AR - Lafayette Co - CR 5 - Managed Duck Hunting Tract, Improved WRP - 500 ac , Lewisville, AR 71845(Lafayette County)

This duck hunting paradise consists of 415 acres of WRP that has been set up and managed to be a premier waterfowl property. There are two 6 inch submersible electric wells that supply the water to flood over 260 acres of the property. Four 16 foot steel pits provide comfortable hunting for you and your guests. The 2011 duck season yielded 887 ducks from this property. The owner has meticulously kept records for each year of his ownership. The duck totals have been recorded by number of birds by species taken from each blind, number of hunters per day in each blind, and number of hunts made in each blind. In 2011, two blinds were hunted on the 500 acres, one blind averaged 5.5 birds per hunter and 25 birds per hunt with 29 hunts made. The other averaged 3.9 ducks per hunter and 15.9 birds per hunt with 10 hunts made. These detailed records are indicative of the attention to detail that the owner has demonstrated in every aspect of developing this property for waterfowl.

The 2012 teal season produced a harvest of 166 birds from this property combined with the owners adjacent property. 53 birds of the total were harvested on the 415 acre tract.

For the last several years the property owner has worked with a widely known and respected wildlife biologist who specializes in moist soil management for waterfowl. Moist soil management is the managed drawdown of water to promote germination of native plants that are favored by waterfowl. Moist soil plants can provide total energy values to waterfowl that are as high or higher than domestic grains. Things like: time of year and length of the drawdown of the water make a difference in what kinds of vegetation you have available for the ducks next season. The owner has already done the work necessary to ensure that the 2012 season is as productive as 2011 was.

He also owns over 1000 acres directly adjacent to this tract that he has set up and managed in the same way. Between the two properties there were over 2300 birds harvested during the 2011 season. The seller plans to continue hunting the adjacent property and will be available to share his recipe for success. The current caretaker is also available to help you set up and maintain the property.

There are 3 acres on the north side of the 415 acre tract that are out of the WRP and could be used for building a lodge. Electricity is already run to the location.

This property sits in the middle of several thousand acres of well managed properties for both waterfowl and whitetail deer. The tract has been managed for waterfowl but several nice deer have been harvested and the deer hunting will only get better as the trees mature. There is one planted food plot and box stand in place for deer hunting.

You will find it difficult to identify an improvement that can be made that he has not already implemented. For the individual looking for a premier waterfowl property with proven success, this is a must see.

Minerals: Seller does not own any minerals.

Price: $819,500

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