Hunting property and what to look for?

[Ryan Rothhaar]

I would avoid buying hunting ground in a partnership 1000%. I’ve known of many and they never turned out well. Somebody gets divorced, someone dies, someone loses interest, runs out of money etc etc etc. Whatever legal documents you have drafted are not worth the paper they are written on when someone in the partnership changes their mind or life situation. My 1st rule of buying hunting ground…zero partners, ever. I buy smaller pieces that I can afford by myself and avoid the headaches. Just my 2c.

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[Hnthrdr]

I’ve never looked into property sharing, just heard a lot of horror stories about people being dicks. So I’ve stayed away. A lot of tags are OTC from what I’ve seen if your on private land. So it really wouldn’t be a major factor


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Unless you have 100’s realistically 1000’s of acres I wouldn’t rely on private land tags. You could have some small acreage that produces, but it needs good habitat! Like cover, feed, WATER! Typically places with water will increase exponentially in cost in the west. Buddy of mine has 1200 acres in south eastern WYO and has animals on his place, that said he has all three things listed

 

[jimh406]

In the West, animals move a lot. This AM 20 does walked by. Some days none.

Unless it’s only for hunting, buy where you’ll like to live.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Dunndm, where are you from? What is your budget and what are you trying to hunt? I have friends and family spread out over the west some have done group buys of land some have done single ownership and built. I’d be willing to share some insight. How often will you use the place?

 

[cnelk]

If you own property with others, definitely know the difference in Tenants in Common and Joint Tenants

 

[Miguy]

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[Dunndm]

Dunndm, where are you from? What is your budget and what are you trying to hunt? I have friends and family spread out over the west some have done group buys of land some have done single ownership and built. I’d be willing to share some insight. How often will you use the place?

I currently live in Vegas and will be here another 5-7 years if I had to guess for work. After that I’m hoping to move to wherever I end up buying the property. So as of now how often will I use it? During hunting season, in 5-7 years live there most likely


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[Sooner]

Owning property in Wyoming does not make you a resident and you would still have to draw any NR licenses for your land or surrounding areas. However 160+ acres in Wyoming may qualify for LO licenses. Some may still be a draw though.
If you build and live on it then you may qualify as a resident.

My uncle and his buddies found this out the hard way about 25 years ago. He and his buddies bought houses in Medicine Bow. I sure do miss going up there and fishing all summer.

 

[Hnthrdr]

I currently live in Vegas and will be here another 5-7 years if I had to guess for work. After that I’m hoping to move to wherever I end up buying the property. So as of now how often will I use it? During hunting season, in 5-7 years live there most likely


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Good to know. I would Think about a place town or area for a long term move then draw a 2.5 hour drive radius and look there. Think about acreage requirements for LO tags proximity to public land of course and ease of getting tags for what you want to hunt, I’d consider fishing and bird hunting too as you can do a ton every year and no draw tags needed. Not sure about family situation but best to get wife’s buy in otherwise it can be a wedge. Not sure if you have kids will have kids in the future, but having something within a reasonable drive from primary residence is ideal too far and it’s a PITA to take the family. I think you have the right idea. As long as it’s not putting you in a bad spot financially I think it’s awesome I hope to have some hunting land in Co or Wyo in the next 5 years or so. I think it’s dumb to wait till you are really old before you buy they aren’t making any more land I know that.

 

[WCB]

#1 as some mentioned look at availability of tags and Land Owner requirements. Also, are those landowner tags defined to only your property or unit wide. Some state have to have a land description of the property and only one tag per property is allowed. That means 1 out of the 4 of you get a tag no matter if you have 160 acres or 10,000 acres. To get multiple tags you would have to split the land anyways and still you may legally be stuck in your 1/4 of land.

#2 you would have to know and spend time in the area to know game tendency or land use. you could have 1000acres of BLM out the back door and have a hard time finding a rabbit on it. Land quantity has nothing to due with animal availability. At the same time in the right spot (river bottom). 50-100acres could be a dream spot for deer, elk , fishing, upland etc.

#3 If possible get it done yourself. Just went through a goat rope with an 85 acre piece of family land. Remember in the future your kids or nieces nephew or your buddies kids may have to deal with it and people's ideas change and money starts to speak when they no longer have use for it.

 

[Miguy]

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