Spring Creek
Spring Creek is a one-in-a-million type property, offering great hunting with professionally-managed turkey and deer, producing trophy Boone and Crockett deer. The 2,230 sq ft lodge is roomy and relaxing, with a fully-functional commercial kitchen. There are also fun activities for friends and family. Fishing in the lake behind the house, viewing wildlife, hiking, and relaxing makes Spring Creek the total package. Spring Creek is an awesome Social Storm property as well, offering privacy and security.
- 682.52 acres high-quality, professionally-managed deer and turkey recreational property located in Sumter County, GA; 342 GA Hwy 195 North, DeSoto, GA 31743
- 2,230 sq ft lodge, built in 2005, 3 bedrooms/2 bathrooms
- 4.4 miles of 8-ft high fence; 1-mile-long creek flows through property; 1.1 mile of Hwy 195 frontage
- 11.3-acre professionally-managed bass lake; 2.6-acre professionally-managed bass lake
- 18-acre dove field
- 8 Texas Hunter protein feeders; 4 Redneck Condo stands; 2 regular condo stands
- Year-round protein feeding program for deer with water, food plots and condo stands in place
- Approx. 18 miles west of Cordele, GA; approx. 31 miles to Albany, GA; approx. 156 miles to Atlanta, GA
- 3,000 ft rock-gravel drive leading to house
- Good roads throughout; Beautiful hardwood creek bottoms; Rolling Topography ; Mature sawtooth oaks
- Excellent soils; One 6-inch well and two 4-inch wells onsite
- Future timber revenue; estimated 2021 taxes $8,600
- Borders other large landowners
- 30X50 shop; Additional 1,400 sq ft living space, including game room, kitchen, bedroom, full bath, laundry room
A Special Place
Spring Creek is located in the famed Flint River Basin of Sumter County, which has consistently produced Boone and Crockett deer over the last several decades. This is partly attributable to great genetics from the stocking of big Northern deer back in the 1950s, when few native Southern deer were present to “dilute” the Northern genetics. A culmination of extraordinary genetics with fertile soils, excellent native habitat, great bonus nutrition provided by abundant clover/chicory fields, year-round supplemental protein, and an age structure (which is able to be controlled with the high fence), allows Spring Creek to be one of the top Whitetail properties in the southeast. The majority of the large deer harvested in this area you never even hear about or see in the record books, because the landowners are very protective of their sources.
Spring Creek has been intensely managed by the former owner beginning in 2003 until the current owner purchased in 2017 and wanted to produce south Georgia Boone and Crockett Whitetails. The current owner high-fenced the approximately 682 acres in 2017, and has been intensely managing for Boone and Crockett Whitetail. The age structure of the deer herd is currently reaching its full potential this year with numerous Boone and Crockett possibilities. There are no exotics and/or no imported genetics. These are true South Georgia giant Whitetails.
Lodge
The lodge is 2,230 sq ft and built in 2005, consisting of 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, with a log exterior. The living area with a vaulted ceiling and hardwood pine floors and beautiful pecky cypress interior walls adjoins a spacious dining room and recently renovated kitchen affording a spacious gathering for family and friends in front of the large stone fireplace. One of the three bedrooms is located upstairs providing numerous beds for friends and family with plenty of room for overnight lodging. The additional two bedrooms are located on the main floor, of which the master suite overlooks the lake. The newly-remodeled kitchen with commercial appliances makes cooking a joy. The screened porch overlooking the 2.5-acre lake makes for an enjoyable morning of sipping coffee and listening to turkeys gobble in the springtime, or for enjoying a glass of sweet tea while watching deer at the feeder on a fall afternoon.
Recreational Facility/Additional Living Space
This additional living space and recreational area provides long hours of fun time playing ping pong, and is a great place to hang out for children, grandchildren or family and friends. You can also just relax in front of the large fireplace while viewing a big screen tv. This 1,400 sq ft recreational addition includes a kitchen area with granite countertops, stainless refrigerator and sink, as well as one bedroom with two queen-size beds, a full bath, laundry room, and a porch where you can sit and enjoy wildlife in the clover field. There is also a nice fire-pit where hunting stories can be shared just out back.
Lakes
Spring Creek has a beautiful 11.5-acre lake and 2.5-acre lake; both lakes have been intensely managed by Wiregrass Ecological Associates for producing large bass. Numerous feeders, which keep the bream population booming, as well as other stocked forage fish, produce an abundant supply of food sources for the bass population.
Location
Spring Creek is moments away from Lake Blackshear State Park for added recreational enjoyment, including boating, swimming, golfing, dining, fishing and more. With frontage along HWY 195, Spring Creek is conveniently located, is in close proximity to notable towns like Cordele and Albany and is less than three hours from Atlanta.
A Social Storm® Ranked Property
Spring Creek and its Social Storm® Property Attributes are Highly Ranked. This Social Storm® property belongs to a unique asset class with key property attributes that investors gravitate to for safety in bad times and buy for a recreation reward in good times.
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Spring Creek
- 682.52 acres high-quality professionally-managed deer and turkey recreational property located in Sumter County, GA; 342 GA Hwy 195 North, DeSoto, GA 31743
- Approx. 18 miles west of Cordele, GA; approx. 31 miles to Albany, GA; approx. 156 miles to Atlanta, GA
- 1-mile long creek flows through property
- 1.1 mile of Hwy 195 frontage
- Minutes away from Lake Blackshear
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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.