Land and partnerships....

All this is very common in Florida and other southern states. I have seen leases much higher than that. One similiar that I belonged to for years was 7300 acres one tract. It had 27 lakes or ponds. was loaded with deer, hogs and turkey. Was $900 per year. limited to a maximum of 120 members. Land development eventually made it fold, but it was great while it lasted.

 

It's a yearly payment of $1200.00

 

You get what you pay for. I would want to walk the property a bit unarmed if reguired just to get a feel for the animals present, and numbers. But note the annual fee of $900 was in 1980's money. How many acres do these folks you are talking about have under lease? How many members? Is there a maximun number of members cap? All these would be decision making factors. JMHO. I do not however like the 5 year lease cancellation provision. Most of these places if good hunting is available have waiting lists in 3 figures.

 

Brokor, yes, NH property taxes are extremely high, but there's no sales orincome tax there. Anyway, some neighbors own substantial pieces of land( some have around 100 acres, some just a few, some many more), so they'd have to murder us all. ;-)

It's a great spot. About a mile down the road is a river, too.
Taxes are less than $1,000.00 a year. Have to ask my husband.

 

Once upon a time.....
I was in a large group that had appointed the sole land owner as the head of their gathering....The long and the short is, the land was not owned solely by this one person but by 3.
1 was an ex-girlfriend, the second was her mother, last was the person mentioned above.
Needless to say, as time went by, he had a new girlfriend, married her, and the land was GONE!
You have to watch those patnerships!

 

That's what I said in the beginning...

 

Well...I don't have a monster plot of land, but I have 83 acres on which we live and an 80 acre gold claim down the road a ways that my oldest son works. The claim is part of about 2 million acres of national wilderness that starts about 4 miles down the river.

As far as security, we have about 2.5 acres around the house fenced and gated securely, with just stock fencing on 3 sides of the rest (4th side is river). We also have 3 Rotties that roam during the day and are inside the secure area at night. There is really no need to try and secure the entire plot.

We have about 8 acres in xmas trees for a little extra cash every year and the rest is pretty much "buffer" between us and the "outside world"...not to mention our savings account of firewood. I don't hunt for pleasure any more...so it is also a bit of a food bank in case of SHTF.

Our location is also the "bugout" destination for 2 of my brothers, 2 of my bros-in-law and 3 old friends...all of whom have food and equipment caches here and help out with various projects on their vacations from their various cities. It is actually 3 tax lots with approved homesites on the other 2 (1 actually has a house that is usable, but not occupied or in great shape) along with oversized septic systems and wells. We also have a "clubhouse" on our lot with septic and seperate well.

We don't use all of the property and could certainly "get by" with less, but the buffer zone between our fence and the property limits just "feel good" to have out there for a guy like me who is something of a hermit.