How many acres needed to hunt? In Oregon?

[StanM]

I'm looking to buy some acreage to maybe do some hunting on and raise some trees.  Curious what everyone else would consider a minimum number of acres to hunt on.  Thanks,

Stan

[Ted Fry]

The state of Oregon would be perfect Stan

[quackersnacker]

West side or East side?  You could get a decent little hunting area with 40 acres on the west side.  Assuming you had an area the critters were already in and assuming you didn't have anyone poaching the animals on the adjacent land... Trust me on this one!   :mad:  On the east side I think it greatly depends on the area.  The right patch of 40 acres would work but the wrong patch of 1000 acres will not.  Don't forget about the LOP tags regardless of where you look!

[StanM]

Ted, well if I can just save for another year or two, the State might be an option...      

quackersnacker, I'm thinking of the Westside and am currently looking at 47 acres.  My thought here is to buy some land that I can plant and leave to my kids as an investment, but I figure in the meantime it might be worth pursuing as a hunting spot.

I know nothing about management of a property with regards to hunting it.  I only hunt on one piece of private ground everything else is public land or timber company land.

Unless I'm mistaken LOP's start at 40 acres, yeah?

Thanks,

Stan

[Ted Fry]

Stan , I think that even a small place would work in the right area, a friend of mine once said " you dont have to own the whole highway, just the toll booth".
Adjacent land would be what I was looking at.
If you got 20 acres bordering the right timber land that would be all you would need.

[Roughcountry]

Stan
I agree with Ted, the right spot next to good country is the key. It don't have to have the greatest habitat as long as the potential for building to great habitat is there. If that isn't there then travel corridor is the next thing to look for.

That may be the best thing to look for if your investment will be mainly for trees. When I worked on the habitat crew for the Fish & Game we had a tough time keeping deer & elk from topping young nursery raised tree's in the winter. They must be full of nutrients compared to wild trees cause they were the ones the elk went to. If the tree's make it to the third year they will leave them alone. The plastic tubes will help with this problem.
Think damage permits for hunting  :D