Scott Gatewood
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Every now & then a farm comes along that really gets me fired up! This is one of those farms! This 197 acres lays out perfectly for holding whitetails and managing for giant bucks & mega long beards! The property is located in Southern Pike County, Illinois along the Bay Creek Bottoms. This area is well known for it's trophy potential & great management practices. This property in particular is bordered on 2 sides by large tillable fields in the Bay Creek Bottoms. This creates a buffer from other hunters & ensures the wildlife in this area call this farm home. It is also bordered on one side by a large block of timber. Any wildlife that call this block of timber home, come on this property to feed/water & then stage to the larger adjoining grain fields. As you know, all of these qualities are neccesary to create a consistent trophy property & the bonus here is the geographical terrain places the main travel ways for rut roaming bucks right on this farm! The owner has spent the last 20 years putting this farm together by purchasing the smaller pieces adjoining this property. By doing this he has created the main sanctuary for the wildlife in the area. The farm has legal access from 3 sides offering unbelievable access for any wind direction. The farm is made up of 38 acres of fields with the remaining 159 acres in hardwood timber. This farm has it all, hardwood ridges & valleys, two active springs, warm season grasses for bedding, creek bottom timber, thick CRP, food plots & tons of edge. The property also includes 2 custom built shooting towers that are fully insulated & built to home standards.
The owner has gone to great lengths to improve the habitat on the property including:
*Planting warm season grasses
*Maintaining year round food plots
*Building multiple water holes around the property
*Conducting yearly timber stand improvement to remove undesirable growth
*Planting Chestnut trees on the property
The property also includes a small, but incredibly well built cabin. Constructed in 2014, the owner spared no expense in the construction of this cabin. As you can see from the photos, the interior of the cabin is top notch. From the granite counter tops to the high end finishings, this would make a great hunters cabin or weekend getaway. What is more impressive than the finishings of the cabin is the thought that went into the construction of the cabin. The cabin is "over" built on 9" reinforced concrete floors with full radiant heating, central air, stainless appliances, tongue & groove cedar ceilings, double pane insulated windows & spray in foam insulation. The owner even kept a photo diary of the construction stages. It has room for you, your friends & your toys.
Give Scott a call for more information! Property viewing is by appointment only.
