Im a huge outdoorsman, love fishing and hunting. My minds made up that I'm living in the woods unless I get married( 85% don't wanna). I am buying a new truck in the next 2 months, after that is my property. I've spent a ton of time searching online at properties but haven't made my mind where to go. Southeast Alaska is beautiful and more weather friendly then the rest of the state. Canada has the cheapest properties by far. By properties i mean 30+ acre wooded lots with some type of water. Those are as remote as life gets. Then you have the Pacific Northwest into Montana and Wyoming, and the Appalation range has a lot of weather friendly areas. Weather does not bother me except for heat. There ain't shit you can do about 100 degree weather, but when it's 20 below you can dress for it. As I'm typing this i realized something that has civilization would be best for me. Not living in a town but having it within a reasonable distance. My income would come from woodworking. I enjoy making all types of things and living 200 miles from a town would be a downfall of income. These properties range from 30-50k( yes some are way more) but there's where I am price wise. I will have no bills other than whats left of my land, and enough money saved to cover that. Basically I'm just sick of having to physically go to work everyday, I'm here typing this now. I make good money but just hate having to be here, the feeling you get when you go to sleep at night knowing you have to work the next day. I would definitely be doing more work on a day to day basis in the woods than at my stupid job, but it's stuff i enjoy. And I can do them on my own time. If I feel like getting blitzed, I can do so whenever. I have a good list of things I would need for my lifetime out there but it's far to long to type. My food would come from my garden, fish and whatever I hunt. I have almost all the tools I could need for a lifetime. Everything I will ever need will be purchased ahead of time. Thoughts? Opinions? Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum
Alaska, real kick ass fishing and hunting. Winter time in a nice warm workshop would pass the time nicely. I don't think you can beat Alaska.
I've never been to Alaska, but it is an outdoormans paradise.... The downside to that is money. I wouldn't be able to make much with wood working. Gas for the truck and atv is $8 a gallon while you would spend a lot driving to get gas. I'm thinking northern Appalation area, currently searching New Hampshire. Very remote area but still people to buy products. Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum
that's pretty much why I want to do. Buy a nice bit of acreage and learn to grow my own fruits and veggies along with getting my own meat. I may start off in a camper trailer or something small. But eventually I plan on building my own house. Nobody said it would be easy but it's the life I want to live good luck on your journey and I hope it works out for you!!! "Wait! We can't stop here, this is bat country!"- Fear and Loathing
I'm sorry but I have to say this. I grew up in a Mormon family. 90% of our food and supplies came from our labor. If you think you're working every day now just wait until you have to survive on what you grow, harvest, breed, make, etc., etc., ad nauseum. You work from sun-up to sun-down with longer hours during the summer. You gotta take advantage of that sunlight. You don't get days off. There are no true vacations. You're always preparing for the future. Before you throw down the money please make sure that you fully understand the responsibilities and consequences of your decision. There is nothing fun about dealing with breech births, marauding skunks, weasels, martins, Raccoon, bear, bobcat, wolverines (depending on where you settle down), wolves, and coyotes. They will all want access to your livestock, pets, small children, wandering missionaries, etc,. etc.. Your crops will be attacked by insects, deer, chipmunks, squirrels, rabbits, elk, moose and any other herbivore/omnivore looking for a free meal. The weather can delay or destroy crops and put you in a bind. Storage is key. There are so may variables and it's a tough life. It would be a big mistake if you're not up for it. It's not something i would ever want to go back to. I can do it if I absolutely have to but I damn sure don't want to. I was working in our family garden at 6 and baling and bucking hay by 12. We got up before the sun was up and went to bed when all the chores were done. Sometimes that would be midnight depending on what's happening with the livestock. I don't ever want to stick my arms in a cow's birth canal to turn a calf again. My advice to you is buy a nice house with acreage. Keep your job and work part-time on your woodworking. When you start making enough money from it then quit your job. If your woodworking doesn't pan out then you still have your job to fall back on. You can spend all your time fishing and hunting on your days off until you retire then you can make it a full time occupation.
I already know the risks, rewards, work involved. Animals messing with my garden?? Lmao that's just good and fur...I know there is a lot of work involved but its different when you enjoy that type of physical work. I just hate knowing I gotta get up for work in the morning, the fact that I have to spend 8 hours there following their rules, dress code, dealing with bitchy people. Yes I will work more, I have about 10 quards worth of wood I've been splitting in my free time. Several wood working projects that have been started. This is what I want, not some fling idea I got. I plan on purchasing the land within the next year, have it paid off in 10 years and start the next trek of life then. 10< Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum