Hey all I'm fairly new to this board but with the weather warming up ( barely ) Ive been thinking about possible places to hunt with my new Bounty hunter tracker IV.
One possibility is my deceased grandmothers farm. We ( my immediate family ) owns the land, and through talking to my mother ( she grew up on this farm ) said that the house was over 100 years old when THEY moved in ( in the early 60's ). The house has since burned down, and all the rubble removed. What does remain is the barn, Which was built around 1850 or so, about 80 acres of pasture, ( one of which pastures used to be fenced in for the horses ) a pool house, (built in the late 60's early 70's ( the pool has since been caved in and covered) and an old dump ( a ditch where at first look is everything from an old stove, a car door, broken bottles, and numerous NEW trash things ( the dump is about 10ft * 10 ft in area.
My boyfriend and i went there on one rainy day with an old really crappy "toy" detector from the 60's and found nothing but a horseshoe and some peices of iron, and a crowbar haha.
The second possible place would be at HIS grandmothers farm ( they bought it in 1960 but other members of the family have owned the land for the past 150 years EASILY )
on that land back away from the road there used to be a house that her grandmother lived in that burned down, the land where this house was is now pasture for cows. She ( his grandmother ) says that the place where the old house used to be is on what is her neighbors farm now, but that theyre such good friends of the family they wouldnt care in the slightest that i come hunt there. among the old house that used to be there on this farm, there are 2 man made ponds, about 80 acres of pasture for the 2 horses, and an old barn that i dont know how long it has been there.
I dont know as much about second place as the first, but ive seen a picture that is probably from 1900-1920 with the old house in it before it burned down.
Any Ideas of places to search first on this vast amount of land would be greatly appricated. clues of what to look for and things of that nature. im very excited about this season ( it being my first and hopefully ill make some dough while im at it
THanks alot guys and gals.
-kara
Ps. How do you all go to parks and hunt without recieveing guff from the police? Ive been to one park and was just brushing around the mulch with my hands ( not even digging!) and was told i wasnt allowed to have a metal detector there. Where do i go to get permission? Where can i find the rules and laws?
One possibility is my deceased grandmothers farm. We ( my immediate family ) owns the land, and through talking to my mother ( she grew up on this farm ) said that the house was over 100 years old when THEY moved in ( in the early 60's ). The house has since burned down, and all the rubble removed. What does remain is the barn, Which was built around 1850 or so, about 80 acres of pasture, ( one of which pastures used to be fenced in for the horses ) a pool house, (built in the late 60's early 70's ( the pool has since been caved in and covered) and an old dump ( a ditch where at first look is everything from an old stove, a car door, broken bottles, and numerous NEW trash things ( the dump is about 10ft * 10 ft in area.
My boyfriend and i went there on one rainy day with an old really crappy "toy" detector from the 60's and found nothing but a horseshoe and some peices of iron, and a crowbar haha.
The second possible place would be at HIS grandmothers farm ( they bought it in 1960 but other members of the family have owned the land for the past 150 years EASILY )
on that land back away from the road there used to be a house that her grandmother lived in that burned down, the land where this house was is now pasture for cows. She ( his grandmother ) says that the place where the old house used to be is on what is her neighbors farm now, but that theyre such good friends of the family they wouldnt care in the slightest that i come hunt there. among the old house that used to be there on this farm, there are 2 man made ponds, about 80 acres of pasture for the 2 horses, and an old barn that i dont know how long it has been there.
I dont know as much about second place as the first, but ive seen a picture that is probably from 1900-1920 with the old house in it before it burned down.
Any Ideas of places to search first on this vast amount of land would be greatly appricated. clues of what to look for and things of that nature. im very excited about this season ( it being my first and hopefully ill make some dough while im at it
THanks alot guys and gals.
-kara
Ps. How do you all go to parks and hunt without recieveing guff from the police? Ive been to one park and was just brushing around the mulch with my hands ( not even digging!) and was told i wasnt allowed to have a metal detector there. Where do i go to get permission? Where can i find the rules and laws?
?GOOD LUCK & Keep us Posted ; jeff
