If you won….

[Bighoun52]

If you won the lottery, would you buy one large property or a few smaller properties? I see the drurys have went with more smaller properties over the years. I have always thought a larger contiguous property would do better. I’m sure every state is different.

 

[5Cent]

One big one, couple thousand acres

 

[Curran]

I'd have a decent sized duck and deer camp property here in Ohio, (that I'd work to establish quail and pheasant on too) but I'd also earmark a good amount of that lotto funding for out of state hunts every year.

 

["J"]

I’d buy a new truck and refurbish my boat….. Maybe pave my driveway……

 

[Buckmaster]

Buy the Ranch out West.

 

[Outdoorsfellar]

I'd wish I was younger. So, save it for the nursing / funeral home.

 

[Mickey Merrie]

I'd wish I was younger. So, save it for the nursing / funeral home.

Hey! My wife asked me if we would ever move and I told her I was looking at a couple of homes already and sure enough you listed both of them!

 

[bowhunter1023]

I'd buy one big chunk and it would be my oasis. Some quality river bottom ground with a big ridge or two would be awesome.

 

[matthew]

Ide buy one big pc of property ,then build a bunker with tunnels through the whole property. So I could pop out right at my stands

 

[Ohiosam]

The problem with owning 1 big property is lack of flexibility, all your eggs are in 1 basket.

That said owning a 500-1000 acre hunting property does sound appealing.

 

[finelyshedded]

One huge chunk fo sho

It’s hard to burnout stands and easier to monitor if you live on it and it’s all in one place.

 

[jagermeister]

If the goal is to kill a big deer every year, I think you’d be better off buying smaller, key pieces of property. You can’t kill a big deer if he’s not here, and you better buy at least 2,000 acres if you plan to keep him all to yourself. I think smaller properties consisting of prime habitat and food would pull more deer into your wheelhouse if you played your cards right.

That being said, I’d opt for one large property… essentially a homestead. And I would buy brand new equipment and start farming. Every gallon of fuel, every individual seed I planted, and every piece of iron I purchased, would all be tax-deductible under the farm LLC. I’d never work a real job again. I’d farm, both for grain and for wildlife.

 

[giles]

Multiple chunks in different states.

 

[finelyshedded]

Multiple chunks in different states.

I get it but have fun with trespassing and headaches.

 

[giles]

I get it but have fun with trespassing and headaches.

People suck. I can't let that ruin my dreams.

 

[bowhunter1023]

That being said, I’d opt for one large property… essentially a homestead. And I would buy brand new equipment and start farming. Every gallon of fuel, every individual seed I planted, and every piece of iron I purchased, would all be tax-deductible under the farm LLC. I’d never work a real job again. I’d farm, both for grain and for wildlife.

This is exactly what I'd do, but I'd farm for livestock and produce, plus the wildlife. Would be incredibly fulfilling and proof that money  can buy happiness if you're not an idiot.

 

[triple_duece]

Buy several 40-100 acre farms w a main farm
Where I’d reside in Iowa, property in Kansas, Oklahoma, maybe Indiana or Ohio and maybe a cabin in Alaska. Reading yalls post seem short sighted , don’t hate. Then have hunts lined up everywhere I may want to go. Pipe dream yes but MLK had a dream, just don’t shoot me

 

[giles]

Buy several 40-100 acre farms w a main farm
Where I’d reside in Iowa, property in Kansas, Oklahoma, maybe Indiana or Ohio and maybe a cabin in Alaska. Reading yalls post seem short sighted , don’t hate. Then have hunts lined up everywhere I may want to go. Pipe dream yes but MLK had a dream, just don’t shoot me

This is what i was thinking. I woukd swap Indiana out for Kentucky tho.

 

[triple_duece]

This is what i was thinking. I woukd swap Indiana out for Kentucky tho.

Or just add Kentucky, got the monies right?

 

[bowhunter1023]

I hate traveling and would prefer to spend my whole life on one patch of dirt. Having properties all over setup for different pursuits would be cool if you liked traveling. I can definitely see the allure there. But as a through and through homebody, I'm all about a nice homestead. Hell, I live in the house I grew up in if that says anything