Hunting land

IMO, 10 acres isn’t enough, especially if you’re bounded on all sides by private land. I consider 160 acres a good starting point. Some things to consider: topography (you don’t wanted pure moose pasture), road access, presence of game animals, tag availability, proximity to water, surrounding land ownership (public land is best), property taxes, municipal bylaws or other land use restrictions.

Good luck,
 
sam menard said:
IMO, 10 acres isn’t enough, especially if you’re bounded on all sides by private land. I consider 160 acres a good starting point. Some things to consider: topography (you don’t wanted pure moose pasture), road access, presence of game animals, tag availability, proximity to water, surrounding land ownership (public land is best), property taxes, municipal bylaws or other land use restrictions.

Good luck,
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This ^^^ a quarter section (160 ac) is a half mile by a half mile. If you want a bush 1/4 in SK they can still be had reasonable but not 10 minutes from a city. May even find one with some good hay on it.
One acre is 16.5' wide and a half mile long. Soo 10 ac is 165' wide by a half mile. Not much land there. Just mpo.
 
Suka said:
This ^^^ a quarter section (160 ac) is a half mile by a half mile. If you want a bush 1/4 in SK they can still be had reasonable but not 10 minutes from a city. May even find one with some good hay on it.
One acre is 16.5' wide and a half mile long. Soo 10 ac is 165' wide by a half mile. Not much land there. Just mpo.
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The 10 acres would be good for a hunting camp and if by chance there is some game that's a bonus. I found something close to a lake that I really like.
The money in my account don't produce too much at 1.5% interest rate and I hope to protect my money somehow.
 
My strategy has been to buy land that has enough developed farmland on it to pay the land taxes with hay rent. About one third hay field, two thirds non-agricultural is a good ratio. That way the annual cash cost after the initial investment is zero, not counting costs of cabin or permanent blinds. Hay disturbs the land the least for wildlife, and is usually all harvested and hauled off before hunting seasons start.
 
10 acres isn't much but it could be enough depending on the location.

I have 162 acres adjacent to 5 quarters of wildlife lands, then a huge community pasture beyond that (although hard to say how long that will last). A full quarter isn't all that much but given the surrounding public land, it's pretty decent with good numbers of elk, moose, whitetail and black bear frequenting the area.

I also have 3 acres subdivided out of a quarter bordering the provincial forest. A quick walk and I'm into almost endless public land.

I think the key to your plan for around 10 acres could be fine as long as you have enough access to good wildlife habitat around it.
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More land is nice but focus on good location. We have 240 acres, that border on a river and an old non used community pasture, closest neighbor is 2 km away. He is an awesome cattle farmer, he looks after the few head of cattle we own, we hook up regularly and often hunt each others land. I get the run of over a 1000 acres during hunting season. Its really quite incredible.
 
I purchased 124 acres of raw land backing onto a private lake back in 2015 and my only regret is not buying more land. I have built two cabins on it and several blinds. I took me three years to find the right parcel. My suggestion is to save up to buy bigger, unless it's located next to a lot of crown land, and/or is on water.

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