Shooter77
New Member
I've been reading everyone's post for a while now and decided to share a tour of my place. Love this record of what everyone has been doing at their pieces of heaven. Unlike most land buyers, I was very blessed to know the land I was buying. In September 1995, I ran into my little league coach from 6-7 years before. Told him I was looking forward to hunting this fall while going to college. He said you should come hunt my place.
My dad & I started that fall, hunting along with 2 others he let hunt some. Over the years, his nephew would bring people and more would hunt it at times. Gun season there was 7 people on it at the same time. Despite this, most years I would kill 1-2 deer. I had leases and hunted public land along with this land. As leases ended and most public land deer population in the area begin dropping, the desire to own land became more and more important to me.
I began looking for land in 2019 after my last lease ended and had very little luck on the land available. In the summer of 2021, the owner called me telling me he was going to sell. Said I had first offer since I had asked a few times each year since we started hunting it. He threw out a number and it only took my wife and I a few minutes to say we would take it. On June 30, 2021, I became the owner and made my dream of owning land complete.
The land is located in SW VA. The property runs North to South. The northern boarder starts in a river then proceeds up a river bluff then becomes gentle rolling till the southern end that's a large ridge. Property is 1320' at the lowest and 1620' at the highest. The property is only 170 yards at the widest point and consist of 100% woods.
In 1996, I killed my first mountable buck here. In 2018, my son killed his first deer at age 8. In 2020, he killed his first and second buck here. He killed his first turkey this past spring. My dad and I both have killed our largest bucks over the past 3 years on the property. This property has a very special place to my family and it's proven to be a huge blessing.
My dad & I started that fall, hunting along with 2 others he let hunt some. Over the years, his nephew would bring people and more would hunt it at times. Gun season there was 7 people on it at the same time. Despite this, most years I would kill 1-2 deer. I had leases and hunted public land along with this land. As leases ended and most public land deer population in the area begin dropping, the desire to own land became more and more important to me.
I began looking for land in 2019 after my last lease ended and had very little luck on the land available. In the summer of 2021, the owner called me telling me he was going to sell. Said I had first offer since I had asked a few times each year since we started hunting it. He threw out a number and it only took my wife and I a few minutes to say we would take it. On June 30, 2021, I became the owner and made my dream of owning land complete.
The land is located in SW VA. The property runs North to South. The northern boarder starts in a river then proceeds up a river bluff then becomes gentle rolling till the southern end that's a large ridge. Property is 1320' at the lowest and 1620' at the highest. The property is only 170 yards at the widest point and consist of 100% woods.
In 1996, I killed my first mountable buck here. In 2018, my son killed his first deer at age 8. In 2020, he killed his first and second buck here. He killed his first turkey this past spring. My dad and I both have killed our largest bucks over the past 3 years on the property. This property has a very special place to my family and it's proven to be a huge blessing.
