Me and some friends are intending to buy land for rec ball or woodsball.
How much would an acre of woodland cost? How about anything smaller than a
acre?
I live in Arizona and there aren't any forests unless you go up north, which is
the area in which I intend on buying the land.
i dont think anyone can answer the cost of land for you because the price of land is subject to where it is. Just like an acre of land in nyc could cost you millions, where as an acre of land in the middle of Montana or Alaska might run you $100 lol. Its all about location, so you would have to do the research on prices in your local area to find out a cost.
Also im not sure of your age, but if your young dont forget about things like property taxes and such if you were to purchase some woods/land for playing.
as far as anything smaller than an acre, i would say thats not possible, even an acre its self is pushing it because an acre is not all that large. 208.7 feet x 208.7 feet is the size of a square acre. and to get a visualization, a football field is 360 feet by 160 feet or 1.3 acres. So an acre is almost 1/3 smaller than a regulation football field. Which isn't that large at all
i dont think anyone can answer the cost of land for you because the price of land is subject to where it is. Just like an acre of land in nyc could cost you millions, where as an acre of land in the middle of Montana or Alaska might run you $100 lol. Its all about location, so you would have to do the research on prices in your local area to find out a cost.
Also im not sure of your age, but if your young dont forget about things like property taxes and such if you were to purchase some woods/land for playing.
as far as anything smaller than an acre, i would say thats not possible, even an acre its self is pushing it because an acre is not all that large. 208.7 feet x 208.7 feet is the size of a square acre. and to get a visualization, a football field is 360 feet by 160 feet or 1.3 acres. So an acre is almost 1/3 smaller than a regulation football field. Which isn't that large at all
maybe some mix between woodsball and speedsball? like speedsball in the woods. it could work
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Yes, I am quite aware of the taxes and everything in between.
I will have to do more research on the location though.
1 acre seems sufficient enough to play a mixture of woodsball/speedball.
If not, I might look more into the exact size of the land I am planning to buy.
I read something about national forests. Is it okay to play at national forests?
Rules?
The rules below may or may not be current. At the time of this writing, they were written and explained as clearly and accurately as possible. The information below is offered 'as is' with no warranties expressed or implied. To check on current national forest regulation, please contact the USDA Forest Service or the Boulder Ranger Disctrict at 303-541-2500.
Hunting and discharging firearms in national forest is legal. Because paintball markers fall under the 'firearms' category, paintball is also legal in national forest.
Firearm regulation in national forest dictates that you must be at least 150 yards from any structure.
A road is considered a 'structure' so be sure to not fire your marker from the road (you wouldn't want to attract attention this way either).
Access to public land
County roads are considered public and you may travel along them (car or foot) regardless of whether it's adjacent to public land or not. Public access is granted on county roads through private land (regardless of whether the land owners like it or not). County roads are denoted on maps by diamond-like numbering or ovals in some cases.
Forest service roads are usually denoted by rectangles (vertical or horizontal). Forest service roads through private land are considered private and you MAY not have any rights to travel through them if they travel through private land. Watch for signs and caution!
Yes, I am quite aware of the taxes and everything in between.
I will have to do more research on the location though.
1 acre seems sufficient enough to play a mixture of woodsball/speedball.
If not, I might look more into the exact size of the land I am planning to buy.
I read something about national forests. Is it okay to play at national forests?
Rules?
First i strongly suggest you buy insurance and make everyone sign waivers before you play. Make sure you have your waiver reviewed because if someone is shot in the eye and they decide to sue you and get a high paying lawyer to tear apart your waiver in court, avoid this if you can. Get 5-10 acres. Build a small city for scenario players and buy blow up domes for airball.
You could always look around for a farm that isn't really making use of the land. The landowner might be more then happy to make some extra cash and let you play paintball on a section of his or her land. Although you still need to make sure you're insured.
You also have to think about access to the land. I own some woodland (not for paintball) and the biggest problem with doing anything with it is that there's no roads to it. So it's a pain in the butt if you want to do ANYTHING with it. Just to check on it every couple of months we have to hike/trespass across some other people's land, which probably wouldn't work if your trying to use it any more often than that.
Any woodland w/ road access that's cheap, you have to ask why it hasn't already been logged yet. If there's some restriction that precludes logging/development, but allows paintball then GREAT! But a lot of the times the limitations are simmilar.
Also, you also have to think about how playable it really is. I don't know what forests are like in Az (Pine forests might be good, teh suck for cover tho), but from my experiences with undeveloped wild woodland (Oregon) it can be very difficult to get around (i.e. machete required), so you might have to do some development/clearing before it's playable. Something to think about.
You'd need more than 1 acre. That might be good for a speedball field w/ nets, but any type of real woodsball your going to need more. I don't know how picky your neighbors will be about overshoot, but regardless if your going to be putting the money down and actually buying land you might as well get more than just 1. (Will they even sell you just ONE?). I'd say 5-10 minimum.
land
. it could work
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