Some of my favorite threads are about people working their land and improving it for hunting and game management. The thread UncleFish started for example. This year I will be hunting 120 acres of family land and thought I'd start a thread detailing what I've done and update it as I go.
A little history:
Growing up I always remember my grandfather talking about his Christmas tree farms. He was a very private man that never really spoke about himself and when he did you didn't know if you were getting the truth or a fanciful story. I knew he owned some land and supposedly grew christmas trees, but until he died that's all I really knew.
When he passed away about 4 years ago my mom inherited the land and I was finally able to go there for the first time. The real story is he sold the timber off the property and had a timber exemption. As a result there aren't a lot of mature trees and the property is very thick with a lot of underbrush growing out of control.
At that time I was on a really good lease close to home, so we leased out the property to a couple of hunters. However, the taxes were more than what we were charging for the lease and my mom decided to sell the property. We listed it for sale for almost a year with little interest. One day I asked my mom if I could get her taxes down if she would keep it and let me use the property. So that's what we did. I was able to get her taxes down to about $85 a year and now I have 120 acres to use at my discretion for as long as I like.
Over the past few months I have been trying to get things ready for the upcoming season. I put out a couple of feeders/cameras, attempted a throw n grow food plot with no success due to rain, and put a cabin out there.
This is all new to me, I am a total newb when it comes to most of the things I have done and will be doing. I will document my journey on this thread as I go. I hope you enjoy.
Pictures to follow in the next post....
A little history:
Growing up I always remember my grandfather talking about his Christmas tree farms. He was a very private man that never really spoke about himself and when he did you didn't know if you were getting the truth or a fanciful story. I knew he owned some land and supposedly grew christmas trees, but until he died that's all I really knew.
When he passed away about 4 years ago my mom inherited the land and I was finally able to go there for the first time. The real story is he sold the timber off the property and had a timber exemption. As a result there aren't a lot of mature trees and the property is very thick with a lot of underbrush growing out of control.
At that time I was on a really good lease close to home, so we leased out the property to a couple of hunters. However, the taxes were more than what we were charging for the lease and my mom decided to sell the property. We listed it for sale for almost a year with little interest. One day I asked my mom if I could get her taxes down if she would keep it and let me use the property. So that's what we did. I was able to get her taxes down to about $85 a year and now I have 120 acres to use at my discretion for as long as I like.
Over the past few months I have been trying to get things ready for the upcoming season. I put out a couple of feeders/cameras, attempted a throw n grow food plot with no success due to rain, and put a cabin out there.
This is all new to me, I am a total newb when it comes to most of the things I have done and will be doing. I will document my journey on this thread as I go. I hope you enjoy.
Pictures to follow in the next post....
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