120 Acres in Brighton, IA - $680,000
Skunk River Valley Hunting Tract With Beautiful Home
If you’ve ever dreamt of living on your own hunting property, you’ll want to take a very hard look at this listing. Located on a dead-end county road in the wildlife-rich Skunk River Valley sits this beautiful custom home, overlooking a stocked pond and excellent hunting farm. Step into the 2BR/2BA house and be welcomed a kitchen that opens up to the living room, and two stories of huge windows that give postcard-quality Southern Iowa views. The loft is currently used as an office but could be converted into a third bedroom if needed. Natural daylight shines through more large windows of the finished walkout basement, which can be used as a large hunting room or home theatre. This property, in my opinion, has the perfect combination of timber, native grasses, and topography for fantastic hunting, all while being in an area that is notorious for great deer genetics. A limestone stream win...
If you’ve ever dreamt of living on your own hunting property, you’ll want to take a very hard look at this listing. Located on a dead-end county road in the wildlife-rich Skunk River Valley sits this beautiful custom home, overlooking a stocked pond and excellent hunting farm. Step into the 2BR/2BA house and be welcomed a kitchen that opens up to the living room, and two stories of huge windows that give postcard-quality Southern Iowa views. The loft is currently used as an office but could be converted into a third bedroom if needed. Natural daylight shines through more large windows of the finished walkout basement, which can be used as a large hunting room or home theatre. This property, in my opinion, has the perfect combination of timber, native grasses, and topography for fantastic hunting, all while being in an area that is notorious for great deer genetics. A limestone stream winds through the thick timber that is primarily comprised of rolling white oaks ridges. The seller has enjoyed a decade of successful traditional bowhunting and will leave strategically placed stand locations if desired. Several giant bucks have been killed in this immediate area. Check out my photo of a fully mature, large-framed 10 point that was bedded in the timber while shooting this listing recently. Between the seclusion, the turn-key home, outbuilding, CRP income, pond, and great hunting - this one checks all of the boxes for a dream scenario. Call me today for a private showing!
Property Features:
- Turn-key 1,958 sq. ft. 2 bedroom, 2 bath house with excellent maintenance records
- 2 car attached garage and 2 bay outbuilding for storing farm equipment and a boat
- Geothermal heating and cooling keeps energy bills low
- Walk-out basement with stained concrete floors
- Driveway that extends off a dead-end county road leads to the house and farm
- 2 acre pond architected for quality fish habitat is stocked with largemouth, crappie, and sunfish
- Great combination of timber, brushy fence lines, CRP, and native grass habitat
- Hardwood ridges and field points are currently lit-up with many scrapes
- Trail system gives good access to the CRP and throughout the timber
- Topography allows for multiple strategic stand locations for all wind directions
- Small orchard is a magnet for evening deer hunts just behind the house
- Directly across the river north of Brinton Timbers (no hunting wildlife refuge)
- Under 1 hour drive to Iowa City and Mount Pleasant
- 30 minute drive to Fairfield
- 15 minute drive to Lake Darling State Park and Washington
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