If you owed the land...

[.270]

Driving thread got me thinking. How far would you be willing to drive or do you drive if you owned the land you were hunting? 2 hrs, 5 hrs?

[AndyRealtree]

if i owned the land, id fly there if i had to

[AndyRealtree]

i only have 3 and ome change hr drive tho.. ill buy me my own land one of these days

[.270]

ill buy me my own land one of these days

x100. That's what's got me thinking.

[AndyRealtree]

it sure would be nice..

[tx07]

Driving thread got me thinking. How far would you be willing to drive or do you drive if you owned the land you were hunting? 2 hrs, 5 hrs?

7 hours!
Done it too! A buddy owns 65 acres south of rock springs.
I can hunt with him at any time. If I owned it. I would drive it all the time.

[johnspencer]

2-3 hrs tops driving is over rated

[NBK75]

45 minutes door to door to the land we do own and 4.5 hours to the land my FIL invites me to hunt

[SugarSWAT]

Have land in Mississippi that's 8 hrs away and only get there for one week during hunting season. Two if I'm lucky. But it's free and the deer are plentiful.

[AndyRealtree]

Have land in Mississippi that's 8 hrs away and only get there for one week during hunting season. Two if I'm lucky. But it's free and the deer are plentiful.

one day and one arrow is all ya need.. makes the gas more justifiable with more days and arrows for sure tho.. haha

[Ag 96]

I drive 4-1/2 hours one way every other week. It's much more enjoyable when making improvements to your own land!

[houhunter]

1:40.

My 40 acre paradise is 1 hour 40 minutes from my front door. Perfect for enjoying the drive and feeling like I am getting away but being able to pull off a one day hunt.

My friend bought land in West Texas but sold it quick because the drive was too long.

[Txdeerhunter243]

I own land 5 hrs away, 3 hours away and 1 hr away. I don't mind any of the drives, but of course it all depends on your preference and how much you care to drive. There are few things as nice as owning your own hunting land.

[bjsexpress]

jumping in on this with a thought that always runs through my head... your family has a 1000 acres that has tons of nice 130" max deer and a similar place on same county road sold for 5,000,000.00 yes millions... as nice is it is to "own" land....

if you sold it....

how much interest do you earn on One Million Dollars (assuming a 4% interest rate, compounded monthly)?
One Day – $109.59
One Month – $3,333.33
One Year – $40,741.54

So... let's just say you got 3 million in the bank... roughly 10K month you'd have in interest... over 100,000 a year...

I've got to go hunting once on a 30,000 acre $10K/per gun per year South TX low fence ranch where 180" to 200" bucks taken... I was a guest on a cull hunt and shot a 130 12 year old dear in serious decline, but that's another story....

Anyway, with only one month's interest you could get on pretty much any lease you wanted, or go on trophy hunts for exotics, 150"+ bucks and in most cases have money left over for atv, new bows, pretty much everything you want... kinda like Charile in Will wonka...

Willy Wonka: But, Charlie, don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he ever wanted. Charlie: What's that? Willy Wonka: He lived happily ever after.

So.... do you keep the land or live happily ever after? lol....

[thegrouse]

I am an hour and 10 minutes to my place. I wish it was 15 minutes closer. When you have kids and a family it is tough to get away as often as you like. That is why day trips work out better. I can go out and do a full days work and be home by dinner. I could have bought a bigger place further away but I doubt I would be out there every week like I am on my place now.