Hunting retreat

[Migra Bill]

Considering cost of land, types of game, and general friendliness of life - I'll take West Virginia.

[buckeye_hunter]

Check out brunner land companies website.  They have some cheap land for sale in Kentucky, Ohio, WVa and Tennessee.

-Charlie

[Missouri Sherpa]

Three days ago I just put an offer on a place in Wyoming.  40 acres, in the Black Hills, about halfway between Sundance and Devils Tower. My wife is reluctant to leave the midwest but she is agreable to a new home in Wyoming if she can have a condo in the midwest close to our families and friends.  I see no shortage of people coming to visit with the scenery of the Black Hills, plenty of nearby golf courses, lakes, snowmobile trails, hunting opportunities, nearby Sturgis rally in August, historic sites and monuments in this area. With property in Iowa and Missouri I will have places to hunt in the midwest when I visit and Wyoming residents have a long list of readily available tags compared to nonresidents including elk, antelope, mule deer, whitetails, bear, turkey, fishing, small game and maybe even a moose, sheep or mountain goat if you get lucky.  It is a central location to the places I hunt in Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado, plus not far from mule deer, antelope and pheasants in South Dakota.  Buy the time you take 3-4 weeks for Javies, wild hogs and exotics in Texas, the winters aren't that bad.  NE Wyoming has several degrees milder winter temperatures and less inches of precipitaion than Iowa so it will be better than what I am accustomed to.  I am looking forward to retirement or partial retirement, maybe working 4-5 months a year at my current job and commuting to work a month at a time. I still have a few years to work but I see the light at the end of the tunnel and it is not a train.

[randy grider]

I love western KY, LBL, Peabody,Ft Campbell, and numerous other public lands. LBL would do me the rest of my life, just give me a house and wooded lot across the lake

[bentstick_55]

I live in IL but am looking at land in MO. The Outdoor Channel had killed the chances for all but the very wealthy to buy enough land here to hunt on. If you're very lucky you can buy scrub for 2800 an acre. Most farmers are wanting 5000+ and they are in no hurry to sell it. They believe eventually big outfitters will give them what they want.

[GingivitisKahn]

Greyfox54 - Ohio has hog hunting with no limit and no closed season, but I'll be darned if I've ever talked to anyone that has actually seen one.  I've talked to a few guys that knew someone that did - heh.

[Bowferd]

I've spent time in my younger years in Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, Kansas, Colorado and California.
Coming back to Nebraska from all of those wonderful places was tough, but I'm here to stay.

[rtherber]

What randy grider said-I've hunted LBL for 33 yrs.-bought a little place a mile from the entrance into LBL-had plans to renovate the old partially log house but the termites had been having too many family reunions on the wooden structure. I had it removed and replaced it with a 31 ft. Airstream for my hunting camp. I'm having trouble turning loose of my deer camp 35 miles downriver but eventually I'll probably build on the LBL site-stay there during the long generous bow season and go West for archery there WHEN the weather is still pleasant-  

[rtherber]

Like moving to another state,selling a piece of hunting ground that has so many good memories is tough too. I bought the 59 acre place back in 1984 and have lost several bow hunting friends that spent time there. So I continue to put out food plots and hunt it-usually solo. But I find I'm showing a partiality to the LBL place-having 170,000 acres to roam on a mile away from the camp is nice. And with both Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake on either side just makes it better. I've never regretted my decision to retire the minute I was eligible without penalty to leave.Life is Good!  

[rtherber]

I firmly believe in the adage-"less is more" except when it comes to the amount of hunting land a person can hunt on! The more domestic stock,dogs,cats,birds,real estate,CRAP you have the more you are tied down and can't get free to take off for long periods of time. And I'm not going to live somewhere that I'm stranded in the cabin because of the winter freeze-up. So,TN for me(no state income tax)as residency,and on the road to adventurous hunting locales in the off seasons.

[JC]

GA is the spot Fred.....and you already know a bunch of hunting buddies there!

[Greyfox54]

Tenn . sounds great , how hot are the summers ? Maybe I can convince my Goodwife to winter there and spend summer somewhere else . JC I am partial to Geo. lots of hogs and good deer but I do remember a little heat , glad to see the rain has helped you out . How is the land around Cahutta ? Always wanted to move and thought it would be easy , now when it looks like I may get the chance I'm  having a tough time figuring where . I really do appreciate everyone's input , thanks , Fred

[MW]

Fred, I think you need a place with pigs that a friend from Utah could come and visit.

Oh yea and not have to hunt from a tree stand.

Good luck!

[rtherber]

Terrible hot summer here last year-I made the mistake of sticking around here until August 10th before I headed to Colorado. Not this year-if it even looks like we're getting a repeat I'm leaving out immediately after our Spring turkey season closes. Humid is the word for our summers here. Lets see,doesn't Alaska's big game season open in late July?

[rtherber]

Heck, just buy an RV and live in it. Go visit your tradganger friends and hunt all over. If a tornado,hurricane,drought,wildfire is forecast in the area, fire 'er up and move on to higher ground. Good Luck!