Hunting property and what to look for?

[Dunndm]

I’ll start off by saying I’m not 100% sure if this is the best place to post it so sorry if it’s not.

I have recently been looking into buying some hunting property in different parts of the US. Mostly in western states like Wyoming and Montana. For people that have hunting property in these states what’s a good acreage to shoot for? I’ve seen quite a few 60-100 acre lots in central and south western Wyoming for cheap. They are pretty far out in the middle of nowhere but they are bordered by millions of acres of BLM land. In said BLM land there is pronghorn, elk, deer, coyote, mountain lion, etc. everything you’d want to hunt. They allow housing on the property (I’m a contractor so I could do something small myself). All this said.

1) what’s a min acreage to look for?

2) how do you know if there is any sort of animal on said property?

3) is it a dumb idea to do this or best to just get tags like everyone else?

4) What should I be cautious of on the land?

5) give me any pros, cons, good or bad ideas on it. Genuinely curious.

Thank you in advance


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[OwenHa]

First off I'd make sure that you can readily draw tags in the units you are looking at. Also, 100 acres doesn't go far in the west in terms of holding game. If it were me I'd just buy a smaller propery in an area you like to hunt or spend that money to join a lease or buy a share on a much larger peice of hunting property.

 

[Dunndm]

First off I'd make sure that you can readily draw tags in the units you are looking at. Also, 100 acres doesn't go far in the west in terms of holding game. If it were me I'd just buy a smaller propery in an area you like to hunt or spend that money to join a lease or buy a share on a much larger peice of hunting property.

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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[RS_Non-Res]

I found a list of OTC elk tags.
The first page of acreages are...
4140
4159
1789
3449
480*
121*
1329
634*

The ones with * are only alotted tags in a lottery.

TLDR: Its different out west.
Don't think in terms of what's the minimum amount of land.

 

[missjordan]

1. I don’t think acreage size matter if your going to be hunting the public around it anyways. Unless you wanted more acreage for a barn to bring horses or needed to hit minimum to be guaranteed some sort of landowner tag.

2. You’d have to know the area pretty well to know how animals move through the area. I’d personally look for a place that i can see myself hunting year after year, or an area I’m already hunting currently that I’d want to put roots down in. Personally i don’t think i would throw a dart on a map unless I’ve hunted the area several times.

3. I personally don’t think it’s dumb. The cons would be you’d be more limited to where you can hunt because a purchase is pretty permanent. But a pro would be creature comforts of home. And the fact that property appreciates in value so down the road you could sell it and make some money to start over again.

4. Things to be cautious about are easements, utility rights (unless your going off grid) and accessibility. Easements would be the big one. Also how accessible can a well be drilled. Maybe mineral rights.

5. Definitely making sure you can draw tags is a big one. Also would you use it a lot during the off season. How often do you see yourself driving from home to the cabin? What is the total commute time? If your building something can you see yourself driving there every weekend ish to get a structure up? Where is the closest town if you needed supplies?


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