Large acreage question

[two_bit_score]

About what I pay on a home 2 pole barns and 2.33 acres here.

That's the difference in having an AG exemption and not. But then you aren't working your land 24/7/365 and trying to eeek out a meger income.

 

[tallyho8]

It only takes 4 miles of fence to fence in 640 acres, so not really that big of deal.

My 160 acres in Arkansas only takes 1 mile of fence to go around the perimeter.

My 16 acres in Louisiana takes 1 1/2 miles of fence for the perimeter.

No, that is NOT a typo!

 

[Duffster]

My 160 acres in Arkansas only takes 1 mile of fence to go around the perimeter.

My 16 acres in Louisiana takes 1 1/2 miles of fence for the perimeter.

No, that is NOT a typo!

That 16 acres must be one long SKINNY piece of property. LOL

 

[tallyho8]

That 16 acres must be one long SKINNY piece of property. LOL

Yes it is and it was twice as long before the previous owners sold half of it. Property in French Louisiana that was divided in Arpents instead of acres is all very long narrow sections.

 

[Dargo]

My property apparently in unique in that it randomly grows deer stands. It seems that I find a couple on it every year or so. It's clearly marked but people are really big on not only trespassing but on stealing my signs as well.

I have just over a mile or so of road frontage. I thought about putting up a fence, but neighbors who have done so seem to always be repairing their fence where someone's cut it down or driven through it. I think I'll use my excavator and make me a nice "irrigation" ditch down the part that has road frontage with a nice sturdy gate over a culvert for my only entrance. It gets a bit annoying that I not only have people trespassing, but setting up deer stands, cutting down trees to give them better shots from their stands into clearings and leaving me beer cans and bottles. I believe my 'give a dam' is beginning to fail and I'm going to have to be a bit more aggressive on catching and prosecuting those who intentionally trespass and damage my land.

 

[Duffster]

My property apparently in unique in that it randomly grows deer stands. It seems that I find a couple on it every year or so. It's clearly marked but people are really big on not only trespassing but on stealing my signs as well.

I have just over a mile or so of road frontage. I thought about putting up a fence, but neighbors who have done so seem to always be repairing their fence where someone's cut it down or driven through it. I think I'll use my excavator and make me a nice "irrigation" ditch down the part that has road frontage with a nice sturdy gate over a culvert for my only entrance. It gets a bit annoying that I not only have people trespassing, but setting up deer stands, cutting down trees to give them better shots from their stands into clearings and leaving me beer cans and bottles. I believe my 'give a dam' is beginning to fail and I'm going to have to be a bit more aggressive on catching and prosecuting those who intentionally trespass and damage my land.

See my first post in this thread. LOL

 

[txdon]

I put up 3 miles of perimeter fence around our 120 acres and about another mile of cross fences.

You can really save on fencing if your property is close to square.

I have "no hunting" signs and a perimeter trail that I patrol and the phone numbers of the local enforcers.

When you look at larger acres you can have it all IF the land is diverse enough. The hill view, the stream, the fields, the forest.

Diversity would be my #1 reason for large acreage.

 

[The Dougster]

Large acreage requires constant attention, which don't necessarily translate into large bank accounts. It's more a labor of love than anything. I read about folks washing and waxing their tractors and I wonder just how they ever find the time for that. I work on the assumption that I will never be finished with my work... there is always so much to do that when I grow bored doing one thing, I simply switch off and begin doing something else. It's like eating an elephant... one bite at a time.
Shame on me but I don't worry much about trespassers. I have signs up but figure that I'll take care of the problem when it arises. It's not something that I stress out about...

 

[Duffster]

Doesn't anybodies neighbors put up half the fence?

 

[rgood]

I've heard that's the way it's sposed to be - Personally, I haven't seen it happen.