I would kill to own 40 acres.

I hunt much smaller land with luck...one as small as 8 acres.

If you can do it - do it - land is a sound investment.

 

Would love to own 40 acres of prime land. Have food, water, and security and you'll have deer. Sure they'll roam some but,....

 

land only appriciates, espically here in NY with all the gas drilling

 

my brother and i hunt two plots here in NC. one i own.........one i don't. one is 44 acres, the other is 63, but the 63 has about 20 taken up in green pasture and four houses both in the property and on the border. we put in food plots and keep minerals to them. we are surrounded during gun season by a family of outlaws.......so it is a battle at times.

that said..............in three years we have taken 18 deer off the two combined............with PLENTY of pictures of healthy deer still alive and well we have never seen in the daytime.

hope this helps.

 

i have 43 acres here in ny and i would not trade it for nothing it great you can control everything that happens . i plant food plots and control what is killed we only shot 8 points and bigger and it has helped with the size of the deer. so i say buy.

 

Plenty, especially if you do things with it like clear cut a little, plant a decent size food plot, controlled burn, ect.

 

i own 44 acres, 1/2 tillable and 1/2 mature timber. i've taken quite a few deer from it, and nice ones at that. 40 is plenty. obviously more is good too, but it gets pricey quick.

good luck.

 

40 acres is plenty of land to hunt, but consider who owns the next plot over and what they do with it. 40 isn't enough to assure a deer will live it's life on, so you will be sharing your deer with all the other land owners around you.

 

40 is plenty.

 

:thumbs_up

 

40 acres is definitely enough. Enjoy!

 

Depending on how the land is situated 40 acres is plenty.
Try to find 40 between food and bedding areas, one that is a natural funnel. The thicker the better, swamp is cheaper.
Also very important when choosing property is prevailing wind for that area, choose property with a cross-wind most of the time so you can hunt morning and evening.
Good luck.

 

Food + water + cover = deer

 

if its prime than sure it is. The thing I would look for is what around the piece you want. I hunt a piece thats around 5 acres which has produced our biggest bucks but is all because of the land around it.

 

I'd look for acreage that joins National forest etc. Usually property near there isn't developed and is less valuable per acre. Easy access for the deer to get to your property. Put good food plots by your entrance to the property where only you have access to the deer. Now you have the benefit of thousands of acres in your back yard. And enough money left over to put up a hunting cabin.

 

one of my prime hunting areas is 11 acres.

 

I have a spot to hunt that is "only" 20 acres but it is plenty! 40 is definately enough!

 

Get as much as you can, as you can, if you can afford it...

 

I would kill for 40 acres of my own!

 

Yes. I would love to own 40 acres. It's a nightmare trying to find decent land to hunt on around here. I am looking to buy 9.5 acres right now that is situated in the perfect location right behind a development and between lots of posted land that isn't hunted.

 

Everybody that thinks that land is a good investment is right, only if you buy at the right time. This is not the right time in my opinion. Anybody remember the 80's? Ground will come down and times will be very tough when it does.

Ground does not only appreciate like davejohnson posted. Back to the 80's when ground was going gang busters and the bottom fell out of the commodity market lots of folks went belly up. They had ground they give $800/A for and the bottom fell out and it was worth $300.

When; not, If the commodity prices fall out of bed you are going to see ground come back down like it did before.

 

40 is enough.....but the neighboring properties are the key. 40 acres with nothing around it is a waste of time. 40 acres with crop fields, crp, oak flats, etc around it is a much better investment. Face it, you want deer on the property more than just having a deed.

 

40 is more than enough, and start planting trees and cover, and food plots. I would stay away from land that buts up to state or federal land too many idiots that do not respect property lines. I would also prefer to live on the land, that lowers the chances of people using your land when you are not there.

 

40 acres is plenty of land. Land will get more expensive for sure. I think it has dropped about all it is going to drop. It went from 10-12 k an acre here back down to 6-8 K an acre which is where it was when everything got out of whack in the late 90's up until 2008.

 

I am going through the same dilemma on purchasing land and here are my thoughts. A whitetails home range is 1 square mile which = 640 acres. So for me to buy a 40 the neighbors will have to be perfect.

 

My grandparents used to own a 60 acre plot that was once part of an 80. The guy who owned the other 20 had the most amazing peice of ground. My grandparents place wasn't bad but it was nothing like that small 20 acre plot... so yeah size doesn't always matter. Now if you want to live on a peice of ground then I would prefer a 40 to gain some distance from your neighbors.