Best State to have a Hunting Retreat as a NR

[seeth07]

Alaska is awesome. Just sayin'...

I can't argue that. One of our first backpacking adventures was to POW where we had a Blacktail tag and drew one of the bear tags for the fall season. Was able to harvest both and it was a damn hard hunt but so beautiful and rewarding. I want to go back there every fall!

 

[3855WIN]

May have been mentioned already, but just get a travel trailer. Why lock in to one spot when you can roam all over the West?

 

[geetar]

Seriously, anyone else catching the irony of someone wondering where to move that hasn't been ruined by people moving there?

Pretty much the story of the settling of America and westward expansion in a nutshell.

 

[geetar]

May have been mentioned already, but just get a travel trailer. Why lock in to one spot when you can roam all over the West?

when it gets overrun but those you don’t wanna be around just hitch up and pull out.

 

[geetar]

Just a heads up, I would pay attention to what CO does with their OTC elk tags the next year, especially if you archery hunt.

Might be a good idea to watch the wolf reintroduction plans too. That can change a lot.

 

[geetar]

Vacation homes are definitely a relic of the baby boomer generation just like McMansions they are a waste of time and resources.

I’ll be kinda glad when that trend is over.

 

[mtmuley]

I’ll be kinda glad when that trend is over.

It ain't near over. mtmuley

 

[geetar]

It ain't near over. mtmuley

I’m sure you are right. Just seems annoying that people wanna build a house in a remote area to retreat to once or twice a year and then the same people complain that there just isn’t as much wild uninhabited places as there used to be.

 

[mtmuley]

I’m sure you are right. Just seems annoying that people wanna build a house in a remote area to retreat to once or twice a year and then the same people complain that there just isn’t as much wild uninhabited places as there used to be.

Agreed. I work for a high end Montana custom home builder. I've seen a lot of stuff. Not just here either. We've done projects in Idaho, Wyoming and New Mexico. Wealthy folks like to hang out in the "outdoors". mtmuley

 

[geetar]

Agreed. I work for a high end Montana custom home builder. I've seen a lot of stuff. Not just here either. We've done projects in Idaho, Wyoming and New Mexico. Wealthy folks like to hang out in the "outdoors". mtmuley

I’m in NC and we have some beautiful mountains but the rich people in Charlotte love having a second home along a trout stream.

 

[mtmuley]

I’m in NC and we have some beautiful mountains but the rich people in Charlotte love having a second home along a trout stream.

Google Bitteroot River sometime. mtmuley

 

[geetar]

Google Bitteroot River sometime. mtmuley

I can only imagine.

 

[MO Betta]

I'm working to move permanently where people might visit once a year, haha. If I could afford a second property to visit a couple times a year, it'd be a shack like Rinella's in AK.

 

[AvidIndoorsman]

Google Bitteroot River sometime. mtmuley

The entire state is CO, SW MT, NW Wyoming... list goes on.

 

[Dave N]

I'm working to move permanently where people might visit once a year, haha. If I could afford a second property to visit a couple times a year, it'd be a shack like Rinella's in AK.

That's how we're starting. Got a place for "a place" while looking for "the" place. Paid cash, so now it's also collateral in case we need it.

 

[1_pointer]

May have been mentioned already, but just get a travel trailer. Why lock in to one spot when you can roam all over the West?

This would be my plan. Especially as tags get harder to get, and that trend will continue for NRs. Hate to be tied to one location.

 

[Mallardsx2]

Buy a camper and jump from state to state staying on BLM land. Thats what my wife and I will do when we are older.

 

[3855WIN]

Yeah, but aren't you moving?

Dave, have you ever owned a second home or camp? I’ve had a Lake house and currently have a hunting camp house. Just like a year round home, they require maintenance. I can get to my camp in 1.5 hours. No problem running over and getting things done. A place across the country is a whole different ball game. You’ll need a local caretaker or maintenance man. If not, you’ll spend every trip working on the place.

 

[2rocky]

Seriously, anyone else catching the irony of someone wondering where to move that hasn't been ruined by people moving there?

 

[Dave N]

Dave, have you ever owned a second home or camp? I’ve had a Lake house and currently have a hunting camp house. Just like a year round home, they require maintenance. I can get to my camp in 1.5 hours. No problem running over and getting things done. A place across the country is a whole different ball game. You’ll need a local caretaker or maintenance man. If not, you’ll spend every trip working on the place.

Finally got my piece of the Alaskan dream!

Just got home today from ANOTHER trip to Alaska. This one, however, was different. We went up to check out the property that we bought! Going to take a bit of work cleaning up, but we now have a place to go to and stay whenever we go up. Just outside of Willow off of Parks Highway. The Sockeye...

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