Buy a house near mid central texas coast and $10k per year for a lease an hour inland. Salt water fish all year. Ducks on the coast, tons of deer , hogs, quail, doves, turkey on the lease - might even have some axis or even a nilgai or two. Usually fresh water fishing on most leases. Most leases allow a trophy buck, plus at least one or two management bucks - plus does. Not a lot of 170 plus bucks - but a ton of 150’s. Long hunting season. So far, the liberal pandemic hasnt hit yet - as long as you stay out of Austin.
If you could buy land in any State?
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tynimiller
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My answer doesn't change where, how much since now size is likely not a concern I'm still not desiring much more than say 200 or so. Now if I'm thinking of supporting family or group of friends type situation I'll go bigger, but I think 120-200 is a solid size to manage in detail.
Bowsnbucks
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500 acres in northern Pa or southern tier of N.Y. for ease of travel. I'd want some mature timber, as well as some open ground for food plots & apple / crab trees, spruce clusters, hawthorns, etc. If I could have an additional acreage beside the 500 in Pa. or N.Y. - it would be 1000 acres in Maine - with ridges and swamp both !!! (Plus a nice warm cabin, of course.)
yoderjac
5 year old buck +
A lot depends on your neighbors when you are under 1,000 or so.
H20fwler
5 year old buck +
With crazy money... maybe close to Jackson Hole thousand acres should do it. I can travel to hunt anything else I would want because I've crazy lottery money.
bwoods11
5 year old buck +
A big South Dakota ranch would be pretty special
IkemanTx
5 year old buck +
Call me crazy, but I think it might be Oklahoma.
Good season structure, low land prices, fairly low taxes, strong 2nd amendment stance, conservative stronghold, very few dense urban centers to effect statewide political policy, and some VERY big deer.
If they declare themselves a 2A sanctuary like Texas is planning to, that would make my decision.
I have always said Colorado up in the mountains, but too liberal Denver controls policy for the rest of the state. It is turning into a little california. So, I heartbreakingly have to mark it off the list.
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Good season structure, low land prices, fairly low taxes, strong 2nd amendment stance, conservative stronghold, very few dense urban centers to effect statewide political policy, and some VERY big deer.
If they declare themselves a 2A sanctuary like Texas is planning to, that would make my decision.
I have always said Colorado up in the mountains, but too liberal Denver controls policy for the rest of the state. It is turning into a little california. So, I heartbreakingly have to mark it off the list.
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Assuming money IS an object Id buy in Mexico . { well actually I did} Incredible wildlife paradise, intelligent and liberal laws and unbelievable land prices. $300 an acre common for ranch land. Couple decades ago it was a fraction of that but great deals still to be had. And its very possible to grow 200"+ bucks every year. Just sayin....
I did a little shopping last week before that MegaMillions fell through.
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bwoods11
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Do you own the real estate without any issues, deed restrictions, banks/title companies?
Is the area you hunt, considered a safe area? Curious
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Wondering too. Do you have heavily-armed mercenaries to guard your property & you from drug cartels and kidnappings??
If I won the powerball, I wouldn't BUY much of anything ... why would I want to own land when there is sooooooo much to see in the worId. I might buy a couple hundred acres near family and construct a comfortable shack - say 1 million- for holiday get togethers, etc and as a place to store clothes, equipment, etc. I'd rent me a couple of farmers; maybe up to 10. What do I mean by that? Select prime B/C-P&Y land in IL,IA,KY etc and have them manage the hunting parts of it to my specifications for $20,000 annually or what ever it takes. After wisely investing much of my PB winnings, I'll have enough annual play money to do whatever I choose; even if I have to supplement it with erosion of some of the principle. Same with upland game, turkey, fishing, other big game ,etc,etc. With that kind of money I'll be moving around in my Lear; e.g., attending an afternoon play in NY with dinner/night at Waldorf, next day afternoon sporting event in CA and then dinner at Commander's Palace in LA with duck hunt next morning, and on and on. With unlimited scratch - (say 300M or more - you got to think big). When I got tired of jet-setting, I'd retire for a couple weeks/month at my month-leased penthouse suite in a city of my choice; maybe in Monaco. You get the idea .... with an incredibly large bank account, you can spend a lot of money and still have tremendous financial security. As my wife says, dream on big boy; well I guess I'll go clip some coupons from the newspaper.
bwoods11
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I like the management part of owning land, so I would be the complete opposite, would never lease from anyone again, maybe a outfitter hunt or two? I would buy, buy, buy... best farms and ranches... with great long term diversification and set it up to be in the family forever. So my grandkids/great grandkids would enjoy the $$$ as well. I would still fly in the same crowded seat on the airport, or simply drive to my properties.
Big chunks of ground in South Dakota, Iowa, Idaho, maybe Colorado, or somewhere out west. Big ranch big lodge, how fun!! Then add lots of crop ground in the Midwest to diversify.
I own the property since 1997. No restrictions, clean title. American around me in northern Coahuila own several hundred thousand acres, all recreational property. Where we are is much safer than when I had an apartment in the French Quarter New Orleans. I've been hunting this area since the 1980's and never seen anyone that didn't belong there. I can elaborate in much greater detail but simply stated I am perfectly safe there bringing my family and friends year round. Would much rather be on the Mexican side of the river than on the river U.S. Thats where all the traffic goes.
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Apple Junkie
5 year old buck +
Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee always appealed to me on my trips south, but the southern tier of NY is home range, so I given the chance, I’d buy some of my neighbors ground and wander a little wider. Winter at the “camp” a couple hours ago.
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