Dawg Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 (edited) If you were to have the opportunity to open a business of your own, what would it be? Edited April 5, 2011 by Dawg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92xj Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 population control business. We are living outside of our means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92xj Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 A business that would be legal would be a land management / land design business. I just need someone to fund the initial cost and I would do it tomorrow. Anybody want to take a risk? I could make you some good money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted April 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 A business that would be legal would be a land management / land design business. Explain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92xj Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Explain. I would like to start a business that manages land and/or designs land layouts. Hunting lands or wildlife management lands. Private Plantations that the owners want to hunt would be ideal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted April 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 I see. I guess that would be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clrj3514 Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 I'd open an outdoor supply shop. If not for the risk I'd probably get an agri-business degree and go for it. With the choice to hunt with so many weapons and different styles where I live, it could be very diverse. I'd keep some rifles, shotguns, muzzleloaders, and bows in stock with the option to be the middle man and order anything the customer wanted. I'd offer ammo for deer, turkey, waterfowl, etc, shotgun chokes, rifle scopes. Also sell camo & other outdoor apparel, dog food & supplies, calls, lures, & attractants, stands & blinds, feeders, and other things of that nature. Would probably offer a few pieces of light fishing tackle and maybe a few fairly cheap CB radios. And I'd love to have a small archery range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Funeral Home or Micro Brewery....people are always dying or drinking. :stretcher: :wine: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted April 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Funeral Home or Micro Brewery....people are always dying or drinking. :stretcher: :wine: An old man told me one time that the 2 businesses to be in were funeral homes and grocery stores. Folks die and folks eat. Win-win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gzilla45 Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 I think it would be awesome to own a golf course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 I'd like to get into a local guiding thing for fishing, mostly. Looked into it and there is a lot you need to do to be legit. Then i am going to have to figure out how to catch fish. :1eye: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SourthenILdeerhunter Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 i want to one day open my own restaurant!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted April 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 I'd open an outdoor supply shop. If not for the risk I'd probably get an agri-business degree and go for it. With the choice to hunt with so many weapons and different styles where I live, it could be very diverse. I'd keep some rifles, shotguns, muzzleloaders, and bows in stock with the option to be the middle man and order anything the customer wanted. I'd offer ammo for deer, turkey, waterfowl, etc, shotgun chokes, rifle scopes. Also sell camo & other outdoor apparel, dog food & supplies, calls, lures, & attractants, stands & blinds, feeders, and other things of that nature. Would probably offer a few pieces of light fishing tackle and maybe a few fairly cheap CB radios. And I'd love to have a small archery range. I've leaned toward something like this for awhile. There's a few mom-pop tackle shops around here but nothing that carries supplies/gear/equipment for all seasons and outdoor activities. The downside to this type of business is that all of it is leisure. Nothing that someone has to have. And with the economy the way it is this type of business would not do well. Trust me, I had a building picked out, business plan in the works and then the economy tanked and so did my plans. Still would like to do it though. Then I have the urge to do lawn care. Everything from weed spraying to full fledged landscaping, septic installations and pest/bug extermination. Then part of me says "What about a barber?".........but I'm still pondering on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 I'd love to have my own performance shop for cars and trucks. Doing engine builds, superchargers, turbos, custom exhaust, building high performance transmissions, lift kits, that sort of stuff. Don't think the market is there for it up here though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt or be Hunted Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Open a Civil War Artifacts Store. But also would like to sell things as well. Like guns/ knifes ect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kat Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 I'd start an operate a NDT company in Oklahoma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebohio Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 would love to learn taxidermy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBow Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 (edited) I don't want to own or run any store where you have to contend with customers. 95% of them are great, but the 5% that aren't, can simply ruin your day beyond belief. I once considered opening an archery shop, but then I realized that archery store operators are busiest when the archery season is on. MAN! That's when you'd want to close up shop and go hunting, but you can't! Thought about guiding, but again, that 5% of clients might ruin what should have been a great day! I'm happiest when guiding myself or family and friends. Customers be gone! NOTE TO SELF: Retail and Service business out! Thought about a maintenance business, but really don't want to fix other people's stuff. Got enough stuff of my own that's broken. Daycare maybe? OhHhHhHhHhHhHh! Perish the thought. Had my own fill and resulting grey hairs from raising my own rug rats! Ain't goin' there again! Maybe a Picker, like the guys on TV who bum around north america seeking out other peoples' junk, then handing it over to someone else to fix up and sell. Ya there's potential there! I know! I think I'd like to be a grand lottery winner and become a land baron! YA! That's a business I could get my head around! TBow Edited April 6, 2011 by TBow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clrj3514 Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 And with the economy the way it is this type of business would not do well. Trust me, I had a building picked out, business plan in the works and then the economy tanked and so did my plans. Still would like to do it though. Yep, that's most of the risk I was talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdhunter39 Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 a shooting preserve . pen raised pheasants , quail , chukar , The way I'm finding less and less wild birds where i live , i think it would do ok . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkoholic Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 A touring business where day trips were offered via either vehicle or hiking to scenic areas off the beaten path. There are many trails and roads less traveled that offer scenic splendor and are missed by 99% of all tourist who pass through my neck of the woods. Or, maybe just go with a good old fashioned bar, with a brothel in the back, and a funeral home on the side for the non-survivors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 A small restaurant. Seat maybe 20 people. Serve mainly breakfast, burgers and a daily special. Hoping to do this when I turn 55. If my retirement fund continues the way it is, I should be able to live comfortably off it and have enough time to operate a business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SourthenILdeerhunter Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 A small restaurant. Seat maybe 20 people. Serve mainly breakfast, burgers and a daily special. Hoping to do this when I turn 55. If my retirement fund continues the way it is, I should be able to live comfortably off it and have enough time to operate a business. keep me in mind as a chef or partner ill be done with culinary school by then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 keep me in mind as a chef or partner ill be done with culinary school by then LOL...doubt you would want to go in business down here. We're talking the biggest city is 15 minutes away and even then, its population is only 5,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Tunnel Car Washes. Seriously, they have great profits and in the right city they are BUSY. There is one within sight of our office. It has a line formed everyday at a cost minimum of $5 per car. Easy business, low stress, and good money based on quantity. If I had the money I have two cities in Oklahoma I would put them in and make a killing right now. The downside is start up would likely be in the $750k range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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