A friend of mine did the bird raising thingie. Then we had a REALLY cold winter ??4 yrs ago and lost every single bird, 30k later he gave it up. Nice idea if you have the cover (CRP) and the acres or a bunch of nesting buildings. Those phasant cocks fight all the time. You have to put blinders on them so they wont fight. And my wife hates birds, thus the ostriges idea went out the window.
Gun range,,,,hummm....I got my clay pigeon thrower in the back pasture. Not a bad idea. Except my wife is German and hates guns and the acreage I'm talking about is basically my backyard. She leaves town every Opener. And I sure as heck wouldn't want a bunch of cops on the range with guns when I go on my bender every few weeks.
And not sure I want bombs going off in the backyard whilst on the John.
7 acres is alot to mow, but not that much if you want privacy. We are wanting our cake and eat it too.
Some nice ideas...keep em coming.
Ahh, Oil well, diamond mine, leuprecahns and gold pots....that damn lottery last week