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re: Thinking about buying a couple hundred acres of hunting land and living on it
Posted on 3/7/13 at 11:32 am to MaroonOldCrow
Posted on 3/7/13 at 11:32 am to MaroonOldCrow
Where we're looking is about $3-4k/acre. But again, it's not near anything.
The other guy said it well. I think sometimes we hunt too hard for easy and assume it's better. Although I think the difficulty of growing enough crops and killing enough meat to feed a family is being overstated here, I'm much more ok with hard work and simple living than with inner-city life. And if there is an economic or natural disaster, life will go on a lot closer to normal for people that can sustain themselves.
The other guy said it well. I think sometimes we hunt too hard for easy and assume it's better. Although I think the difficulty of growing enough crops and killing enough meat to feed a family is being overstated here, I'm much more ok with hard work and simple living than with inner-city life. And if there is an economic or natural disaster, life will go on a lot closer to normal for people that can sustain themselves.
Posted on 3/7/13 at 11:40 am to olgoi khorkhoi
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Where we're looking is about $3-4k/acre
That's really expensive. For land like your talking about I would look more in the $1500/acre range, without the house
Posted on 3/7/13 at 11:49 am to olgoi khorkhoi
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Where we're looking is about $3-4k/acre
This land must be loaded with timber for that price.
Posted on 3/7/13 at 12:03 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
I know a guy who has a hundred or so acres, retired and raises cattle. He's converted all his trucks to wood burning fuel, buys about 2 gallons of gas a year. He built his home frmo a sawmill he made from scratch, now powered by a mercedes engine. Before that, he ran it off a tractor pto. Built his log cabin for $6,000 and most of that is in a metal roof and hardware. Uses solar and wind power to partially supplement what electricity he needs, and has a battery back up during the winter if needed. Lives a simple life, in wide open space and without being encumbered by unneccesary bills. He sells some cattle each year and butchers one a year. Also has free range chickens and his garden provides enough each season to last til the next and then some.
It doesn't have to be back breaking. Technology is there to make it easier, and it doesn't have to cost for that technology. He built his first wood burning vehicle from a popular mechanics magazine from the 40's. He's modified and improved it with each build. He owns the world speed record for a wood burning truck after driving it to Utah's salt flats and running it for the certified record and didn't go as fast as he could have gone.
He built the cabin above, with his own sawmill.
Gassing up the vehicle:
The advantage of having his homemade sawmill, besides his house:
Almost unlimited fuel:
It doesn't have to be back breaking. Technology is there to make it easier, and it doesn't have to cost for that technology. He built his first wood burning vehicle from a popular mechanics magazine from the 40's. He's modified and improved it with each build. He owns the world speed record for a wood burning truck after driving it to Utah's salt flats and running it for the certified record and didn't go as fast as he could have gone.
He built the cabin above, with his own sawmill.
Gassing up the vehicle:
The advantage of having his homemade sawmill, besides his house:
Almost unlimited fuel:
This post was edited on 3/7/13 at 12:12 pm
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