Land or trips??? edit for clarity
11-19-2007, 05:35 PM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Cogan Station, PA
Posts: 2,298
RE: Land or trips???
Land...I WILL live on a decent amount of acerage...I've grown up not knowing anything else (we grew up on a 90acre farm I still hunt). Along with all the benefits of being able to walk right out the door to hunt, manage your property, scout when the feeling presents itself, etc, I enjoy the privacy, the ability to go for a long walk whenever I want, even if it's just before dinner. I could never go back to a 5- acre tract ever...just can't happen. This is why I'm not in a huge hurry to jump into new truck payments right now and continue to drive my lifted tacoma with 190K on the odo.
11-19-2007, 05:47 PM
#26
Giant Nontypical
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 7,208
RE: Land or trips???
Maybe something got lost in the translation of the question? IF you took the land, you could never afford to hunt anywhere BUT that land. No heading out of state visiting HNI buddies, no hunting trips of any sort.
Give up all trips for the rest of your life, or own an averagechunk of property?
Give up all trips for the rest of your life, or own an averagechunk of property?
11-19-2007, 06:00 PM
#28
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Hughesville, PA
Posts: 2,590
RE: Land or trips???
Owning land is a LOT more than just having the deed to it. Hard to explain....and I don't own that much. What I have will be my son's. What his grandpa has will be his.
I could give him the $$ equivalent and it would pale.
I hope he feels the same way I do, one day.
I could give him the $$ equivalent and it would pale.
I hope he feels the same way I do, one day.
11-19-2007, 06:02 PM
#29
Typical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Nanjemoy, MD
Posts: 998
RE: Land or trips???
LAND! I made the choice years ago and am now livingmy lifelongdream on my farm... this pic was taken today by my wife; I amplanting a cover crop over my 3A sunflower field. (Had great dove shoots last Sept).
Yet, it is rare for me tohunt deer my farm, mostly it's something to sharewhen I bring friends over to try their luck - recent photo from the trail cam:
Hard to compare the freedom and attachment of owning and caring for the land& the wildlife, as opposed to going out of state on some farwaway trip (done it, will do it again). No doubt,"land" is a better deal.
-fsh
Yet, it is rare for me tohunt deer my farm, mostly it's something to sharewhen I bring friends over to try their luck - recent photo from the trail cam:
Hard to compare the freedom and attachment of owning and caring for the land& the wildlife, as opposed to going out of state on some farwaway trip (done it, will do it again). No doubt,"land" is a better deal.
-fsh
11-19-2007, 06:02 PM
#30
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Hughesville, PA
Posts: 2,590
RE: Land or trips???
Land...I WILL live on a decent amount of acerage...I've grown up not knowing anything else (we grew up on a 90acre farm I still hunt). Along with all the benefits of being able to walk right out the door to hunt, manage your property, scout when the feeling presents itself, etc, I enjoy the privacy, the ability to go for a long walk whenever I want, even if it's just before dinner. I could never go back to a 5- acre tract ever...just can't happen. This is why I'm not in a huge hurry to jump into new truck payments right now and continue to drive my lifted tacoma with 190K on the odo.