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My wife and I are looking for a new home and we want to have some property for me and the kids to go hunting. What would be the minimum amount of land you guys would recommend for deer hunting?
 
If you are gonna stay in williamson it will more than likely be 5 acres min. Which I think is enough if it's in the right spot.
 
What should I look for? I do not want 5 acres of pasture. I'm hoping to find 5 acres of hardwoods that adjoins a creek/water source and possibly ag areas.
 
I think its perssonal prefrence,but me,i'd like atleast 20 acres,but it does matter alot of what surrounds the property,if you buy 10 acres all wooded,but yet its surrounded by houses,chances are its not gonna be good for hunting..Location,Location and Location!
 
Try to find some that joins a larger acreage tract.I would like atleast 50/50 woods fields. Try to find some that is a transition area.One where they would use your land to cross from one area to another such as feed to bed. I have a place like that where 80% of the deer I see cross the road after daylight. Then walk thru the 80 yd wide strip of trees to get to the bigger woods behind me. Right by my stand!!
 
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Again, what's around is the key, and who is around, and what they do year-round. I only have 26 acres, all forest, but there is alot of pasture, a 10 acre corn field and another 60 or so acres of forest all off the back side of it. Plenty of deer right now. Saw deer all fall.
 
Impossible to say. Much depends on the layout of surrounding properties. If you happen to own the bottleneck between several different patches of good cover, 5 acres is easily enough. However, if the habitat is very homogenous, it may take 100 acres to be huntable.
 
I assume asking the seller would be fruitless, they would probably tell me anything to sell the property. I have been looking at satellite imaged which helps.
 
First thing, you have to define your budget. then you can research the area and determine the best property you can afford (size acreage, water, flat vs rolling vs steep, wooded, pasture...). Premium land will cost a lot more than marginal land, so there may be a trade off (premium land = afford less, marginal land = afford more). Have fun and research what you want!
 
I did some food plots for a guy that lives in franklin this past fall and he told me he wanted to sow one in the back yard. At first I was a little puzzled about it, till I got there. He owns about a five acre tract in an older subdivision and his property is a big funnel between to big cedar thickets on the other properties. I worked up about a small spot sowed some stuff and he said the deer and turkeys tear it up. He also told me he had killed a doe and several turkeys with his bow. So the right parcel doesnt have to be huge, just in the right spot.
 
jmb4wd said:
I did some food plots for a guy that lives in franklin this past fall and he told me he wanted to sow one in the back yard. At first I was a little puzzled about it, till I got there. He owns about a five acre tract in an older subdivision and his property is a big funnel between to big cedar thickets on the other properties. I worked up about a small spot sowed some stuff and he said the deer and turkeys tear it up. He also told me he had killed a doe and several turkeys with his bow. So the right parcel doesnt have to be huge, just in the right spot.
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Cool...so I guess I can call you for help with food plots if I ever get a place to grow them ;)
 
UTGrad said:
jmb4wd said:
I did some food plots for a guy that lives in franklin this past fall and he told me he wanted to sow one in the back yard. At first I was a little puzzled about it, till I got there. He owns about a five acre tract in an older subdivision and his property is a big funnel between to big cedar thickets on the other properties. I worked up about a small spot sowed some stuff and he said the deer and turkeys tear it up. He also told me he had killed a doe and several turkeys with his bow. So the right parcel doesnt have to be huge, just in the right spot.
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Cool...so I guess I can call you for help with food plots if I ever get a place to grow them ;)
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Yep, Id be happy to help you out!!
 
Just make sure you think of potential development in Williamson. A small tract can easily be cut off when a subdivision is put in.
 

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