Smokey Tree Whitetails Deer Farm for Sale! Looking for a great property for the farming of Cervids, and to have exciting hunting experiences? This Clare County ranch has 120-acres of prime central Lower Michigan hunting habitat that is surrounded with High-Fencing. If your dream is hunting, and raising trophy deer, elk, or horses, please contact us today to schedule your tour of this great facility! The centrally located handling facilities include pens, breeding areas, shelters, feeders and water facilities. There are well planned runways, mazes, drops and squeeze chutes for movement of stock, between enclosed buildings, breeding paddocks, inoculation/health testing and fawning areas so that animals can be moved without much handling or darting. Females and their young have separate pens. And there is an area for the bottle-raised babies, which are released at 1 1/2 years of age. Adult ...
Smokey Tree Whitetails Deer Farm for Sale! Looking for a great property for the farming of Cervids, and to have exciting hunting experiences? This Clare County ranch has 120-acres of prime central Lower Michigan hunting habitat that is surrounded with High-Fencing. If your dream is hunting, and raising trophy deer, elk, or horses, please contact us today to schedule your tour of this great facility! The centrally located handling facilities include pens, breeding areas, shelters, feeders and water facilities. There are well planned runways, mazes, drops and squeeze chutes for movement of stock, between enclosed buildings, breeding paddocks, inoculation/health testing and fawning areas so that animals can be moved without much handling or darting. Females and their young have separate pens. And there is an area for the bottle-raised babies, which are released at 1 1/2 years of age. Adult males remain separate from females most of the year, except during breeding season. There is a heated-insulated 40 x 64 Machine Barn with a concrete flooring and 220 power. A 30 x 40 Horse Barn has six stalls with automatic water and Ramm brand doors, a Breeding stall, Wash Room with running water, a Tack Room, Feed Room, and automatic lighting. There is a 32 x 36 Storage Barn for hay and supplemental feed storage, and a 24 x 30 Deer Barn/Handling Barn with holding stalls, feeders, heated water tanks and a loft storage area. There are outside gravity fed Feed Bins and other smaller support buildings. In addition to several automatic water stations, there is a large 10-foot deep spring-fed pond which provides (an aerated) year-round steady and reliable source of water, and is stocked with Brown and Rainbow trout and Perch. The gently-rolling property has quality habitat for deer and other wildlife, which include turkey, pheasant, rabbit and ducks. About 15 acres has four-foot high fencing enclosing a pasture that provide browse of a pasture mix of hay and grasses. There are food plots for the wild ranch bucks. Forested areas of hard and soft woods have several travel routes for hunting, and there is oneground blind and several elevated blinds scattered throughout. The trails could be used for Equine Trails, biking, hiking, and cross-country skiing trails. The northern border of the property is adjacent to state lands which connect to parts of the Au Sable and Pere Marquette State Forests. There is 10-foot high hi-tensile perimeter fencing to contain the farmed deer, and for predator control year-round. Corner posts are of greater diameter than line posts, and there arerounded (no 90-degree corners) to reduce injury to livestock that come into contact with the fence. There is an inspection road surrounding the fenced area. A quality electric main gate opening, and a double-gated non electric opening provides passage into and out of the fenced area. A 1,500 square foot completely remodeled Ranch-Style home is ready to move in to. It features a lodge-look Living Room with a stone fireplace with a high end insert. The Kitchen has custom hickory cabinetry and flooring, quartz counter tops, and stainless steel appliances, and adjoining a spacious Dining Area. Three bedrooms can accommodate several guests, and a large Bathroom has granite counters and a jet tub. This property could be a great way to introduce families to Michigan deer hunting in a safe and controlled area, or it could be a private corporate facility for retreats and business meetings for your important clients and business prospects. Contact us for your private guided tour! (There is approximately $100,000 of standing timber on the property.)MLS# 28766
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