I like to hunt, fish and just be outside.  Here in TX, most of the land is privately owned.  I might retire in a few more years and am kinda looking to relocate.
Not sure if I want to stay here or not.  I like the area around lake tahoe, the mountains and rivers.  Texas is getting crowded.  

See if I have this right

[Pro / Cons]
Outdoor activities:  NV has mountains and rivers with access to fishing along the bank, whereas in TX the land is privately owned.
Water: NV most of the state is desert
Places to shoot:  easier to find a place to shoot NV? just drive out in the desert?
Population:  NV approx 2 million vs TX approx 25 million
Property taxes:  from those ive talked to, property taxes are lower in NV vs TX

Comments?

Ranchers own all the land here and what they don't own you can't cross their land to get to the public land.

Where is this that there is no public land access?

Northeastern Clark County



I know NDOW says parts of hunting unit 021 or 022 is close off to private land ownership, Storey county is a checkerboard pattern, Derby dam is the same way and it is also closed to public access, A lot of the area surrounding the Rubicon Trail and Fordyce trail in Nevada are closed to public access.

If you like desert and mountains, NV is GTG. I would take a look at northern AZ and UT too. UT is nice. If you look at southern NV, look at Boulder City. Quiet little town, easy drive down into Vegas.

Storey is a mess.... and the only one truly like that. Either way, I haven't had any issues. Utah has a good rule, where the streams are public land and there must be some form of public access.

NV has become far too crowded over the past 15 years as well...mostly coming over from the leftist areas of CA.

which is exactly why we need more arfcommers.

property taxes are county based but here in clark they aren't too bad...

I haven't run in to the issue of accessing public land my self

Well, since you're asking about northern NV...

I live just outside of Reno city limits in Washoe County. Takes me about 20 minutes to drive to town and it's dead quiet here. Mostly retired folks as neighbors (I'm 40 btw). 87% of NV land is federally owned with all the pro's and con's that come along with that.

High desert is the landscape so you better like it hot and dry in summer (rarely above 100 though and it almost always cools off at night) and cool and mostly dry in winter. Reno is USDA zone 7a/7b (USDA map) with a lot of micro climates in the area.

There's good fishing at Pyramid lake (Indian Reservation) as well as other streams and lakes in the area. Some impressive pictures are pinned to the wall at the local Sportsman's Warehouse. Big game hunting seems problematic with more hunters than game in the state. Tags are assigned by a lottery. But other folks on here are much better informed than I am about that.

I haven't been to a public shooting range in many years. I usually just drive out in the desert to a few of my preferred places and go at it.

There are about 425k people in the Reno/Sparks area. Too many for me already but we'll gladly make space for another arfcommer... About 2.1 mio in Las Vegas/Clark County. NV has about 25% of the population density (as in people per square mile) compared to TX. If you'd take Vegas out of that equation it'd be even more drastic.

Like TX there's no state tax. 7.725% sales tax in Washoe County. My property taxes are about 0.9% of the retail value of my house. The actual 'formula' used is more complicated but that's what my property taxes always boiled down to over the last 10+ years.

Hope this helps.

One thing Ive heard is that almost all of the ground water in NV has some level of radiation in it.  Any truth in this?
I just did a quick google search and seen this (wont hot link commie LA times)
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/13/nation/na-radiation-nevada13

Everything has radiation. What matters is the type.

Unless you hang out near the cancer cluster town, I haven't heard any other issues with groundwater. My only issue is the high mineral content.

If you leave Texas for Nevada, you will forever curse yourself, I put $50 on it. If you win you win, if I win you win because I won't collect.

Both the Rubicon and Fordyce are completely inside California.  There are definitely some areas of Nevada closed to public access, but they don't fall into that category.

yeah, that was foolish.  I can't believe I thought Homewood and Emigrant Gap were in Nevada.