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Timberland Farms is a 160-acre tract located in one of the more remote sections of Johnson County, in Illinois. Managed habitat includes 155 acres of white oak timber, brushy bedding areas, cedar thickets and six wheat/clover food plots averaging one acre each. The three-mile trail system makes for easy access to tree stands and to retrieve harvested deer on this scenic farm with creeks, bluffs and lots of wildlife.
Johnson County borders well-known Pope County in deep southern Illinois. The number of quality whitetail bucks taken in Johnson County has increased in the last few years and many hunters compare Johnson County deer hunting to the well-known Pike County whitetail hunting in west/central Illinois. Many of the hunters traveling
to Illinois to hunt big Illinois bucks, have found that southern Illinois is extremely accessible and less
traveled. Both Interstates I-24 and I-57 pass through Johnson County. Timberland Farms is
35 minutes from Paducah, Kentucky and only 3 hours from Nashville or Memphis, TN.
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Timberland Farms was purchased in 1999 and has only been hunted by family since that time. Previous owners also used the farm for family deer hunts. Whitetail habitat management started in 1999 with appropriate timber management to encourage the hard mast producing species favored by the whitetail including White, Red, Black and Chinquapin Oaks. Forest habitat management has also included thinning to remove
maple, elm, and cedar from competition. This thinning has caused a significant increase in available browse.
Since 1999 we have established six clover fields from one-half acre to 3 acres in size. We have whitetails using the farm all year long.
Starting in the 2007 season we established a new Illinois Outfitters business to open this farm for limited semi-guided hunts. If you want to hunt Southern Illinois Whitetails, call us to arrange an affordable, quality hunt. |
