Owning a wood
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DevonRifle
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Woodland generally does not fetch as much as agricultural land.
That would be an extraordinarily expensive bit of woodland.
Dave Lakes
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In 1971, I bought 51 acres of grade 3 land for £13,000. Some closeby is now changing hands at £20,000 and acre!No, but I’m assuming he wouldn’t just stick the £75k under his bed and take out a few hundred quid every month to go stalking.honestly, this site sometimes
Now if I had put the £13,000 in a deposit account...........
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Yep, that's about right from what I've seen too.
Land will go up over inflation . They aint making any more of it you see LOL , true that though !
thats what I said, or at least thats what I meant......
Owning wood is one thing. Keeping wood helps to keep a smile on your face.
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On the other hand , in 30 years you will still have a 7.5 acre wood!! Worth who knows what. When it comes to owning land it’s good to remember that it can’t be manufactured.
Sol
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Would it to be safe to shoot on probably, but the better question what are the deer species that are present on the land and around it?
Your not going to have great luck If its roe as they will be shot out very quickly however If its fallow or muntjac I wouldn't see it being bad.
7 Acers isn't a lot in the great scheme of things so Its always a good idea to take advantage of all legal means to keep deer interested In the property by including mineral licks, feeders etc, Not that many of us are interested in shooting deer off feeders however Its still an incentive for the deer to keep on the property.
Making the wood suitable for bedding Is also a great idea.
Your not going to have great luck If its roe as they will be shot out very quickly however If its fallow or muntjac I wouldn't see it being bad.
7 Acers isn't a lot in the great scheme of things so Its always a good idea to take advantage of all legal means to keep deer interested In the property by including mineral licks, feeders etc, Not that many of us are interested in shooting deer off feeders however Its still an incentive for the deer to keep on the property.
Making the wood suitable for bedding Is also a great idea.
Dave Lakes
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True, but (as I’ve come to realise) you can never release that benefit. If you buy land for leisure/enjoyment/stalking, you can’t really generate much/any income from it; because you are the primary user, and if you sell it then you’ve lost that benefit and any similar assets will have also increased in value to neutralise your own value. It’s not like owning some commercial units to rent, then some residential units to rent, then maybe buying some stocks which increase in value and can be sold at profit to eventually realise your dream of….owning some amenity woodland. That’s the end goal, not the beginning. Buy some now, lovely, but don’t talk about investment because you’ll never realise any increase in value, because basically you don’t want to ever sell it.
Sol
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I knoww I knoww, but still If your buying the property really intended for deer shooting your not going to get much out of It being roe
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At least Munty and fallow there isn't really any shortage and you can decide how many per year you wish to take.
Not true at all.
If they are shot in a planned fashion they will fill back in.
If something is keeping them there, then more deer will come in and replace the culled population if the conditions are better than the surrounding areas. Only way to make deer leave and never come back is to destroy the habitat (even then, there are urban Roe populations!)
It is quite a common occurence to find that your deer population has not declined that much, even after a heavy cull,if surrounded by unshot (or lightly culled) populations.
Cumbrian 1
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Any small parcel of woodland will be very expensive these days, but won’t lose value.
The other benefits are that the wood will exempt from death duties (if owned for more than two years) capital gains and any income from felling will also be exempt.
The other benefits are that the wood will exempt from death duties (if owned for more than two years) capital gains and any income from felling will also be exempt.
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