Leased for 2024

​Little Texas Farm, Reevesville, Illinois

The Farm straddles the east-west "continental divide" of S. Illinois. Although  all runoff drains into the Ohio, water to the west of the Reevesville Levee drains southeast to the lowermost Ohio via the New Columbia Ditch.  Water to the east of the Levee drains east into the Ohio via Bay Creek. ​

​County:  Johnson                                                         Availability:  N/A
GPS:  37 20 35 N, 88 42 49 W                                      Acreage:  32
Closest Community:  Reevesville, Illinois                      Duration of lease:  Annual
Seasons:  Deer
               Turkey
Lease:  Full season deer:             800 (1-2 hunters); additional  hunters 400 ea to max of 3 total
            Full season  turkey:        500 (1-2 hunters); additional  hunters 300 ea to max of 3 total
            2 season/annual lease:  1000 (1-4 hunters)
Border:
            North:  Shawnee National Forest
            East:    Sugar Creek (boat crossing only)
            South:  Gravel road and crop field
            West:   Uppermost section of New Columbia Ditch (rough ditch)
Terrain:   Crop field 40%
               Trees and creek 60%
Food plots:  ½ acre in filter strip
Hunting pressure:  Private leases across ditch to west, across creek to east, and across road to south

* Property crosshatched in blue.  Reevesville Levee (Corp of Engineers easement)  runs north-south; appears as a road.

Northwest Field