After 20 yrs it has happened.

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After 20 years of hunting the Jefferson county area I pulled the trigger again. This time it was on 40 acres that borders Perry wildlife area:cheers:. I bought it from a hunting outfitter/ guide. It is 27 ac m/l with 13 ac in CRP. It is bordered on 3 sides by timber and on a dean end road. It was managed for hunting and comes with a yr of free consulting for habitat improvement:thumbsup: All I need to do is build a pond. Found it last weekend and the auction was last night. I will post pic's soon, but gotta fget food plot in first!!!!!

I did hear quail there last night when I was out looking over the property:D

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Great find! Plus your own gateway to public hunting land.
 
40 ac in that area is a nice chunck of land--when I lived in Topeka I had a 80 ac private land place to hunt that was a mile or so east of the Perry public area--great hunting--enjoy:10sign:
 
Thanks Guy's. I still am in a bit of shock that I actually did it. I know that area well and my local cohorts think I got a good deal and location. It has been a long time since I seen anything under 60 arces that is affordable for a guy to tackle. The land was maintained for upland and whitetails so there is plenty of cover for all the furry and feathered things we chase:thumbsup:
 
Very cool indeed. I used to hunt Perry public land many years ago. That is where my dad first started taking me to hunt pheasants. Good times indeed.
 
That is awesome, congratulations! I am headed to my 30ac labor of love in the morning to see how the soil looks after the 1" rain we got. Hopefully it will get my food plots popping!

One of my good friends has land that borders the Tuttle Creek wildlife area, and my only advice to you would be that you should mark your property line well between your land and the public hunting or you will find all kinds of extra deer stands that you don't remember hanging up.:eek:

But that's about the only downside I can think of. Otherwise, I think it would be awesome to border public land like that! They (KDWP) really do an awesome job of managing for wildlife on a lot of their land. Butting up against one of those areas would be a pretty sweet setup. Good luck to you!
 
One of my good friends has land that borders the Tuttle Creek wildlife area, and my only advice to you would be that you should mark your property line well between your land and the public hunting or you will find all kinds of extra deer stands that you don't remember hanging up.:eek:

I know that will be my biggest problem so I went to Homedepot and got 5 gal bucket of Wildcat Purple paint and 20 No treaspass signs:D
I also have a neighbor that will keep an eye on it while I am not there and I will be working with the Game Warden since I expect some road hunter problems too. I have trail camera's that I can remote access to check for activity.
I live up there pretty much all deer seson. On the other hand they may chase deer on to our place:thumbsup:
 
Nice score! I was wondering if small parcels of land like that are as reasonable as large parcels out that way, I know some farm land in SW Kansas can sell for well under 1k an acre? I would buy some to retire on someday if so?
 
kick them up said:
I know that will be my biggest problem so I went to Homedepot and got 5 gal bucket of Wildcat Purple paint and 20 No treaspass signs:D
I also have a neighbor that will keep an eye on it while I am not there and I will be working with the Game Warden since I expect some road hunter problems too. I have trail camera's that I can remote access to check for activity.
I live up there pretty much all deer seson. On the other hand they may chase deer on to our place:thumbsup:
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It sounds paranoid for people who haven't experienced it, but after seeing and hearing what happens to my friend every season, I think you are totally justified in all of this. Getting to know the game warden is a really good idea.

But the positive side of land ownership outweighs all of the BS as far as I'm concerned. Good luck to you!
 
FieldKing said:
Nice score! I was wondering if small parcels of land like that are as reasonable as large parcels out that way, I know some farm land in SW Kansas can sell for well under 1k an acre? I would buy some to retire on someday if so?
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Field King the land is a lot cheaper out west than the NE area since we are closer to KC. Also I hunt out west and have never seen a small parcel for sale. Small for out there is 80 ac. and have only seen a few of them in 20 or so years of hunting out there.

Sure there are small farms just have to do the research.

Good luck!
 
kick them up said:
Field King the land is a lot cheaper out west than the NE area since we are closer to KC. Also I hunt out west and have never seen a small parcel for sale. Small for out there is 80 ac. and have only seen a few of them in 20 or so years of hunting out there.

Sure there are small farms just have to do the research.

Good luck!
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I did some internet searching on some nw Ks. counties that have good phez numbers and was amazed at the low prices for 80 and 160 acre farms as compared to a farm in Indiana where $5 to $10k an acre is the norm? I assume it has to do with our higher crop yields? I just want a place/base to hunt from and hobby manage habitat during retirement, I have time though.
 
Here it is

Well here is it. I closed on it this morning and hung a trail cams before noon!:thumbsup:

Strips of CRP in between strips of milo! Back field 5 ac of CRP suroounded by timber:cheers:
 
Well went out this weekend and hung my 15 gal feeder I built. I also hung my father's day trail cam the wife got me, along with the 5 gallons of apple from a clients landscape here in JOCO.

I hung it off a limb of a big burr oak:thumbsup: Just hope we ccan get a rain or two to help the plants and crops. Will post pics soon.

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I'm looking forward to seeing the pics. With a pile of apples you should definitely get pictures of some wildlife!

Start up a Kansas trailcam thread, and I'll post some pics on it if I get any good'uns.
 
I will start that thread if I pull some good pics. It's nice to have some of our client's with apple trees in their lawns. We go over weekly and pick up any that dropped.:) We do the same in the fall with acorns that we have to clean up if the trees actually produce them. Last year was a bad year for mast crop production and I am not sure how the drought may affect this season crop of nuts. :confused:
 
Toad said:
I'm looking forward to seeing the pics. With a pile of apples you should definitely get pictures of some wildlife!

Start up a Kansas trailcam thread, and I'll post some pics on it if I get any good'uns.
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I was thinking yesterday if maybe a permanent "tail cam/photo" thread/title should be started? That way all the photos are under one title.

Just an idea;)
 
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I will start that thread if I pull some good pics. It's nice to have some of our client's with apple trees in their lawns. We go over weekly and pick up any that dropped.:) We do the same in the fall with acorns that we have to clean up if the trees actually produce them. Last year was a bad year for mast crop production and I am not sure how the drought may affect this season crop of nuts. :confused:
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We collected a fair amount of bur oak acorns last Fall, but they were pretty buggy. Whatever the little bug is that bores small holes in the sides... there were a lot of those. Anyway, they pretty much got ignored all Fall until the squirrels got desperate mid-winter. I wasn't hunting around them anyway, just dumped them out along the treeline at home to see if the deer or turkeys would find them.
 
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