If you owed the land...

[Bowtechlady]

4 1/2 hours is about my max

[mjhaverkamp]

We own three places, 3 hours, 2 1/2 hours and 1 hour and 15 minutes. I would go as far as 5 hours on a regular basis.

[JonBoy]

101 miles door to gate Closer than the deer lease...about 1 hr 45 min

[Txbhunter1]

I drive 21hrs to my land in Wi.

[JonBoy]

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...

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

I'd keep the land in a heart beat. If I didn't feel like hunting it anymore I'd lease it out and use the lease money to fund other hunting adventures or projects. Its always nice to have a place to fall back on if anything should happen

[bubinga]

I'd keep the land in a heart beat. If I didn't feel like hunting it anymore I'd lease it out and use the lease money to fund other hunting adventures or projects. Its always nice to have a place to fall back on if anything should happen

Thats the thing about land, they ain't making any more of it.

[KingRanchKiller]

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...

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

Definitely keeping our family land. I want something for my kids and grand kids to have, just like my great-grandparents, grandparents, and parents have done for me. Plus ours is only 1 1/2 hours away

[apc10]

Our place is south of Rocksprings and takes me around 5 hours to get to from Brenham. My dad and I will alternate trips and try to make it out there at least 2 weekends a month to check on everything during the off season. At times it would be nice to have a place a little closer, but I love it.

[Quackerbox]

1hr 20 miins to the land we own. Been there once a week for the last month

[Codie]

1 1/2 hrs would be about my limit - driving is so over-rated

[Thundervee]

We own land in Carta valley and it's an 8hr drive, but I'm glad to have it and make the drive

[baldybarton]

I would not buy land over two hours away. I don't mind driving, but my wife wouldn't like the land being further away. For me anything less than 4 hours would be ok if I was buying. I would like to get out there as much as possible and it is hard to get away on weekends as it is.

[.270]

Awesome feedback. I was back and forth on the 5 hour mark but sounds like it's no big deal if you can pull it off. But I am off most of the summer so it would make the day trips with my little one much easier around the 2 hour mark. Keep em coming. Very helpful input.

[eltacs]

I bought right @ 2 hr 15 min away..
If I drive and don't stop can get there by pushing it @ 2hr 5 min
W kids--- 2 hr 30-40 min

That is a good distance and not be fatigued

[boogieandbride]

I drive 94 miles driveway to gate. Feels so good being able to finallly be able to chime in on a thread like this. We just closed on 9-12-12.