wasn’t gonna fly!
Thankfully buddy has a skid steer with a trencher. So me, him and dad carved out a weekend in February and ran 1800’ of water line. Kill me before I do this again! But it was an absolute game changer for this property.