Pike County bottoms: 240-acre farm with 5 stands

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Whole property hosted by Marcy

240 acres · 5 stands · up to 3 hunters

Yours alone

One party at a time. Nobody else is booked on it during your sit.

Whitetail, Turkey

Archery, Shotgun allowed

Open while the owner is away

Oct 24–Nov 8, Nov 14–Dec 20, Apr 10–May 10

The whole farm while the family is away: creek bottom, two hardwood draws, 40 acres of beans, and five stands hung for every wind. You get the property to yourself for the dates you book: no other hunters are scheduled on it at the same time. Check in by text when you arrive and when you leave; the host sends the gate code and a stand map the day before. Bring your own license and tags.

Where you'll hunt

Property lines, stands, food plots, bedding, and trail cameras. Tap a camera to see what it caught. The gate, parking, and walk-in route come with your booking.

  • Standing corn Food plot
  • Bean field Food plot
  • Clover plot Food plot
  • Thick bedding cover Bedding · Stay out: the host never walks in here
  • Pond Water

Target bucks on camera

From the host's trail cameras this season. Scores are rough gross estimates from photos.

Velvet Nine~148"
Velvet Nine · 9 points
Camera 1 · last seen Oct 17

Summer bean-field regular; expected to push 150 this fall

Photo: USFWS Mountain Prairie · Public domain
Split Brow~163"
Split Brow · 11 points
Camera 2 · last seen Oct 10

Split brow tine on the right side; creek crossing camera

Photo: Clinton & Charles Robertson from Del Rio, Texas & College St · CC BY 2.0
Night Shift~140"
Night Shift · 8 points
Camera 3 · last seen Oct 17

Mostly after dark until the rut

Photo: Larry Lamsa · CC BY 2.0

Conditions right now

Weather—
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Legal light—
Moon95%Waxing gibbous · overhead 10:45 PM
RutSeeking phasePeak in 20 days · Nov 14
Next front—

Live from Open-Meteo, scored by the HuntForecaster engine. Check your state's legal shooting hours.

Hunt outlook

DayMorningEveningSeason
Sat, Oct 24 97%——Archery seasonSeeking phase
Sun, Oct 25 100%——Archery seasonSeeking phase
Mon, Oct 26 100%——Archery seasonSeeking phase
Tue, Oct 27 98%——Archery seasonSeeking phase
Wed, Oct 28 94%——Archery seasonSeeking phase
Thu, Oct 29 88%——Archery seasonChasing phase
Fri, Oct 30 80%——Archery seasonChasing phase

Scores rank hours against each other from live weather, light, fronts, and the regional rut model, the same engine as HuntForecaster. They are relative, not odds. The forecast covers 7 days; later dates show season and rut timing only.

Best days to hunt here

The whole season at a glance: which stretches the rut, the seasons, and the moon favor on this property.

Stand-by-stand forecast

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What hunters nearby are seeing

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Anonymous reports from HuntForecaster users, rounded to about a mile. Use HuntForecaster to see hot spots, scent cones for each stand, and to log your sits.

Season leases

Want it to yourself all season? Lease the whole term instead of booking days. One party, exclusive access, and the StandHopper lease agreement. Longer terms can be split into payments charged to your card before the start.

Season lease

2027–28 deer season

Oct 1 – Jan 15 · up to 3 hunters

$9,600 · or 3 payments of about $3,200

Turkey season the following spring is included.

Seasonal pricing

Day prices follow the hunt: early season is the bargain; rut weeks, gun openers, and peak migration cost the most. Hover a day to see why. Pick dates here to update your quote.

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Pricepeak
Gun opener Whitetail · Nov 22 – Nov 24+45%
Peak gobbling Turkey · Apr 20 – May 5+25%
Gun season Whitetail · Nov 22 – Dec 7+15%
Archery season Whitetail · Oct 1 – Jan 15base
Spring turkey Turkey · Apr 15 – May 25base
Muzzleloader Whitetail · Dec 8 – Dec 20−5%
Late archery Whitetail · Dec 21 – Jan 15−15%
Rut scaled by the rut model for this locationup to +90%
Weekends+15%
Longer trips 3+ days / 7+ days−10% / −20%

What this place offers

  • Exclusive: nobody else on the farm
  • Side-by-side for retrieval
  • Walk-in cooler
  • Game cleaning station
  • Stand map + trail cam history

Harvest rules

  • 2 antlered bucks per party, 8 points or better
  • Unlimited does with Illinois tags
  • Spring turkey: 1 gobbler per hunter

At a glance

  • Kids under 18 hunt free with a paying adult (up to 2)
  • ATVs and side-by-sides allowed
  • Climbers allowed, no hang-ons
  • Legal shooting light only
  • No dogs
  • No campfires
  • Shed hunting allowed in spring

Property rules

  • Hunter orange per state law during gun seasons
  • Safety harness in every tree stand
  • No baiting or feeding
  • Pack out all trash
  • Text the host on arrival and departure

From the field

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