Legendary Boone & Crockett Management Hunting Farm

This is the turn-key hunting property you have been waiting for your entire life and may not have another opportunity on a farm like this in the next century! The history all started 25 years ago, when the current owner sought to find the perfect land that would lay the foundation to bring his vision and management techniques to life. It was here on the Riley-Marshall County line that this legendary farm, with such diversity, was born. Over the years, intense management practices have allowed the harvesting of mature Boone and Crockett bucks that range from the upper 170's to 220's, 5 to 8 years of age annually. Since bow hunting was only allowed on the farm with very few individuals, several illusive bucks have died from old age on the farm.

The sellers' shed collection has several years of sets from many different bucks on the farm, showing just how impressive the typical and non-typi...

The sellers' shed collection has several years of sets from many different bucks on the farm, showing just how impressive the typical and non-typical growth and genetics of the Whitetails are on the property. Driving to the property, you can feel and see that this location is a thriving mecca of wildlife with huge elevation changes, Timber Creek running throughout, low lying crop fields, high pastures, and seclusion and protection with little to no hunting pressure. It's no wonder big deer are grown here. The 152 +/- acres of mature hardwoods are primarily made up of Burr Oaks, Black Walnuts, Ash, Elm, Sycamore, with Cedar and Osage Orange on the hill tops. The internal trail system allows you to get in with ease, whether it's with equipment for food plot preparation, filling feeders or getting to the stand, all with the least amount of disruption to the wildlife. The hill top is the 79 +/- acre bedding sanctuary with fingerling deep draws that carve down to the tillable bottoms. 48.3 acres of the tillable are currently enrolled in CRP, providing the owner $4,354.00 of annual income. Every food plot area, fruit tree, trail, and stand location have been through trial and error, and with some modifications, have been proven successful for years and years, allowing the new owner to walk in the first day and enjoy a hunt, rather than spending the fall preparing for the following year. The back wood stand is such a special place and has a major track record of big buck success. With so many great spots to sit, and no restrictions from wind direction, it is hard to choose a spot. The up-top stand overlooks the property and sits right on a pitch point, a small, spring-fed watering hole on the high traffic trail between the crop field and bedding sanctuary, or maybe you want to sit where you can see traffic for a good distance - the lower shelf stand would be perfect.

If you are the true sportsman that can appreciate what hunting is all about, with like-minded neighbors protecting what each other are creating, there to celebrate, offer a helping hand and even a watchful eye if needed, this is the farm for you. Absentee owner? The seller would recommend an excellent property manager that knows the farm inside and out. Not only is the farm a legendary property, the seller is leaving his legendary legacy in hopes of being carried on. Anyone in the hunting and management industry at one time or another has heard stories about this farm, have seen pictures of trophy bucks taken on the property, have just wished to have a glimpse at what the seller has created or just wondered if this farm could even exist, and finally it can be shared with the world! I am sure Theodore Roosevelt himself would have given great appreciation for the management and conservation this farm holds. This is one to tour in person.

Property Features

-Located towards the end of Big Timber Road, a dead-end road in Riley and Marshall County Kansas

-290 acres total

-152 heavy hardwood timber and creek acres

-79 native grass acres

-59 tillable acres, 48.3 enrolled in CRP

-CRP enrollment date 10-1-2011 to 09-30-2021 with annual payment of $4,354.00

-Turn-key farm

-25 years of management

-Seller lives on Big Timber Road allowing the new owner access to a great resource, potential mentor, a helping hand and a watchful eye if needed

-Large tracts of land that adjoin, giving little to zero hunting pressure

-Secluded and protected

-Neighbors with like-minded management styles

-Archery hunting only ever allowed on the property with very limited individuals

-Well balanced buck to doe ratio

-Several established food plots throughout with a variety of fruit trees planted in or around the plots

-Timber Creek running throughout

-The best habitat mix found in the area

-Large bedding sanctuaries

-Incredible internal trail system allowing for easy access to all parts of the property

-Spring-fed watering holes

-300+ elevation change

-Several feeders and stands throughout ready for season

-Option to lease farmhouse residence on a neighboring property that the seller owns

-Seller giving buyer first right of refusal on additional land

-2 miles west of Tuttle Creek Lake on Timber Creek

-Soil Class II, III and VI

-Deer Unit #9

-Taxes 2018 average $788.84

-All mineral rights intact

-40 mile drive north out of Manhattan, Kansas

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Directions

From HWY 77 turn east at mile marker 201 on Swede Creek Rd. Continue on Swede Creek Rd for 6 miles and turn onto Bellegarde Rd. Continue 2 miles and turn northwest on Big Timber Road. Continue on Big Timber and property located on the south.