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I have about 5.5 to 7.5 years left before I can retire from my company.
I'm real tired of the Nebraska winters, but would still like to be somewhere that I can do some waterfowling, walleye, and or fly fishing and golf without getting rapped on taxes. Where is my retirement utopia?

I've always had Tennessee ad a retirement spot in my mind.

Tennessee??

If you trade those little walleye for saltwater fish you'd be describing the Texas coast.

Flightstopper wrote:Tennessee??

If you trade those little walleye for saltwater fish you'd be describing the Texas coast.

.......or Louisiana coast.

Flightstopper wrote:Tennessee??

If you trade those little walleye for saltwater fish you'd be describing the Texas coast.

Hell yes, low taxes huge personal and economic freedoms throughout the state. Good mix of cold and warm weather and in the eastern part mountains.

Not my first choice of place to retirement but I could retire there if I had too.

I'm from west Tennessee, although I miss a lot of things about it, and it wii always be home. Still own a farm there. You cannot beat west kentucky for the outdoor opportunities. From my driveway to a 160,000 acre lake is 30 minutes. Go the other direction and your at the confluence of the ohio and Mississippi rivers with some of the best water fowling in the world and a huge piece of it is public. We have LBL wich is about 100k acres. World class deer are killed here every year. Kentucky and Barkely lake are known world wide for their fishing. But personal property tax, state income tax, luxury tax on things like, four wheelers, boats, campers, golf carts. Oh yea I pay a city payroll tax just to work inside the city limits. You can't fart in kentucky without it being taxed somewhere. It is a commonwealth, so if you work your wealth is shared.

Deltaman wrote:

Flightstopper wrote:Tennessee??

If you trade those little walleye for saltwater fish you'd be describing the Texas coast.

.......or Louisiana coast.

Better choice indeed

Venice, LA is high on my list. That is if I can afford two homes, one south and one in MI. Otherwise I don't think I would move that far south. To hot during the summer.

The fishing there is off the charts. We have to run 120 for yellow fin which might as well get right offshore in Venice.

Problem solved.

http://www.controller.com/listingsdetai ... 342065.htm

DeadEye_Dan wrote:Problem solved.

http://www.controller.com/listingsdetai ... 342065.htm

That and a 52' Viking moored in Venice and you are set.

I would kill for 40-60 foot sport fishing yacht.

What kills me is the 40-60k a year to simply maintain a boat like that. That does not even start to factor in fuel, breakdowns or any tackle.

I would also kill for one for the record

Not that I'd retire there, but Oklahoma gets overlooked a lot. Not near as cold, but it is plenty hot...
Sportsman's paradise though...lots and lots of coyotes!

Overlooked cause it sucks donkey taint!

Flyway Stalker wrote:I have about 5.5 to 7.5 years left before I can retire from my company.
I'm real tired of the Nebraska winters, but would still like to be somewhere that I can do some waterfowling, walleye, and or fly fishing and golf without getting rapped on taxes. Where is my retirement utopia?

Hate to bust your bubble, but if you want walleyes, you're not going south. Honestly, for all those things, Michigan or Montana is probably your best bet.

Duckdog wrote:Not that I'd retire there, but Oklahoma gets overlooked a lot. Not near as cold, but it is plenty hot...
Sportsman's paradise though...lots and lots of coyotes!

I've never met one motherfucker from Oklahoma that I didn't immediately think "that dude fucks farm animals".

sws002 wrote:

Flyway Stalker wrote:I have about 5.5 to 7.5 years left before I can retire from my company.
I'm real tired of the Nebraska winters, but would still like to be somewhere that I can do some waterfowling, walleye, and or fly fishing and golf without getting rapped on taxes. Where is my retirement utopia?

Hate to bust your bubble, but if you want walleyes, you're not going south. Honestly, for all those things, Michigan or Montana is probably your best bet.

Arkansas, or anywhere in the Ozarks would fit the bill if that is what you're looking for.

jarbo03 wrote:

sws002 wrote:

Flyway Stalker wrote:I have about 5.5 to 7.5 years left before I can retire from my company.
I'm real tired of the Nebraska winters, but would still like to be somewhere that I can do some waterfowling, walleye, and or fly fishing and golf without getting rapped on taxes. Where is my retirement utopia?

Hate to bust your bubble, but if you want walleyes, you're not going south. Honestly, for all those things, Michigan or Montana is probably your best bet.

Arkansas, or anywhere in the Ozarks would fit the bill if that is what you're looking for.

I'd feel dirty fishing for walleye in Arkansas...

sws002 wrote:

jarbo03 wrote:

sws002 wrote:

Flyway Stalker wrote:I have about 5.5 to 7.5 years left before I can retire from my company.
I'm real tired of the Nebraska winters, but would still like to be somewhere that I can do some waterfowling, walleye, and or fly fishing and golf without getting rapped on taxes. Where is my retirement utopia?

Hate to bust your bubble, but if you want walleyes, you're not going south. Honestly, for all those things, Michigan or Montana is probably your best bet.

Arkansas, or anywhere in the Ozarks would fit the bill if that is what you're looking for.

I'd feel dirty fishing for walleye in Arkansas...

Nothing dirty about Beaver Lake and Bull Shoals. Throw in striper and world class browns in the white river.

jarbo03 wrote:

sws002 wrote:

jarbo03 wrote:

sws002 wrote:

Flyway Stalker wrote:I have about 5.5 to 7.5 years left before I can retire from my company.
I'm real tired of the Nebraska winters, but would still like to be somewhere that I can do some waterfowling, walleye, and or fly fishing and golf without getting rapped on taxes. Where is my retirement utopia?

Hate to bust your bubble, but if you want walleyes, you're not going south. Honestly, for all those things, Michigan or Montana is probably your best bet.

Arkansas, or anywhere in the Ozarks would fit the bill if that is what you're looking for.

I'd feel dirty fishing for walleye in Arkansas...

Nothing dirty about Beaver Lake and Bull Shoals. Throw in striper and world class browns in the white river.

I don't think you can beat the browns in Lake Michigan. I'd stay in Nebraska and move with the seasons. Start moving north in the spring with the snows, fish walleye in North Dakota all summer. Starting about August, swing over to Michigan for salmon/trout runs. Back to Nebraska in Novemer/December for ducks/geese and then start the new year somewhere warm.

sws002 wrote:

jarbo03 wrote:

sws002 wrote:Arkansas, or anywhere in the Ozarks would fit the bill if that is what you're looking for.

I'd feel dirty fishing for walleye in Arkansas...

Nothing dirty about Beaver Lake and Bull Shoals. Throw in striper and world class browns in the white river.

I don't think you can beat the browns in Lake Michigan. I'd stay in Nebraska and move with the seasons. Start moving north in the spring with the snows, fish walleye in North Dakota all summer. Starting about August, swing over to Michigan for salmon/trout runs. Back to Nebraska in Novemer/December for ducks/geese and then start the new year somewhere warm.[/quote]

That sounds better to me, I'd like to end up with some land in central KS. Couldn't live anywhere that doesn't have wild upland birds, plus the rest of the hunting in that area is pretty good also. But for what Flyway Stalker was looking for, Arkansas would be hard to beat.

jarbo03 wrote:

sws002 wrote:

jarbo03 wrote:

sws002 wrote:Arkansas, or anywhere in the Ozarks would fit the bill if that is what you're looking for.

I'd feel dirty fishing for walleye in Arkansas...

Nothing dirty about Beaver Lake and Bull Shoals. Throw in striper and world class browns in the white river.

I don't think you can beat the browns in Lake Michigan. I'd stay in Nebraska and move with the seasons. Start moving north in the spring with the snows, fish walleye in North Dakota all summer. Starting about August, swing over to Michigan for salmon/trout runs. Back to Nebraska in Novemer/December for ducks/geese and then start the new year somewhere warm.

That sounds better to me, I'd like to end up with some land in central KS. Couldn't live anywhere that doesn't have wild upland birds, plus the rest of the hunting in that area is pretty good also. But for what Flyway Stalker was looking for, Arkansas would be hard to beat.[/quote]
For sure. I'm thinking Nebraska panhandle. Not many places in the world you can have great chances at pheasants, quail, grouse, ducks, geese, turkey, whitetail, mule deer, elk and pronghorn. Not to mention if you have a lot of luck or even more money, bighorn sheep.

sws002 wrote:

Duckdog wrote:Not that I'd retire there, but Oklahoma gets overlooked a lot. Not near as cold, but it is plenty hot...
Sportsman's paradise though...lots and lots of coyotes!

I've never met one motherfucker from Oklahoma that I didn't immediately think "that dude fucks farm animals".

So shocked coming from a Nebraskan...

Duckdog wrote:

sws002 wrote:

Duckdog wrote:Not that I'd retire there, but Oklahoma gets overlooked a lot. Not near as cold, but it is plenty hot...
Sportsman's paradise though...lots and lots of coyotes!

I've never met one motherfucker from Oklahoma that I didn't immediately think "that dude fucks farm animals".

So shocked coming from a Nebraskan...

Doesn't make me wrong!

Can't really speak for the type of people you meet, but I know a lot of good people from Oklahoma.

Duckdog wrote:Can't really speak for the type of people you meet, but I know a lot of good people from Oklahoma.

I'm sure there are, I just haven't met one yet.

sws002 wrote:

Duckdog wrote:Not that I'd retire there, but Oklahoma gets overlooked a lot. Not near as cold, but it is plenty hot...
Sportsman's paradise though...lots and lots of coyotes!

I've never met one motherfucker from Oklahoma that I didn't immediately think "that dude fucks farm animals".

Truth!

I would probably plan on living in two seperate locations depending on the season. If I had it my way (and I never do or will because I'm married) I would spend late spring to mid to late fall up north for Walleye, Pike & waterfowl, then head south to finish the waterfowl season, stream fly fishing & golf.
I'm going to have to play it by ear on locations and see where the other 2 of 3 son settle down at, the one is already sunk pretty deep roots in Kansas around Milford lake, so I can go there anytime for great hunting & fishing. He has 3 kids and I'm sure the other 2 boys will give us some Grand kids as well and MaMa isn't gonna want to get to far from her babys.
I can about guarrentee you I will not be anywhere in eastern Nebraska, for the type of fishing I like the opportunities completly suck around here, and as far as waterfowl, it can be ok but is usualy short lived because of the season dates and how suseptible the birds are to pushing out or completly through with out stoping during a cold front.
Many good idea's offerd here though.