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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
THIS!! I have a little pit bike track with a few klx110’s and drz70 and some 50’s. Stock to complete full mod. Its an absolute blast when you get a group of people together riding. We have a few trails and smallish size track that we ride. Sober or not, its a blast. If i had 20 acres to myself, I’d build a shop and have a pitbike track.
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.
Originally Posted by skidude
People keep telling me to get into mountain biking, but I think even 20 acres would get pretty boring quickly.
Originally Posted by rleete
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.
You guys sound boring.
Originally Posted by Stealth97
Pitch a bunch of tents and put them on air B&B
great Idea, thinking of this myself. Watching buddies make great money doing this.
Originally Posted by thirdgen
Easiest question for me to answer. Build this. I used to ride here back in the day. https://youtu.be/wNnHENkiXx8
You get it 100%
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; Sep 21, 2018 at 10:43 AM.
And this is precisely why I get bored with karts. I see one lift and turn, and three braking zones. Our local "big," outdoor track is 13 turns. But in reality, there are only three since they are the only places you have to even touch the brakes.
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.
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.
I think that's called "baiting" and a felony offense. saw it on tv. some redneck dumped a truckload of apples about 50 yards from his house. said he had no other place to dispose of them.
I think that's called "baiting" and a felony offense. saw it on tv. some redneck dumped a truckload of apples about 50 yards from his house. said he had no other place to dispose of them.
It's legal here, for one more year. I guess they're going to add more rules to it.
How would you use 20 acres of forest?
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