Wolf Pen Road — 78+/- Acres | McNairy County, TN
Pocahontas, Tennessee — If you've been searching for manageable, affordable hunting/recreational land and timber investment without sacrificing quality or versatility, your search ends on Wolf Pen Road. This 78+/- acre tract near Pocahontas delivers the kind of diverse timber composition, hunting habitat, and infrastructure access that makes a property genuinely usable from the day you close.
The Land
The terrain unfolds across a series of ridges with rolling and sloping hillsides — the kind of varied topography that creates natural travel corridors for wildlife, breaks up the landscape into distinct cover types, and offers elevated ground with real potential for a cabin or permanent homesite. This isn't flat, featureless timberland. It's a tract with character, and that terrain works in your favor whether you're hanging stands or picking a building site.
Timber — Diversity Across Every Acre
The timber stands have three distinct cover types that each bring their own value to the table:
32+/- acres of mature upland hardwoods — providing excellent mast production, wildlife habitat, and long-term harvesting value
24+/- acres of 16 to 18-year-old loblolly pine plantation — providing thermal cover for deer and nesting and roosting habitat for turkey
20+/- acres of mature mixed upland hardwoods and pine — a transitional cover type that blends the best of both worlds, creating edge habitat and diversified timber value
Together, these three timber types give the property a well-rounded profile that appeals to the recreational buyer and the timber investor alike. The staggered composition means different stands will reach optimal harvest maturity at different times — a built-in, long-term income structure for the patient landowner.
Hunting & Wildlife
This tract is positioned to take full advantage of deer and turkey hunting opportunities. The combination of mature hardwood mast production, pine stands, and mixed timber creates habitat structure for deer and turkey. Natural funnels concentrate movement and make stand placement simple. Turkey hunters will find quality spring habitat throughout the hardwood and mixed timber components that makes working a gobbler genuinely enjoyable.
Access & Infrastructure
One of this property's most practical strengths is its dual road frontage — accessible from both Wolf Pen Road and Essary Springs Road, providing flexibility in how you enter and use the tract. Electricity is available at both roads, removing one of the most significant hurdles for buyers considering a future cabin build or weekend retreat. Several ridgetops easily accessible from the road offer great potential homesites, combining privacy, elevation, and access to electricity in a way that makes development straightforward when you're ready.
The Bottom Line
78+/- acres of diverse, productive timberland with dual road frontage, electricity access, hunting/recreational opportunities, and multiple building sites near Pocahontas in McNairy County — priced and sized for the buyer ready to own a quality West Tennessee recreational tract without the overhead of a larger property.
Contact Austin Carroll at 731-608-2933 to schedule a tour!