SOLD!! 174 Acre Hunting Camp and Timberland Property for Sale in Halifax County NC!

Are you looking for a quality Hunting and Timber investment property in the Heart of BIG BUCK country? This 174 acre gem comes complete with a 3 bedroom hunting camp, outstanding investment quality timber, and is loaded with Wild Game!  Call Billy McOwen at 252-305-6720 to schedule a showing today.

174 acre Hunting and Timberland Property for Sale in Halifax County NC!  Located Off Qualls Farm Rd, in Enfield NC this 174 acre Hunting and Timberland Property has everything you have been looking for.   Halifax County NC is known for having excellent populations of Whitetail Deer and Wild Turkey and this tract is no exception.  There is an extensive trail system throughout the entire tract, and connects to a second entrance off Johnny Johnson Rd on the southeast corner of the property.   The rustic hunting cabin is set back off the road, sits on two plus acres of open ground and has several outbuildings and sheds that can be purposed for storage or field dressing of wild game.

The timber has been impeccably managed and consists of 75 plus acres of 24 year old plantation style pines, that have had a fifth row thinning and 90 plus acres of middle aged hardwoods and pines that drop off into several drainages.  There are two open fields that have been left fallow on the southeast side that would be perfect to re-purpose for food plots.  The typography, the timber breaks, and drainages are ideal for hunting, plenty of food, water and cover to hold wild game.  The 75 acres of pines were enrolled in a CREP program in November 1999, and are in a 30 year conservation easement, that easement expires in 6 years.  That stand of pines is in fantastic condition, has been thinned and managed in accordance with the CREP timber management plan and will certainly be ready for a second thinning or harvest in the next 10 years.  Excellent investment grade timber.

A little about the area....Enfield, North Carolina in Halifax County is the oldest town in the County, having been settled prior to 1725. Originally, Enfield was the County seat for Edgecombe County, however, in 1759, Halifax County was formed out of Edgecombe County and the town of Halifax became the County seat. Mainly an agricultural center, Enfield and its surrounding area produced such crops as tobacco and cotton. A rich planter society grew up in the county in the late eighteenth century sponsored by the wealth accrued from the crops of wheat and tobacco sent to markets in Petersburg and Norfolk, Virginia. Halifax County is one of the northern tier of counties in the Tar-Neuse River Basin which is tied economically, culturally, and socially to Virginia. This close connection was produced not only by geographical proximity, but also by these counties’ settlement by Virginians who crossed the State’s borders for rich farmland, the alluvial soils in the river bottoms of the Roanoke and its tributaries. These planters with their immediate ties to Virginia society developed a cultivated and sophisticated society that concerned itself with educational, artistic, and cultural refinement. The architecture naturally reflected this sophistication.

In the earlier days of George Washington, the Dismal Swamp canal, which lies to the west of the Enfield town center, was a means of transporting much of Washington’s lumber from in and around the Great Dismal Swamp through to the coast . This area, rich in natural resources and teeming with wildlife, was mentioned in the letters of George Washington showing the importance of the area from its earliest stages. Washington always spoke of the importance of widening the canal which lead to one of the most ambitious projects in the County, and intimately connected with the development of transportation. The Roanoke Navigation System, intended to connect the landlocked interior of North Carolina and Virginia with the ports of the coastal plain was begun. The Roanoke Canal, completed in 1823, includes handsome stone aqueducts, locks and canals. (https://www.manorbnb.com/about/enfield/)

This property is shown by appointment only, and has locked gates on all entrances, please be respectful and contact the listing agent prior to entering the property.