If you're a buyer who needs to have a dynamite hunting property under an hour away from Iowa City or Cedar Rapids, take a hard look at this awesome 70 acres. It's located just a couple miles southwest of Wellman in a secluded area along Smith Creek in Northern Washington County, a great area for giant whitetails, turkeys, and a lot of pheasants.

This is a premium hunting property layout where you have dead-end access into the southeast corner and the northeast corner. Both of these are level B roads, so there's not going to be any traffic going back and forth through the heart of this area. It's totally secluded and has a half mile of Smith Creek frontage. This neighborhood has a great mix of farmland, pasture, wooded draws, creek bottom timber, and tall native grasses, the perfect blend to grow and hold a lot of wildlife in an area that is known to have giant whitetails.

All along Smith Creek on the north end is a half-mile stretch of creek bottom timber. This is a cruising area for deer and an area where they're going to bed as well. I really like the rolling terrain that ascends to the south. When you come in from the south on a northerly wind, the deer will not smell you, and you're going to have great views from these hillsides down to the creek bottom. I really like the interior tree lines; these hedge rows break up the farm visually, and they provide essential edge for traveling wildlife. Most of the open acres are in the Conservation Reserve Program, which currently generates $3,200 annually.

There are two shallow water ponds providing good water in addition to Smith Creek, and there's a pond in the middle of the property. The combination of the terrain, creek bottom, and the breakup of the different fields makes for an abundant number of pinch points for archery hunting. Any bowhunter who's been really picky waiting for a great property to purchase needs to focus on this one. This could be a great farm for you because there's going to be a lot of options for bowhunting, especially on those good northerly and westerly winds that bring the cold weather.

The owner is selling just a portion of what he owns here. It's a great area that he's taken a lot of awesome bucks from, many scoring in the Boone & Crockett record book, and because of that, the seller is asking to meet prospective buyers to learn if they will share in the same commitment to hunting management as the surrounding neighbors. This is important because it'll help maintain the quality of mature deer here and the habitat that this area is capable of. You don't need to make any changes to this farm for it to be a great hunting property, but if you choose to do so, you're just going to step it up even more and enjoy phenomenal hunting for big mature whitetails every single year, and if you're an upland bird hunter, quail and pheasants thrive here.

On top of all those great features, one of the best is that it's within striking distance for a convenient drive to Iowa City and Cedar Rapids. All of you buyers who have a really busy schedule and not enough time to own a farm a couple of hours away, here's your chance. There are very few properties that ever come up for sale that are of this quality of hunting this close to town. If you're interested in a private showing, please contact the listing agent and Washington County Land Specialist Ben Harshyne with Whitetail Properties Real Estate. We are your land specialists across all of Southeast Iowa.