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SAnd
04-15-2010, 15:55
Is anyone here from Lamar?

I want to move out of Denver. I've been looking at Lamar, Colorado on the internet. Anybody here have any coments about Lamar before I make a trip down to explore?

Is Lamar and Prowers County gun and NFA friendly?

Thanks for any input you offer.
Mtn.man
04-15-2010, 16:17
no input on the flat lands,, only good for pheasant and pick'n up old cool vehicles.
But I have had peeps wave when we drive thru there.
Marlin
04-15-2010, 16:32
Ther is a couple of small shooting ranges near there.. One at the Mike Higbee SWA. Then one just south of Springfield.. Just east of the John Martin Res. Nice spot for catfish and bass.. That is if the water level is up.. Close to the Camanche NGL. The town itself is nice,,though I Haven't spent that much time there.. Seems to have everything there about the size of Castle Rock I'd say..
funkfool
04-15-2010, 17:16
My mother-in-law lives there....
And some folks on the wifes' side of the family...
But hey, John Martin Reservoir IS nice... [ROFL1]
TS12000
04-15-2010, 21:32
Ther is a couple of small shooting ranges near there.. One at the Mike Higbee SWA. Then one just south of Springfield.. Just east of the John Martin Res. Nice spot for catfish and bass.. That is if the water level is up.. Close to the Camanche NGL. The town itself is nice,,though I Haven't spent that much time there.. Seems to have everything there about the size of Castle Rock I'd say..

[ROFL2][ROFL2][ROFL2]
I haven't been there in a while but there is no way it is as big as Castle Rock
gnihcraes
04-15-2010, 21:40
Lamar? why? Guess there are worse places... :) ha ha. Guess it depends on your career path and if there is work available. Nothing but farming and oil field work east/South of Denver usually.
GreenScoutII
04-15-2010, 22:06
I've done some plumbing work out there. It seems that there are a fair number of people who work for DOC out there. It is a primarily an agricultural town. Probably not a whole lot in the way of employment opportunities.

In my experience most rural areas are pretty gun friendly.

May I ask why Lamar? I moved out to the country myself, but what draws you to Lamar specifically?
SAnd
04-16-2010, 01:42
I want to get away from the liberals along the front range. I think Lamar is unlikly to be overrun by the liberals. I was originally thinking of getting out of Colorado altogether because of the fear that the front range liberals may ruin the whole state. Ritter said he wanted to make Colorado into another California and the possiblity of Hickenloper being the next governor terrifies me. I may still go out of state.

I am retired so I don't have to worry about employment. The Mike Higbee State Wildlife Area is only minutes away and looks like it might have a nice shooting range. I found a list that shows six FFLs there. Lamar is a center for the area so it appears to have decent medical and other support facilities. There is fast internet available. It is on a couple well traveled state highways.
Marlin
04-16-2010, 03:52
[ROFL2][ROFL2][ROFL2]
I haven't been there in a while but there is no way it is as big as Castle Rock


Not as many peoples,, just about the same sq miles though... Fairly nice neighborhoods.. I did get "confused" for awhile down there...[Abused]
GunTroll
04-16-2010, 20:09
Some good P-dog shootn' down that way!
TS12000
04-16-2010, 21:27
Not as many peoples,, just about the same sq miles though... Fairly nice neighborhoods.. I did get "confused" for awhile down there...[Abused]

ah I see..like I said been awhile (5 years?) since I've been there.
Montaguegp
04-16-2010, 23:30
it appears to have decent medical.

ah! no! This is far from it. If your at an older age when health care matters. This is not the place to be.
SAnd
04-17-2010, 10:24
ah! no! This is far from it. If your at an older age when health care matters. This is not the place to be.
Why do you say that? Do you have some experience there?
SSChameleon
04-17-2010, 10:33
I go out to Lamar once a year for pheasant hunting and the town has shrunk a little since the bus plant closed a few years back. If you want to move there you better like wind and a flat landscape.

There is no large medical facility. The nearest large hospital is two hours away but there are a number of retirement centers in the area. Best BBQ I ever had was two miles north of Lamar.

I personally wouldn't want to live there but it may fit you well. Two years back I was hunting in Stonington which is an hour and a half south east of Lamar. The town of Stonington consists of three houses, a church and one corral. A guy in one of the three houses had just moved from Parker to get away. I would go stir crazy in such a place but he loved it.
GreenScoutII
04-17-2010, 11:31
Personally, I say go for it! If I didn't need to be at least sort of close to a city for work, I would have looked for a very remote property. You almost couldn't pay me enough to ever live in a city again. I don't know how guys in the Denver metro or Colo Spgs areas can stand it....http://www.co-ar15.com/forums/images/icons/icon7.gif
OgenRwot
04-18-2010, 13:14
I want to get away from the liberals along the front range. I think Lamar is unlikly to be overrun by the liberals. I was originally thinking of getting out of Colorado altogether because of the fear that the front range liberals may ruin the whole state. Ritter said he wanted to make Colorado into another California and the possiblity of Hickenloper being the next governor terrifies me. I may still go out of state.

This is why you need to stay in Colorado and get more active in the process and help get true conservatives elected to office. My wife and I both work in politics and I'm moving back to Colorado this summer. Pushing the state back into the red is one of our main reasons for relocating, probably 3rd or 4th on the list of reasons.
Colorado Luckydog
04-18-2010, 17:04
People will let you hunt their properties. All the folks I met around Jon Martin and in Kim were great. There is a lot of good deer and turkey hunting down around Kim and the waterfowl hunting is great around Jon Martin.

Edit- I might add, that it would be better to stay and fight than to just leave. They will take over the whole damn country if eveyone just leaves their homes and tries to find a place without them.
SAnd
04-18-2010, 18:50
Colorado Luckydog and OgenRwot- The idea of staying and fighting is one of the reasons I rethought my original plan to leave Colorado. The way it is now by living in Denver my vote is pretty much wasted. I am not sure of anything right now except I really, really want to get out of Denver.

Thanks everyone for your replies.