If you remember back to the beginning of this blog, you remember that the lead introduction to land acquisition was my adventure into leasing hunting land. This post will highlight some of the early hunting related experiences associated with our new timber farm acreage. Since it is a discussion about hunting, there will be discussions and pictures of dead animals so proceed with caution! Continue reading
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Management Plan
As mentioned before, we had a short, complementary management plan from the NC Forest Service that served to assure our tax basis as agriculture. Technically we are a Timber Farm. We are farmers! Exciting, but believe me when I say that we are glad we don’t have to make a living from this. While this plan was very useful, in our minds it didn’t offer much direction for general habitat improvement directed at all the native flora and fauna. This is where the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) in general, and Graham Hanson in particular came to the rescue. Continue reading
How it Began
How the heck did we become land owners in the first place?
Our son, Brad, and I had leased some hunting property in South Carolina south of his home in Charlotte. We both shot our first whitetail deer there and really enjoyed having the space to get away. There were however two main problems with this. First, it was not ours to manage; we had to use it pretty much as it was. Second, while it was relatively convenient for Brad (about 45-60 min drive), it was pretty inconvenient for me (3.5 hr drive). While the drive was fine for a fun, destination trip, it was too far for me to “pop in” for a quick recognizance visit. This planted the seed so to speak, for us to purchase some land of our own to manage as we wished for our enjoyment. My wife, Jeanette, and I started a search. We first looked at available properties between Fayetteville and Charlotte. We focused on areas within about a 1.5-2 hr drive from us. We found some promising acreages.