Looking for Property

My wife and I are looking for a place to call home. We both work seasonally as guides and travel a lot during the year from AK to the Rockies and back east to where our families are. We really don't have any ties to any one area which sounds like a blessing but it sure makes house hunting difficult. I love turkey hunting the Appalachians in the spring, elk hunting the rockies in fall, layout hunting divers on lake erie, and trapping in AK....picking one place is proving to be tough. The ol ball and chain is ready for some roots and I guess I am too. Looking for a place to keep a couple horses, raise a family and be close to the kinds of recreation mentioned.So far we've looked from Kentucky to Washington so we aren't ruling anything out...You guys have proved to be a wealth of opinion and information....any recommendations?

Central to North Central Kansas, South Central Nebraska. Well kept secret good deer and turkey hunting, good furbearer population, small game, close to Rockies, not bad drive back East, reasonable land and home prices compared to the West and East.

Potter Co.-PA. check us out.

I've often thought about this subject.

I came to the conclusion that no matter where you choose, your gonna have to travel for most of what you like. Be me, i'd pick a place that you can live cheap where one or two of your passions are and has a climate that doesn't hinder doing what ya like to do. (As in bugs galore in the summer and cold as all get-out in the winter.)

Warren county, PA-You get the Allegheny river, ANF, lots of trout, smallmoth bass, walleye, musky, deer, bear, turkey. Kinzua, close to Chautauqua lake and lake eire.
I lived there for 10 years and missed it so much I bought a camp two years after I moved away.

Northern Montana or Wyoming

Good to find a balance like that. Those places are out there .

Hey, don't let the cat out the bag.....LOL Spent a lot of my youth hunting and fishing around Cherry Grove, Farnsworth, Little Arnot,among a few others. It's still a great place with unlimited outdoor activities and tons of state land.

Wyoming

Wyoming, certain parts of North Dakota.

Osky

I am going to east Tennessee ... so thats already taken

You know, come to think about it, there are lots of places better than Warren county.

I'm based out of Punxsutawney, Pa. but have great properties in many areas. Marienville,Pa. offers a great outdoor potential. Powell and Associates Real Estate. Powellrealestateonline.com

Iowa has big whitetails, pheasants. 12 hours to the Rockies. 16 to east side. 12 hours gets you to Texas, 12 hours gets you to Canada. Winter can suck though.

Potter Co.-PA. check us out.

50 yrs a hunter and trapper,..enjoyed his travels and experiences throughout potter county,..same area ,.right?

One of my favorite books on the shelf.

On of these days I'm going to pick up and move to central PA.

I've read it a few times now, good book! Each time I need to up my reading glass power!

Montana, south Dakota, Wyoming, Minnesota

Where at scuba? I live in a small town called Roan Mountain and it's in the far northeast of Tenn right on the NC line. Great place to get away from the crowds and raise a family

ive got forty acer in u p of Michigan with log cabin on it really nice power, water, four bedrooms letting it go for 20 thousand under app. right in between all the stuff you want good hunting an fishing

Are you guys retiring??

If not, that's the biggest thing. Finding good employment.

Or is this a house for when you aren't working your seasonal jobs?

Mainly for when were aren't working seasonal jobs but I agree there must be some kind of employment. Mainly winter/spring months

Good wood chuck hunting in your area.

We have two seasons here shovelin and swatting,but there's no place like home.

Just notice you're from NW PA so you likley know all about Warren county already.

I've spent most of my life in different parts of PA-warren.forest,venango area is my favorite.
If I was looking outside PA, Washington, parts of Idaho, and BC is where I'd start.

Making a decision like where to put down roots is so individual it's hard for anyone to give good advise.-Good luck in your search.

My son says they are moving to Tulsa Oklahoma, housing is good price, her nurse wages higher there

be hard to get me to move from ks. little crime, low cost of living, hunting fishing trapping are all decent. center of the country so travel to other locals is not bad. not too many liberals here. our state constitution recognizes hunting fishing and trapping as a right not a privilege, enforcement of federal firearm law is a felony (wish that would be enforced but it isn't) you can carry any way you choose if its legal for you to own a firearm, (no felony convictions) without asking permission. people are friendly and laws and game regulation straight forward and easy to abide by. taxes are too high imo but not as high as some states.

I can't imagine you would even consider Washington, if the politics and laws were better it would be a great choice.
For the lifestyle you want, I think nearly anywhere in the north half of Idaho would be outstanding.

No Shooting at Phil in our area!

My wife and I are having the same discussion as I prepare to retire from the military. I like Kansas and Oklahoma, been stationed in both, and PA really surprised me with the great hunting and trapping, although it gets crowded. We both like it there. I think South Dakota is the front runner right now. No income tax and fairly cheap places available with good trapping, pheasant, deer, and duck. Close to a lot of other places. I'm thinking of building a 50x100 steel building with a living quarters in it so I can pull all the toys inside, lock it up, and take off on an adventure.

Without a doubt I would buy in the Buffalo Wyoming area. I live several hours from there and go there few times a year. Its a the base of the Big Horn mountains with lots of hunting for elk, moose, mule and whitetail deer. Antelope hunting east on the prairie. Great fishing and camping in the Big Horns and plenty of furbearers to trap any direction you go. Buffalo is just off of interstate 25 which goes south to Casper/Cheyenne or north to Sheridan and Billings MT. Also I-90 intersects there coming from the east from the Black Hills of SD. Its a great small town with good schools and a really nice downtown district.

Another big plus is Wyoming does not have a state income tax!

I am too darned old to make another move and am pretty well settled here in the Black Hills of SD. Otherwise I would sure be checking out Buffalo.