Tippah County - 1207 Acre Recreational & Timber Investment

The Stargazer Tract is an expansive 1200+ acres located in Ripley, MS in Tippah County . This is truly a dream of a property for those who love hunting and outdoor living. The entrance is a county maintained road that dead-ends on the property. The property has electricity at the road and is located 15 minutes to Ripley, 25 minutes to Walnut and Ashland, and just over an hour to Collierville. The Memphis International Airport is approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes away. Bonus Land: When you buy the Stargazer Tract you also buy four PRIVATE access points to Holly Springs National Forest and unlock thousands of landlocked acres to recreate on. The Holly Springs National Forest is managed to a high standard. A balanced understory provides adequate cover to HOLD a massive flock of birds. The overstory is littered with white oak and red oak providing early and late acorns for deer and turkey. Hunting & Fishing: Mississippi has one of the longest deer seasons in the country with excellent tag limits. The early velvet season is available to private land owners with archery opening on October 1. The gun season traditionally starts around Thanksgiving and the final season ends the first week of February. Private land owners can also use weapon of choice during all primitive seasons except the first one. This property holds one of the largest deer herds in the area due to the expansive 2500+ acres of National Forest adjacent. The turkey season is also an early start on March 15th - just one month after deer season ends. The population is HUGE! The National Forest is well kept and managed with most burns coming near turkey season. Enjoy a vast oak forest adjacent to your land to keep chasing birds on. A pond on the property has a 29 acre footprint and offers a secondary pastime after the hunt or a great way to cool down in the summer while you hook into some of the pond's bass and bream. Forest Value The timber on the Stargazer tract holds a $1.5M value at the 2024 appraisal. The timber inventory was taken in 2021 and extrapolated out. Hankins sawmill is just minutes away and Mission Forest Products is a 35 minute haul to Corinth, MS. There are markets that would allow for the sale of timber. This could be done initially to take a huge chunk out of the principal or could be done on a periodic basis to create cash flow for the property. The property is an excellent candidate for an NRCS Program that would cost-share improvements and even pay to have the timber harvested. Scout Land Company has experts who can walk you through the process. After a thinning of the mature pine and hardwood, the property could be maintained with fire to create an incredible savanna to hold quail, turkey, and deer.