Where do you look for hunting land for sale?

[Megastink]

My wife and I reside in the Philly suburbs. I'm a big hunter, and I've been wanting to buy a little slice of land for ourselves somewhere in north central-ish PA. I've been browsing Zillow, but I'm wondering if there's a better method. Just curious if someone here has a resource they would share or give me some advice.

 

[Fitzwho]

Generally: www.land.com
Others:
www.landwatch.com

Hunting Land | Whitetail Properties

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www.whitetailproperties.com

 

[hiker270]

I have actually seen some interesting timber properties in the northern tier of Pa. on Facebook Marketplace. Some of them even seemed to be reasonably priced.

 

[thegrouse]

I found a place on Craigslist

 

[wind gypsy]

I keep running MLS searches with a set criterias through a realtor. Every time a property hits the MLS meeting my criteria (location, acreage, price range) i get an email. I've got one for bare land and another for houses on land over 20 acres. My best friend is a realtor, not sure if other realtors would make you sign an agreement to setup the same for you.

Ideal properties are not common. A guy typically has to act pretty fast once something hits the market. Most any property that has interested me and been priced right is gone within a week since ive been looking. Thus, being notified immediately when something is available is pretty important IMO.

 

[KenLee]

This sounds heartless, but it's effective.
Look on County internet property sites. Find what you want owned by some seriously elderly folks (by googling owners). Contact their kids (found in obituaries for spouse).
Kids often sell land that makes parents roll over in their grave.

 

[Snowwolfe]

Call a Realtor in the area you want to buy.

 

[pacoalcracker]

I have looked at realtor.com and use the criteria boxes to find your location and type of interest. I know of a guy that approached an older woman owning a large farm whose husband had passed away and she wasn't cash rich so he offered to take care of her every need for life, allowing her to remain there in exchange for the farm. She agreed and a deal was done. Different...but possibilities do exist.

Realtors are shifty...I found a really nice property that I really wanted and used a local RE agent as a buyers agent and that bitch turned around and had it sold to someone else even though we had a walk-thru set up with the owner that Saturday. Best I could figure is she had a friend/other client that she told about it and they wanted it. I called her and gave her a piece of my mind. Do not trust these bastards.

Megastink...look in Lycoming and Cameron county areas.......places like Potter and Tioga are generally way overpriced in comparison. Too sought after. I've hunted in most of the upper tier counties but like Cameron.

Forget whitetail properties and the like...way over-priced in my opinion. Sometimes just driving the country roads, finding a place you like that isn't posted for sale and putting in an offer to the owner might yield something good.

 

[cardiac5]

Either off market which is my preferred way or go to Zillow and sort the leads and shoot offers to properties that have been on 6 months to a year or more. I’ve also found some good deals on marketplace. Whitetail properties, Midwest land group and especially Mossy oak’s listings are at premium prices. They seem to be posting a lot of “price improvements” lately. People still want Covid prices but I don’t think the markets quite there on bigger tracts. Not near enough income to justify the current prices unless doing a 1031 or you have a bunch of money to park. Land that used to be 2500ac pre covid is 6k+ with little to no income on it.


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[Lukeandcod]

My wife and I reside in the Philly suburbs. I'm a big hunter, and I've been wanting to buy a little slice of land for ourselves somewhere in north central-ish PA. I've been browsing Zillow, but I'm wondering if there's a better method. Just curious if someone here has a resource they would share or give me some advice.

How much land are you looking for? A friend of mine has some land in McKean County that he’s talking about subdividing and selling some 10 acre camp lots. I know he already got a inground septic approval on one of them.

 

[Megastink]

How much land are you looking for? A friend of mine has some land in McKean County that he’s talking about subdividing and selling some 10 acre camp lots. I know he already got a inground septic approval on one of them.

I’d like to find 40+ acres, but I dont want to build a house on it. Maybe drop a trailer one day. Really not sure where I want to end up.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Land that used to be 2500ac pre covid is 6k+ with little to no income on it.

This is accurate

 

[Megastink]

This is accurate

Yeah, that’s what I’m finding out…

 

[Yoder]

Watch for the gas/mineral rights when you buy in certain parts of PA. A lot of properties are sold without them or only partial rights.

 

[Megastink]

Watch for the gas/mineral rights when you buy in certain parts of PA. A lot of properties are sold without them or only partial rights.

Can you elaborate a little?

 

[fishdart]

Can you elaborate a little?

You buy the land and have surface rights and use, but someone else gets to reap any $ from oil, gas, minerals below your feet. I don't know a lot about it, but there may be a case where the decision to come and set up new infrastructure on the property is out of your control as well. I admit ignorance there, but would also like to learn more.

 

[Yoder]

Can you elaborate a little?

My cousin owns land in Bradford county and this is very common. You buy the land, and it stipulates what if any mineral/gas rights you have. Since you don't own the rights or only get a percentage, they can come in at any point and drill a gas well on the property. This is why some of the land may be cheaper. I don't know all the details, but something to look out for.

 

[Bigdee06]

Tax sales and foreclosures are watched pretty closely by people/companies looking for deals but sometimes some acres slip through. I haven't seen any land sell for a reasonable price around here in a long time.