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Stephen Bellinger said:
Dave if it's anything like the mts around where we lived in NM, which ain't to far. There was a lot of good hunting. Deer, moose, elk even big horn sheep. lot of good hunting.
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I agree there's lots of good hunting in NM (including mule deer that put those little eastern whitetails to shame), but where did you find moose? :D There is hunting for several exotic transplants though, like Siberian Ibex.

BTW, the area around the Coronado National Forest is one of my favorites in the southwest. Dave, there's a ton of good hunting nearby, including world-class elk hunting on the White Mountain Apache reservation. :thumb:
 
Vaughn McMillan said:
where did you find moose? :D There is hunting for several exotic transplants though, like Siberian Ibex.

Vaughn i use to see them when i went up to the mescalero Apache resevation. Saw more mule deer,and elk,sheep than anything else, but had seen them. Not sure if they were trainsplaints or not.There's a lot of great traping up around clouldcroft also.A friend of my wifes family and ex boss tought me how to trap up there. Not sure if he still does,but i know he use to be one of the top TP builders around. Tanned his own buffalo hides to make them. Sold them all over the country even had a video out.Not sure how to add his link, but if you google Wess Housler that's him.He always wanted to go out with my wife when he was young.:rolleyes:She just said he was a dweeb,now he's a millionair.She sure goofed up.:rofl:
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Stephen Bellinger said:
Vaughn McMillan said:
where did you find moose? :D There is hunting for several exotic transplants though, like Siberian Ibex.

Vaughn i use to see them when i went up to the mescalero Apache resevation.
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Wow that's crazy, I had no idea there were any that far south. You really don't even see them anywhere around here anymore. Is there some swamp areas around there they live in or are they dry landing it?

Tell you one thing; I personally stay well clear of the Apache lands. They have a certain way of discouraging visitors that ain't supposed to be there. Made a mistake and took a wrong turn on a 4x road once and got politely escorted out by the res police, never did that again.
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Larry mainly bobcat, and fox. Though We did get a house cat ounce.:( Back then bobcat was bringing(if i remember right) skinned properly about 85.00 Fox was bringing about 35.to 45. I googled Wess earler and from what i find he's still into the mountian man stuff. Not that he needed the money even back then.
Allen Seth is a good name for a son. Sorry to here about your sons troubles, and hope every thing works out for you and him.
 
Frank Fusco said:
I'm about 150 miles SE of where Jay lives. To do it over, the Arkansas Ozarks would still be the choice. Lower living costs, beautiful country, doesn't have the extremes of weather, great fishing and hunting, etc.
However, being a retirement area, we do see a lot of retirees who come here then leave in a year or two because the wife wants big city amenties and huge shopping malls. Those are at least 200 miles away. Pa wants to hunt and fish. Ma wants to shop. Want to stay married to Ma? Go where she wants. It's that simple. :rolleyes:
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We had driven through the Buffalo River area (Mountain View - stopped in the Folk Art Center there, which was an interesting place, friendly folks; actually had decent pizza in town - were there for the cave, but got in a day early) a few years back and I gotta say its was a lot nicer than I had expected (my expectations were based more on the eastern side and I can say after having driven through there as well, no thanks to that side).

I have an ex-coworker who lives around Bentonville (Pea Ridge) and has talked up the advantages as well. This area has actually been on our short list (the short list is about 8 regions at this point) for a while.

The cost of property and living in that area certainly has a large allure. The main downsides are that its about 2 days (of hard traveling) to family and it lacks some of the west coast amenities (cough breweries) that I have become accustomed to :D Crime rates (according to http://www.bestplaces.net) are slightly above national average, but I do realize that that can vary widely depending on specific neighborhood.

We're also considering the social issues, I can get along with most folks but some smaller towns (across the country, not specific to the south by any stretch) can be a bit insular so it often takes a bit to "fit in". Places where I already know a bunch of people and places with a lot of other "not from around here" folks (aka early retirement places mostly) seems to have a bit of a leg up in that regard.
 
Dave Hawksford said:
Shelly and I were having dinner last Friday and the topic came up :D. So far Co, Maybe the Denver area is in the lead. I like SW Co but she likes big city's plus it's close to her brother. And we both have a number of friends there. So all I need to do now is get Jarrod ready to take over and wait for Shelly to retire from the County.
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Would suggest, "don't follow family" we moved to TN because our youngest daughter, who is mother to our oldest Granddaughter lived here... 6 months after we bought our place in TN, she divorced her husband and moved to Illinois....

I won't live in Illinois... it gets too blamed cold up there for my tastes.... my preference for a retirement place would have been south where it stays warm year round.
 
Ryan, the crime rate thing is a puzzler. Crime is very-very low. Except for the meth thing. Sad but it is today's moonshine. Doesn't affect folks on the street or in their homes.
As for getting along with natives. That is an issue of the past. Really, what it comes down to is how you behave on someone else's turf. Act like yer better and things can get real unfriendly, real quick. Act like regular folks and yer family.
Contact me anytime if you would like more info on living in the Ozarks or a personal slant.
 
Ryan that is an awesome piece of property.
I was reminded of this area; I've been to Taos 30 years ago. I loved it. That's was when I got married and we honeymooned at Valsida Lake Co. Which was not far from Taos. I told my wife I could not do art any more and when she asked why I told her we would not be married very long if I did. Back then as an artist , You think riding a bike gets you laid LOL.
But I did tell her I could make a go of art in Taos and do good with in 5 years. But she is a Sp. Ed. Teacher and just about ready to retire. I think we did a smart choice by sticking where we are and it's just about time to move.
 
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