How would you use 20 acres of forest?
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How would you use 20 acres of forest?
I live in a little subdivision in Maine, near-ish to town, but also near-ish to what city-folk would mistake for "wilderness" (or the rest of us just call "rural").
My house came with 20 acres of land out back, and I don't know what to use it for.
Bad: I can't subdivide it, it has no road access, some of it is wet in certain parts of the year, and I'm technically not supposed to have a business on the property.
Good: The land is all woods, has a nice little stream that runs through it, some little hills, rock walls, and abuts a community multi-use trail.
So far all we ever use it for is to take the dog for woods walks, and one neighbor has asked me if he can hunt back there, so he does that in November.
What would you hide back there?
My house came with 20 acres of land out back, and I don't know what to use it for.
Bad: I can't subdivide it, it has no road access, some of it is wet in certain parts of the year, and I'm technically not supposed to have a business on the property.
Good: The land is all woods, has a nice little stream that runs through it, some little hills, rock walls, and abuts a community multi-use trail.
So far all we ever use it for is to take the dog for woods walks, and one neighbor has asked me if he can hunt back there, so he does that in November.
What would you hide back there?
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ITS EVEN IN THE WILDERNESS:
Seriously though, it all depends on your likes/dislikes. You could put a wood working shop out there, quad/motocross track, pave a karting track, distillery, brewery, winery, god I'm thirsty, archery range, rifle range, farming, livestock, 20 acre man cave, list goes on.
Outside of Miatas, what are your hobbies?
Seriously though, it all depends on your likes/dislikes. You could put a wood working shop out there, quad/motocross track, pave a karting track, distillery, brewery, winery, god I'm thirsty, archery range, rifle range, farming, livestock, 20 acre man cave, list goes on.
Outside of Miatas, what are your hobbies?
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I would hunt it and let it be, honestly.
I'd probably have a dirtbike, but having rode my dirt bike on my grandpas 40 acres of woods / farm i can tell you that it gets boring quickly.
I'd probably have a dirtbike, but having rode my dirt bike on my grandpas 40 acres of woods / farm i can tell you that it gets boring quickly.
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Biking, ATV, hiking, etc. by yourself gets boring fast. You need to go with someone else to make it fun.
I'd love a little place like that to hunt. I'd clear 1/2 an acre right in the middle for a food plot.
I'd love a little place like that to hunt. I'd clear 1/2 an acre right in the middle for a food plot.
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1. Clear a dirt bike path...mostly G-rated stuff.
2. Buy 3-5 Honda XR50 mini-bikes or the like.
3. Host an adult mini-bike team endurance race with beer drinking. each team has one rider at a time. Every lap the rider has to stop and chug 1/3 of a beer or swap to new rider. Team with most lap wins.
4...?
5. Become the most popular guy in town and profit.
2. Buy 3-5 Honda XR50 mini-bikes or the like.
3. Host an adult mini-bike team endurance race with beer drinking. each team has one rider at a time. Every lap the rider has to stop and chug 1/3 of a beer or swap to new rider. Team with most lap wins.
4...?
5. Become the most popular guy in town and profit.
#9
1. Clear a dirt bike path...mostly G-rated stuff.
2. Buy 3-5 Honda XR50 mini-bikes or the like.
3. Host an adult mini-bike team endurance race with beer drinking. each team has one rider at a time. Every lap the rider has to stop and chug 1/3 of a beer or swap to new rider. Team with most lap wins.
4...?
5. Become the most popular guy in town and profit.
2. Buy 3-5 Honda XR50 mini-bikes or the like.
3. Host an adult mini-bike team endurance race with beer drinking. each team has one rider at a time. Every lap the rider has to stop and chug 1/3 of a beer or swap to new rider. Team with most lap wins.
4...?
5. Become the most popular guy in town and profit.
#10
Cut the trees down and build a go-kart track.
Like this:
https://robbreport.com/shelter/homes...track-2808807/
--Ian
Like this:
https://robbreport.com/shelter/homes...track-2808807/
--Ian
#11
1. Clear a dirt bike path...mostly G-rated stuff.
2. Buy 3-5 Honda XR50 mini-bikes or the like.
3. Host an adult mini-bike team endurance race with beer drinking. each team has one rider at a time. Every lap the rider has to stop and chug 1/3 of a beer or swap to new rider. Team with most lap wins.
4...?
5. Become the most popular guy in town and profit.
2. Buy 3-5 Honda XR50 mini-bikes or the like.
3. Host an adult mini-bike team endurance race with beer drinking. each team has one rider at a time. Every lap the rider has to stop and chug 1/3 of a beer or swap to new rider. Team with most lap wins.
4...?
5. Become the most popular guy in town and profit.
#15
great Idea, thinking of this myself. Watching buddies make great money doing this.
Easiest question for me to answer. Build this. I used to ride here back in the day.
https://youtu.be/wNnHENkiXx8
https://youtu.be/wNnHENkiXx8
Im going mtn bike route. Building lots of trails through the trees and then wood ramps on the grasslands, so I can move them around. Photo was about 2 seconds after I decided it was finished enough to try it out.
Last edited by ryansmoneypit; 09-21-2018 at 10:43 AM.
#16
Cut the trees down and build a go-kart track.
Like this:
https://robbreport.com/shelter/homes...track-2808807/
--Ian
Like this:
https://robbreport.com/shelter/homes...track-2808807/
--Ian
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Plant a huge marijuana crop. Don't ever harvest it, just let it grow.
Leave various knick-knacks lying around the field which all point to a specific geographic location / language which is completely foreign to you, and uncommon in the area in which you live. (Eg: candy-bar wrappers, magazines, cigarette packs, and so on which are indigenous to Belgium, or something like that.)
Act totally confused and surprised when the DEA shows up. Claim you didn't even know that you owned that land.
Leave various knick-knacks lying around the field which all point to a specific geographic location / language which is completely foreign to you, and uncommon in the area in which you live. (Eg: candy-bar wrappers, magazines, cigarette packs, and so on which are indigenous to Belgium, or something like that.)
Act totally confused and surprised when the DEA shows up. Claim you didn't even know that you owned that land.
#18
Habitat... call some local fish&wildlife trust/org/non-profit and have one of their pro's come out and take a look at it. They'll tell you what animals would really love to live there and how you can make it better for them. Then set up a feeder in the offseason to draw them in and wait for opening day.