New member from Florida

[Waldo1]

Longtime hunter and shooter, living in Florida, but possibly moving near Colorado Springs in the near future. I joined to get more acquainted with Colorado specific shooting, firearms and hunting regulations.

[Irving]

You can hunt bears here.

[CS1983]

Howdy. No boiled peanut stands on the side of the road here. Mosquitoes still, depending on where you are. "Back in Ohio, we did it like...." is replaced with the California transplants' voting habits.

What might bring you here? Work?

[ChickNorris]

Hello hello ~

[Waldo1]

You can hunt bears here.

77361

Or you can come down here and we can hunt python :). 'Gators are fairly straightforward, but I'm told that the snakes have a tendency to 'hunt you back' once they figure out that you are after 'em.

[Irving]

I spent a month down there and didn't see a single alligator! Everyone I asked was like, "Well, we have a zoo..." Total let down.

[ray1970]

Ignore the guy that said we have mosquitos. I grew up in the gulf coast of Texas. I?ve lived here for twenty years now and I think I?ve been bitten maybe four times in those twenty years.

[ray1970]

Oh. And welcome.

[Irving]

Yeah, but you were in the hospital six times for those four bites if I remember correctly.

[buffalobo]

Welcome, join the fray.

[ray1970]

Ha. I?m amune to anything a mosquito could carry. Malaria and west Nile don?t mean a thing to me.

[Waldo1]

Hey, ChickNorris!

[Waldo1]

Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome!! I should probably try to pick your brain a little CavScout'83, since its your part of the world we are looking at. Short story is that our oldest son, his wife and 2 grandkids are moving from Raleigh, NC to Colorado Springs in about 6 months. He is an MD and is joining a practice there. Both he and our daughter-in-law have asked several times if we would move out there nearer to them and my wife is giddy about being closer to the grandkids. We are both 57 and need to work for a few more years, but retirement is on the horizon as well. Both of our boys are grown, we are in a decent place financially and the move is 'do-able', I just need to make sure we can find a place that works for us (me) if this ends up being where we retire. I value my personal space and want enough land that I can (safely) shoot in my own backyard without bothering anyone (I have that now). I've been looking in Fremont Co north of Canon City (an hour or so outside of Co Springs) and every 40-50 acre piece I have seen has an HOA on it?!? I have seen 100 acre plots with HOAS and covenants. Who the hell wants to pay for that much land and then pay some stranger every month to tell them what they can't do on it?? Its crazy. I'll keep looking, but I'm not as enthusiastic about the concept as I was at first. Any suggestions or am I missing something?

[Irving]

Stay away from Fremont County. Very corrupt.

[zteknik]

Hello and welcome!
Enjoy!![Beer]

[CS1983]

Ignore the guy that said we have mosquitos. I grew up in the gulf coast of Texas. I?ve lived here for twenty years now and I think I?ve been bitten maybe four times in those twenty years.

Come down east of Fountain. Skeeters everywhere.

[CS1983]

Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome!! I should probably try to pick your brain a little CavScout'83, since its your part of the world we are looking at. Short story is that our oldest son, his wife and 2 grandkids are moving from Raleigh, NC to Colorado Springs in about 6 months. He is an MD and is joining a practice there. Both he and our daughter-in-law have asked several times if we would move out there nearer to them and my wife is giddy about being closer to the grandkids. We are both 57 and need to work for a few more years, but retirement is on the horizon as well. Both of our boys are grown, we are in a decent place financially and the move is 'do-able', I just need to make sure we can find a place that works for us (me) if this ends up being where we retire. I value my personal space and want enough land that I can (safely) shoot in my own backyard without bothering anyone (I have that now). I've been looking in Fremont Co north of Canon City (an hour or so outside of Co Springs) and every 40-50 acre piece I have seen has an HOA on it?!? I have seen 100 acre plots with HOAS and covenants. Who the hell wants to pay for that much land and then pay some stranger every month to tell them what they can't do on it?? Its crazy. I'll keep looking, but I'm not as enthusiastic about the concept as I was at first. Any suggestions or am I missing something?

I’ll have to get back to you later on this. You might want to look east of the Springs.

[blacklabel]

Welcome!

[Irving]

So are you still looking to move?

[Waldo1]

So are you still looking to move?

Yeah, we are. Actually have been over to Springs a couple of times, helped get our son and his family settled in a house there in town and looked around a little. Got a chance to meet another Forum Member while we were there looking around Canon Cuty area. We are actually flying in again first part of next week to see the grandkids and look at a few more houses.

[Irving]

I've got a line in a house in Canon that will be for sale soon if you're interested.

[Waldo1]

I'm interested as long as its sitting on at least 35 acres. I do want enough room to be able to shoot and pee in my own backyard, and I've got a big wang. Well- not so much "big" as long... Kinda like a noodle... Think, 'linguine'... Actually, I do have loud hobbies (a lathe, a mill, I weld, etc) and I really don't want to bother anyone else nor do I want them bothering me. I've always found the adage true that, "Good fences make good neighbors". If it fits the blll, please shoot me a PM.

[Irving]

It doesn't.