Legacy Ranch
Hamilton County, Florida⁞253± ACRES
Diverse High-Fence Property with Cattle, Lodge, Cabin, Deer Breeding Facility, Perennial Peanut Pastures, Irrigated Fruit, Nut Trees, & Blueberries, and More!
- 253+/- acre High Fence Preserve and Farm in Hamilton County, FL
- 3.5 miles perimeter high fence
- Recently updated 2,400 sq ft 3 BR and 3 BA, Fireplace - Professionally landscaped, lighted, and irrigated
- Cabin - 295 sq ft with 1 BR and 1 BA, Kitchenette, and Covered Front Porch
- Breeding Facility with Ten Foot Game Fence, Six Pens, Irrigation to Pens, Water Troughs, and Feeding Stations
- Fawn Nursery and Deer Handling Facility
- Approximately 130 preserve deer
- Planted Pines, Hardwood Ridge and Drains, Open Land, Perennial Peanut
- Fenced acreage for cattle
- Irrigated nursery, fruit bearing trees (Lemon, Peach, Apple, Plum, Pear)
- .91+/- acres of Pecan Trees
- 80 x40 +/- Storage Building and Morton Barn with Generator Hook-up and Skinning Room with Walk-in Freezer
- Landscaped and Gated Front Entrance
- Garage with RV Hook-up and Generator Hook-up
- Pump House with 4
- Generator
- Tree stands
- Just 25 miles from Valdosta and 38 miles from the I-10 and I-75 interchange
Legacy Ranch is an established, income-producing 253+/- acre high-fence preserve and farm. The property is extremely diverse. It has approximately 97± acres of 15-year-old planted pines, 55± acres of hardwood ridge and drains, 50± acres open land, 26.5 of which is fenced for cattle, and 12 acres of Perennial Peanut. At Legacy Ranch there is an irrigated nursery area that is approx. ground cover 69' x 33' (2277 sq ft). Also, there is an area for blueberry with two Lemon trees complete with drip irrigation and fencing. In addition, there is .41 acres of assorted fruit trees with irrigation; twelve Peach trees, one apple tree, two plum trees, and two pear trees. Also, there is .91 acres with twelve mature pecan trees.
Legacy Ranch has 3.2 miles of an eight foot game fence with a landscaped gated entrance. The breeding facility is enclosed by a ten foot game fence. There are six pens averaging in size of 100' wide x 300' deep (.68 acre each) and the top half of each pen is planted and remainder in trees. There is irrigation stubbed to the pens. There is a 24' wide x 600' long front alley-way. The breeding facility is complete with six water troughs and six feeding stations, a fawn nursery and A.I. deer handling facility.
Legacy Ranch is also a great cattle property. There are currently 26.5 acres of fenced pasture.
The main house is 2,400 sq ft built in 1998, but was recently completely renovated. It has three bedrooms, three baths, fireplace, a covered front porch, and rear deck. It is professionally landscaped, lighted, and irrigated. The cabin is 295 sq ft with a 98 sq ft covered front porch. It has one bedroom, one bath, and a kitchenette. Other improvements include: a 720 sq ft metal building garage built in 2002 with concrete floors, electric roll-up doors, and RV hook-up and generator hook-up. Storage building that is 160 sq ft with a 128 sq ft covered front porch and A/C, heat, electric, and water to the building. Pump house that is 130 sq ft with a 4" well, chlorinator, and filter system. A 3,150 sq ft Morton barn built in 2002 with a concrete floor, water, electric, three electric bay doors, generator hook-up, and a skinning room with walk-in freezer.
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Bruce Ratliff is a retired elected official (Property Appraiser Taylor County). Bruce brings years of experience in ad valorem tax knowledge. His property tax background gives JKA Associates & clients a unique insight into the complicated tax process. Bruce held several positions in the Florida Association of Property Appraisers, including member of the Board of Directors, President, Vice-President and Secretary, and served on the Agricultural & Legislative Committees for the Association. The real estate business has been part of Bruce’s life since childhood. His mother, Shirley Ratliff owned Professional Realty of Perry, Florida and his father, Buster owned Ratliff Land Surveying which Bruce was General Manager of before his political career.
From murky farm ponds to pristine glacier-cut lakes and everything in between, Knox Daniels’ expertise stems from a lifelong fascination of water and the creatures that live in and around it. He recognizes and helps clients appreciate the value water features bring to a property. “My goal is to help buyers realize and sellers maximize the value different water bodies bring to a property, not only in a recreational sense, but also for social storm reasons.” After extensively traveling the country for collegiate BASS fishing tournaments, Knox graduated and worked for the Southeast’s finest fisheries and wildlife biologist, Greg Grimes. With Grimes’ company, AES, Knox managed many of the southeast’s finest private lake estate/impoundment properties, and learned the intricacies of upscale property management. Learning from Greg and other biologists, Knox honed in on the specific conditions and habitat needed for optimal gamefish growth in private lakes. He has also worked as a property manager on several thousand acres and for a commercial developer, facilitating the dirt work and builds of several apartment complexes, but his true passion has always been in the outdoors. “I’ve always had an insatiable fascination with ponds/lakes and am grateful to be able to help to place clients on the properties of their dreams and make their personal fisheries/wildlife goals reality with JKA.” – Knox Daniels
As a landowner of his own family farm, Lick Skillet, along with family land that has been passed down and enjoyed together at Keaton Beach for 40 years, Jon knows what it means to be a steward of the last best places. As a third-generation land broker with more than 30 years of experience in advising landowners in this niche, Jon is known for his innate ability to harvest a land’s unique intrinsic value. Touting several notable sales under his belt, Jon personally closed Rock Creek/Molpus – 124,000 acres of premium timberland at $142,000,000 – which was known as the largest timberland land sale in the Southeast for eight years running. He is a co-founding member of LandLeader and achieved the real estate industry’s highest honor, “2022 National Broker of the Year – Recreational Land Sales,” by the Realtors® Land Institute.
Prior to joining Jon Kohler & Associates, Walter Hatchett served for 30 years as a land manager to several of the south’s most esteemed properties, including Rock Creek. As a former property manager himself, and a consistently ranked “Top Sales Producer” nationwide and achieved “APEX Top 20 Land Broker” multiple times, Walter has a keen eye for the best in habitat management.
With Madison County roots, Lori grew up on her family farm at Pettis Springs along the historic Aucilla River. A love of the land was instilled in Lori very early on by her father who was a local farmer. Lori understands the importance of good land stewardship and has witnessed first-hand how her own father, a former 2-term member of the Florida House of Representatives whose district encompassed many rural counties of the Red Hills Plantation Region, with a little bit of sweat equity, so lovingly worked their own family land. These are core values she carries with her today, and nothing gives her more personal satisfaction than to represent some of the south’s best land stewards.
Hailing from a long line of outdoorsmen, Tim learned a great deal from his father and grandfather. He saw first-hand what it means to be a good land steward. He believes land is so much more than a place to hunt, fish, and grow timber or crops. “It’s an identity, a resting place, a safe haven and a way of life, said Tim.” Tim’s family ties to Alabama run deep. During his grandfather’s first term, Governor James was responsible for signing into law Alabama’s first state duck stamp which helped to ensure funding for the procurement, development, and preservation of wetlands for migratory waterfowl habitat. He also established Alabama’s lifetime hunting license, so it is no surprise that Tim is an avid outdoorsman with a keen eye as to how best to improve habitat for the greater good of its wildlife.
Jason has been assisting landowners for the last 28 years in Georgia and South Carolina obtain achievements the owners did not realize were possible. His degree in Biology from Georgia Southern stemmed from the desire to know how things in nature work. His plantation roots began at just 16 years old outside of Albany, GA and the last 20 years were spent in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. His entire career has been spent developing a global approach to plantation management. That plan included sales. Sales is in Jason’s blood- his mom had a 45-year career as a real estate broker. After college, he chose to pursue his passion of making properties great. In 2011, Jason sold his first plantation. Since then, he has assisted buyers and sellers with over $20 million in sales while most of that time working as a full-time General Manager of a large Lowcountry plantation. Today, he is committed to using his unique skill set and experience to guide landowners through the many challenges of plantation ownership.