Pickthorne Hunting Club

The Pickthorne Hunting Club is located in Prairie County, Arkansas approximately 13 miles northwest of Hazen. The property consists of 647.75 acres and is bisected by Pickthorne Road with 350 acres on the north side and the remainder on the south side. The Pickthorne Hunting Club offers an excellent year-round recreational investment opportunity with estabished deer, turkey, and waterfowl hunting, as well as fishing. The past two hunting seasons have seen deer, turkey, and waterfowl harvested. The hunting opportunities are further improved by the 237 acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program. There are 203.60 acres enrolled in the hardwoods program with the contract expiring in 2034, and the remaining 33.31 enrolled in the pine trees program with the contract expiring in 2030. Combined the CRP contracts pay $10,444.00 annually. Additionally, there are 90 acres of pastureland that could be developed for dove or quail hunting, or redeveloped for cattle farming. The propertys fishing opportunities expand across the 60 acre reservoir and the two acre pond. There are approximately 100 acres of overflow bottomland and buck brush. There is an existing 1,700 square foot house on the property and there are also several places to expand lodging and build a new hunting lodge or shop. The current owners have completed several improvements on the property since August 2024, including: - Removal of old farm equipment including numerous tractors, cultivators, and trailers - Removal of a total of 12 campers, manufactured homes, and storage buildings from the old camp site - Removal of three grain bins from the old camp site - Removal of large piles of waste tires at various locations on the property - Removal of a dilapidated 2,400 square foot house which now provides another potential cabin site - Removal of wiring, fence posts, feeding equipment, and irrigation equipment used previously for cattle farming - Built up road and installed pipe to improve access to the northwest corner of the property and improve water flow into the reservoir - Extensive bush hogging of existing trails and shooting lanes - Extensive tree trimming of existing trails and shooting lanes - Planted two rounds of millet for duck habitat last year in the reservoir - Millet has been planted in the reservoir for the 2025 duck season - Floating track hoe work completed in August 2024 that cleaned out boat roads and duck holes on the south side of the property - Removal of dilapidated fishing pier in small fishing pond - Installed spillway on two acre pond to improve water flow and control water level