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This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to own a legendary duck club located near world famous Bath, IL. The 885 acre club is rich in history and has been owned by the same family for nearly 40 years. Everyone has heard and read about the phenomenal duck hunting and huge river bottom bucks located along the Illinois River. Put the location together with everything else include such as the 23 bedroom lodge, furnishings, decoys, boats, tractors, pumps, etc., and this becomes an unbelievable deal. The hunting is second to none with and average yearly harvest of over 1,000 ducks. The club also excellent deer hunting, as well as, turkey, dove, quail and pheasant hunting. There are stocked ponds on the property with huge crappie, bluegill, bass and catfish to enjoy for fishing. Let’s not forget wild mushroom hunting, hiking and ATV riding to make this a complete recreational paradise. This property generates tremendous income from conservation programs and duck club membership. Waterfowl: Water control structures and deep wells in place on potholes and lakes make it easy to manage water, food and ice. The club has the capability to keep over 240 acres of water open down to 0 degrees. The three wells on the property have a the capacity to pump approximately 4,300 gallons of water per minute. The club is located between Grand Island, Anderson Lake and Crane Lake with Sanganois Fish and Wildlife is just to the south. Additionally Emiquon NWR and Chautauqua NWR are just a few miles to the north which places this property in the heart of one of the largest flyways in the country. Whitetail: Seclusion and monster whitetail are two things that always go together. The habitat is already in place. Old growth trees and 100,000 new trees planted in 2000 that are well established. 80% of the new trees planted were nut and hardwood species that are starting to produce food for the wildlife. There are plenty of food plots and tillable acreage on the island to grow those huge Illinois bucks. For more details or to tour this legendary property contact Tom Rayburn at 888-311-LAND (5263) x101 or trayburn@mossyoakproperties.com