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Offline Billinky

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Tell me about Wyoming
« on: November 27, 2009, 01:00:51 AM »
As a very lonely liberty minded person all by myself in KY, I discovered the FSP about 3 1/2 years ago.  I had tossed the idea around and was getting more serious about visiting NH and moving there.  Until tonight I did not realize there were any other active groups except in NH.

Obviously there are less people in the FSW but then WY is has less population, which is something I like! 

It's fair to say that I would find Wyoming people to be more "my kind of people.'  This is especially because my only goal in life is to homestead in a very traditional and non-electric way as much as possible.  While you can do that just about anywhere, including NH, I'd say I could find more like-minded people in this state.  The biggest issue I'm seeing with WY is no trees.  I have 56 acres of land in KY that I had planned on homesteading in the coming spring (before I decided living in a non-free state area is no longer a good idea)  and timber is a big factor for me.  I've done some quick searches in WY already and in my price range, I'm seeing land with nothing but sagebrush and scrub and no spring or creek on it.  Any suggestions? 


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Re: Tell me about Wyoming
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2009, 05:58:09 AM »
Well, we do have trees, just not very many - none of the land here will bear any resemblance to KY. And water is always an issue, with little of it running on the surface. Land with trees and running water is available, but is very expensive. If trees and water are your highest priority, you probably won't find what you want in Wyoming.

But if freedom is on top of that list, we've got plenty to share. :) Best way to find out is to come visit us and see for yourself.  We plant our own trees. :)
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Re: Tell me about Wyoming
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2009, 07:38:34 AM »
  Any suggestions? 



A couple. You seem to have a nice place in Ky, and having spent some time there at the resort area of Ft Knox, I don't reckon the Wyoming winters or landscape would be too much of a shock to you.

I think you might find the Black Hills area not too-dissimilar to Northern KY, at least. They originally called it the Black Hills because of all the tree trunks, not for the color of the rocks. We're talking up around Devil's Tower [Crook County] and Newcastle [Weston Co.] here.

If you've ever seen the movie *Close Encounters of the Third Kind,* that's Crook County and the Devil's Tower area, though obviously, the moviemakers cherrypicked for scenery. Likewise, if you've ever been to Mount Rushmore or the biker party at Sturgiss in South Dakota, you'd recognize the scenery.

It's not all sagebrush [actually, more grassland] and wide-open spaces, though there's plenty of that to be found in the Cowboy state, but I think if I was in your shoes, I'd make myself as comfortable as possible in KY, then come visit in Wyoming and check out a couple of the prettier corners of the place. Then if the Democratics and lefties in Louisville and Frankfort make Kentucky living a lot less pleasant than it is now, you'll have some ideas about a place you can go to should you choose to vote with your fett- and you'll have some pals in some pretty good hunting country.

Hope to see you in Wyoming!
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Re: Tell me about Wyoming
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2009, 08:11:48 AM »


   The only way you are going to satisfy your curiosity about the geography of Wyoming is to visit us and snoop and see for yourself. Other than that your just whizzing in the wind with guess work.
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Offline manfromnevada

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Re: Tell me about Wyoming
« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2009, 02:50:07 PM »
Billinky,
I live near Devil's Tower, in the Black Hills. Have 48 acres here in the forest. I'd say I have about 10,000 trees on my property! Pine, oak, aspen. Deer cross in front of my windows several times a day. I've seen elk, a couple of mountain lions, and a bobcat! Plenty of wild turkeys too. Oh yeah, and I have a year round spring fed creek running thru the property. Can hear it from the house when during the spring till late summer.

So, don't tell me you can't find what you're looking for!

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Offline Billinky

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Re: Tell me about Wyoming
« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2009, 07:16:43 PM »
What I was saying was that I can't seem to find sizeable acreage with timber and water that I can afford.  No more than 1,000 an acre

Offline Prairie Fire

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Re: Tell me about Wyoming
« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2009, 07:35:56 PM »
Trees and water for no more than $1K per acre is pretty much a no-can-do situation here.  Heck, rangeland in parcels of less than a few sections (640 acre per section) for that price, is hard to find.

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Re: Tell me about Wyoming
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2009, 06:08:06 PM »
What I was saying was that I can't seem to find sizeable acreage with timber and water that I can afford.  No more than 1,000 an acre

Here in Wyoming, we've been infected with the "It's worth $250 an acre, but I want $3,000." syndrome. Caused mostly by out-of-staters who insisted on paying $3,000 an acre for $250 land.

If I were you, I'd stay in Kentucky.

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Re: Tell me about Wyoming
« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2009, 06:44:34 PM »
Here in Wyoming, we've been infected with the "It's worth $250 an acre, but I want $3,000." syndrome. Caused mostly by out-of-staters who insisted on paying $3,000 an acre for $250 land.

If I were you, I'd stay in Kentucky.


HardwareHank...

I seriously question your purpose here on the forum.
Quite frankly, Your attitude here leaves much to be desired.


And even at 3K an acre it beats the hell out 1000s of locations
in America today. There is more to location that what can be directly
profited off of that location from an ag standpoint.

A residential parking "SPOT" recently sold in Boston For over 300,000.00


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Re: Tell me about Wyoming
« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2009, 07:11:37 PM »
Rich:  I appreciate that.

Offline cREbralFIX

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Re: Tell me about Wyoming
« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2009, 09:20:47 PM »
Be happy it's not $10,000...$20,000...$60,000 for ONE acre.

Offline MichaelNotMike

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Re: Tell me about Wyoming
« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2009, 12:16:45 AM »

If I were you, I'd stay in Kentucky.

My jaw kinda dropped when I read you wrote that.

What's that about ? ? ? ?

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Re: Tell me about Wyoming
« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2009, 06:49:55 AM »
Foreclosures/Tax Auctions are just starting to amp up with most Florida and California "second" homes and land coming open...lots (10 to 75 acres) at ANY stage of development are decreasing in prices OR just sitting on the market.

Outside non-controllable issues aside, as long as that continues for another three to four years, my plans will be fulfilled  >:D >:D >:D

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Offline biathlon

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Re: Tell me about Wyoming
« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2009, 03:00:25 PM »
Most of the trees here are gonna be dead soon so that's a moot point. The beetles have pretty much extinctified the lodgepole pine here in 5 county! I prefer being able to set up steel out to 800 or even 1000 yards and that's kinda hard in timber. This is not Kentucky, it's Wyoming. Anywhere you land here you'll never be to far from some sorta mountain range with plenty of trees and solitude. Come on out and have a look for your self. Welcome to FSW. ;D

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Re: Tell me about Wyoming
« Reply #14 on: December 28, 2009, 12:56:11 PM »

If I were you, I'd stay in Kentucky.

My jaw kinda dropped when I read you wrote that.

What's that about ? ? ? ?

MWD


I can't speak as to what he meant. But there's an old quote about the Oregon Trail that may offer some insight: "The cowards never started, and the weak died on the way." http://www.parentcaresolution.com/comments.asp?cat_id=35&id=346

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