Dream Ranch?

[Sako76]

Northwest Colorado, near the Unit12/13 border. Needs to be touching BLM, 3000 square foot log cabin! Wolf season will always be open.

 

[5MilesBack]

A lot of you guys seem to be buying elk ranches where there aren't any elk.......LOL.

 

[ndforbes]

I think I would stay in my home state be looking in Southwest Colorado if I had a big bank roll. I agree with Oregonsteeler that it would all go towards land and not a house. Montana and Wyoming are great as well, but I'm a chicken shit when it comes to grizzly bears. Ha!

 

[hobbes]

I'd end up with some land, but not sure it would qualify as an elk ranch. Maybe a block of private that gave me access to a chunk of land locked "public" with elk. Or maybe I'd just buy land with rooster pheasants and deer and be happy with the elk hunting that I do now.

You've also got to pay taxes on the land so can't dump all of your cash into it unless it can produce a profit somehow.

 

[Gila]

You can buy quite a few land owner’s tags for that amount of money.

If you want your own hunting property then I’d spend the money on a cattle ranch in prime elk territory. I would also buy BLM leases close by. There are about a half dozen western states to choose from. A million doesn’t buy much for a home these days but if you have a small family you good probably find something nice.

 

[Marble]

For western hunting, I'd buy a badass $1 million dollar house on a small parcel and buy an airplane, access, and hunts with the rest.

$5 mil doesn't buy what it used to..

This is my thoughts too. I like the variety of going and doing what I want.

I would probably buy land to go with my house that would be good winter range for deer and elk so that I could get some meat pretty easy when they migrate down.

Secondarily, I would choose land ideal for turkey's and get a good population of them started. I enjoy turkey hunting and taking kids that have never been. I've even taken some older adult onset hunters to get them started.

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[Ihunt4food]

Something near Meeker Colorado, tons of elk
On most of those private ranches.
There are lots of them I like there, but dont
Know if the 5 mil. is enough to buy one.

 

[Sako76]

5Mile--you ain't looking in the right places, I'm almost 100% on elk in Units 12/13. 15+ elk.

 

[Burnt Reynolds]

Pay off mortgage then modest renovation of house and shop. Leaves me with about $4.5m. Invest $3.5m in 5% yield state muni's, receive $175k per year fed/state tax free. Use the money to hunt what I want where I want. Leftover $1m is for a few cars to fill up my shop.

 

[ez_willie]

In Wyoming…then I would open it up to public hunting…but only for non resident rokslide members.

 

[BigDog00]

I'm in for a smaller chunk of land with a nice house. The rest goes into some good investments and I'd buy a few commissioners tags off the interest each year.

Although I've got my eye on a chunk of property that's for sale in a great elk and deer area I know.