Upside/downside to buying land in Oklahoma vs. Texas (or other neighboring state)

[courtstamper]

My wife are considering a land purchase that would be mostly for recreation. Southeast and Northeast Oklahoma is enticing for both geography and location (we live in Dallas), as wells as investment costs.

I was wondering if there were some folks here that had thoughts on buying in Oklahoma, especially when you live in Texas, versus buying in Texas.

I know some TBHers hunt up there and I don't recall seeing any complaints.

One thing, among many, that I appreciate about TBH is the depth of experience that can be found here.

Thanks for your time.

Courtney

[Rack Ranch]

Like to smoke a little weed huh?

[Chad74]

bump because I'm interested in the answers as well

[Burntorange Bowhunter]

Well, I never thought I would say this....but I would totallly consider Oklahoma these days. In the future Texas could turn blue. No way in hell Oklahoma ever does.

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[reddogdan]

Out of state hunting license for gun and bow are 600.00 for out of state?

[Passafist]

I’ve been considering Oklahoma also seems to be a fair price on acreage as compared to Texas. I’m in Houston and not quite retired yet so the drive is probably the only thing holding me back

[Chad74]

Out of state hunting license for gun and bow are 600.00 for out of state?

If you buy land up there, you should be able to get a resident license I would think.

[EliteDriver]

If you buy land up there, you should be able to get a resident license I would think.

Not necessarily....

[ra61hunting]

Before purchasing in OK check into Arkansas. Low taxes, same geography and basically the same drive. Arkansas is usually rated as #1 state as far as retiring to because of low cost of living.

[Brad96]

I live in the Dallas area and bought a small recreational property in SE OK.

Pro's:
- Very low property taxes, due to generous ag exemptions
- No hunting license required to hunt hogs on private property

Con:
- Expensive non-resident hunting licenses, and owning land does NOT make you a resident

[Burntorange Bowhunter]

The out of state "hunting" license is not expensive. The tags used to be 300.00 each which do not come with the license.

[Phorizt]

OK out of state license costs are:

"hunting license"- required for stuff like turkey, small game etc- $100 . Do not have to purchase this for deer hunting in addition to the separate deer license.

archery deer- $300 but can hunt Oct to Jan and take 6 deer total(bag limit may vary by county but I'm not sure) You used to have to purchase a separate tag for each deer you wanted to harvest but that changed recently and it is included in the license cost now.
muzzleloader deer- another $300. short season
rifle deer- another $300. short season
elk, bear other large game have additional licenses(I think bear is $500-600)
youth deer license I believe is $100 ea.

Hogs do not require a hunting license(need a special permit for night hunting). I don't think coyotes do either.

So if you hunt deer, hogs and coyotes with a bow only then it's $300 per year which is what I'm doing on my lease up there.

[ReydonPete]

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[reddogdan]

If you buy land up there, you should be able to get a resident license I would think.

Only if it’s your residence mailing address

[reddogdan]

But if your going to retire there some day then I think it might be worth while!!