Recreational Land for Sale in Ellaville, Georgia

Lucky Buck Farm, Schley County, Georgia

+-266 Acres

Executive Summary

AFM Real Estate is proud to present Lucky Buck Farm, situated minutes from the quaint town of Ellaville in the heart of Southwest Georgia. The farm consists of 266 acres located in the desirable area of Schley County along Lacrosse Rd. The landscape is diverse, offering a unique combination of quality hunting, fishing, and numerous other outdoor opportunities. Lucky Buck Farm features incredible whitetail deer hunting, turkey hunting, and other outdoor opportunities. Additionally, the owners have invested in a land and feed management program that supports quality wildlife programs. Lucky Buck Farm sits in a prime area of the state that offers quality deer genetics that lead the south in Boone and Crockett registered whitetail deer.

Built in 2020, Lucky Buck has a custom-designed three-bedroom farmhouse that serves as a permanent home, ideal farm, or hunting retreat. In addition, Lucky Buck is equipped with a custom-designed 48' x 60' steel barn with living quarters, a tack room, and three horse stalls. The farm includes numerous food plots, shooting houses, and a fully stocked pond.

The Farm

• +-266 contiguous acres. Convenient to Americus, Lake Blackshear, Ellaville, Perry, Cordele, and I-75.
• 10 acres of fenced horse pasture created under a mature pecan orchard providing cool, shaded areas and pristine pastures for grazing. 12' x 8' x 36' Morton Building horse run-in.
• Dunstan Chestnut Orchard - 47 planted trees creating a small producing 2-acre orchard that can be viewed from the porches of the home.
• Well Well-managed various age class long leaf pine covering 168 acres with a balance in mature hardwoods and pine mix.
• Unlimited wildlife resources with an abundance of deer, turkey, and upland habitat for quail and dove.
• 1.5 acres pond stocked with copper nose bluegill, shell cracker, and certified tiger bass.
• Toteover Creek and several feeder creeks meander through and near the property providing excellent habitat and food sources for all types of wild game.
• Surrounded by large multi-generational private timberland and irrigated agricultural farms.

General Description

Lucky Buck Farm is in Schley County, an area known for large private timberland, recreational properties, and irrigated row crop farms. This area is also well known for whitetail deer and turkey hunting. Lucky Buck Farm's location offers convenience to the surrounding area's amenities, such as Lake Blackshear Resort and Golf, Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricultural Center in Perry, and much more.

A picturesque entrance greets you as you turn off LaCrosse Rd and make your way along an asphalt drive bordered by Nuttall Oaks, longleaf pine stands, and fenced pasture before reaching the main house. From the comfort of the home or porches, you're able to watch groups of deer and turkey feed in the food plots and move throughout the longleaf acres through the pasture and into the orchard in the early mornings and late evenings. The land offers a diverse mix of planted longleaf, mature hardwood forests, and food plots. Adding to the diversity, Lucky Buck Farm has nice topography and a well-maintained road system accessing all areas of the property by truck or UTV.

Lucky Buck Farm Improvements

Main Residence--The farmhouse, totaling 3176 square feet, consists of a 3-bedroom, 2-bath home completed in November 2020. It boasts a custom-designed open floor plan with covered front and screened back porches overlooking the pastures and Chestnut orchard. The architecture of the home, barn, and improvements adapts to the landscape and complements the farm with a modern and cozy feel.

• Steel roof 2' x 6' exterior walls and Hardee board siding
• Vaulted great room ceilings with the late 1800s, hand-hued beans taken from a barn in Ottawa, Ohio.
• Stone fireplace, with 1800s 1800-era heart pine mantle taken from a factory in Beauregard, Al.
• All heart pine flooring, reclaimed and restored from the original farmhouse on the property dating back to the late 1800s.
• Solid natural, hickory cabinets throughout kitchen and bathrooms and pecky cypress cabinetry around the fireplace.
• All bedroom closets are custom-designed with cedar walls and shelves taken from the property.
• Large walk-in utility room with hidden gun cabinet, insulated storage room above garage
• Two-car garage with cypress walls and metal ceiling.

The Barn - A custom-designed 48' x 60' steel barn was constructed in 2019, providing multiple functions used daily in support of the farm and entertaining guests. The barn contains 24 x 24 heated and cooled open living quarters, a full bathroom, a cedar-lined closet, and a living area providing additional overflow accommodations and privacy for guests. The barn is positioned behind the house, joining a nice sitting area with chairs and a firepit for evening entertainment. Additional amenities of the barn include:

• 2024 New Holland Workmaster 75 horsepower 4WD Tractor with bucket and special canopy.
• 8 ft. Rhino Rotary cutter model TR 208.
• Two roll-up doors and large custom-designed wooded front barn doors.
• Concrete floors
• 3 12 x 12 horse stalls
• 12 x 12 insulated tack room with exhaust fan, built-in desk, and storage cabinets.
• Large, insulated storage areas above stalls and living quarters.
• Additional 45' x 50' x 12' steel equipment shelter located behind the barn.

Wildlife, Habitat and Fishing:

Lucky Buck Farm is best viewed as a wildlife sanctuary as the landowners have focused their efforts on managing the farm with an intense focus on the wildlife. The landscape is diverse, with 6 large game plots, multiple enclosed shooting houses, and mineral troughs with attached feeders, all strategically placed throughout the farm. In addition to the mature mast-producing oaks along the bottomland acres, the landowners have planted numerous sawtooth oaks, Nuttall oaks, chestnut trees, plum trees, persimmon, pear, and apple trees throughout the farm. The upland habitat provides excellent bedding and nesting conditions for turkeys and ideal cover for deer. The expansive acres and terrain provided many ideal hunting settings.

The landowners recently invested in an area of the farm where a main spring offered an ideal area for a fishpond. The pond consists of 1.5 acres tucked along a mature white ridge. It has been stocked with bluegill, shell crackers, and tiger bass, offering an enjoyable evening sitting on the bank and catching a mess of fish.

Broker Comments:

"The owners of Lucky Buck Farm have meticulously created a place a family can effortlessly make part of their daily lives. Every area of the farm was strategically planned and well thought through when the owners were making their mark on this land. The easiness and convenience of Lucky Buck Farm will motivate an owner to want to spend more time at the farm."