PHASE I
Assembling an incredible farm with Lee Lakosky
Throughout early 2022, we put together 400 acres of raw cattle pasture in four separate transactions.
The farm is made up of a 180 and a 220. Across the two pieces you can hunt some of the same deer, but also collect more samples of genetics due to their size and location.
Our mission with The Whitetail Group since the beginning has been to put together a group of some of the most successful whitetail minds. Applying that combined knowledge and experience to developing farms.
Lee Lakosky joined us to put his "stroke of the brush" on this blank canvas.
lee joins The Whitetail Group
FIRST look at the blank canvas
Location
A hunting farm surrounded by cattle country
This part of Southern Iowa is predominantly cattle country which makes the hunting improvements exponentially more powerful. When neighboring properties have no crop fields, food plots or feeders in the off-season, which farm will hold the most deer?
That's right, this one!
What we can tell you is the farm is located in Southern Iowa in an area historically proven to produce giants. Scroll down for a deer inventory showing what is on the farm currently.
PHASE II
Hunting strategy vision
A big part of the strategy for this place was loading it with food. We converted the large pasture into destination food and cleared some smaller, kill-plots in several coves that are tight to cover.
Being a cattle farm, we were able to manipulate how deer move through the farm by strategically opening gaps in the existing internal fences. Some of the fences on the 180 were six foot woven-wire, which make the gaps even more powerful!
With the fences and strategic openings, this place is so effective at bringing deer into bow-range.
A timber harvest in several key blocks enhances the farm's holding power and allowed us to punch access roads so you can get into the farm to hunt and get deer out. The roads also act as funnels, leading deer through the fence openings.
PHASE III
First trail cam check, genetic potential!
The age structure and genetics this place has is outstanding so far. There are several nice, mature 150-170" deer and some super-star young genetics.
What is this place going to look like in the years to come?
PHASE IV
Finishing touches, executing the vision
PHASE V
Touring the fully-developed farm
