Lost the farm....
12-13-2006, 09:03 AM
#31
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Morgan County, IL
Posts: 1,073
RE: Lost the farm....
You found 300 acres of ground in IL that nobody bowhunts?!?!
Consider yourself one of the luckiest men on earth.
I've been through situations similar to yours. Huntable acreage prices are getting rediculous, inherited land is being soldby relatives before the old farmers are even burried,and some guys will be downright ruthless to get exclusive permission. Eventually every 'common man' in this state will be packed in to what little public ground we have.
Consider yourself one of the luckiest men on earth.
I've been through situations similar to yours. Huntable acreage prices are getting rediculous, inherited land is being soldby relatives before the old farmers are even burried,and some guys will be downright ruthless to get exclusive permission. Eventually every 'common man' in this state will be packed in to what little public ground we have.
12-13-2006, 09:14 AM
#32
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Houston, Tx
Posts: 457
RE: Lost the farm....
My family has a large spread in SW Texas that started out as +/- 6000 acres in the early 1930's. Got split in 3 between brothers as it was passed down. My grandfather's share is the last in the family. I'm praying we can keep leasing the grazing rights so we can continue to keep it.
One of the thirds was sold to a east texas lumber mill owner, the other to a "private hunting ranch" developer and split into to 100 acre tracts. Doesn't make for very hospitible neighbors.
One of the thirds was sold to a east texas lumber mill owner, the other to a "private hunting ranch" developer and split into to 100 acre tracts. Doesn't make for very hospitible neighbors.
