​Camp For Sale Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
The Camp Experience
You can't put a price on this:
Land Management
Long before the PA Game Commission implemented its antler restrictions, we had them in place. Additionallt, doe hunting has been limited to only a few older ones per year. This combined with proper land management has insured a habitat that has kept the deep population healthy and that of other game species as well.
For years you have heard that there are hardly any deer left in Pennsylvania. When we tell other hunters that we saw 30, 40 or even 50 deer the first day, they look at you like you are lying. This property, due much in part to its topography, has been maintained primarily as a recreational property and has not been exploited for its resources. Two select timber cuts have been done over the past 40 years as part of our land management and habitat maintenance program. Plenty marketable hardwood remains, and our forester says another select can should be done within the next 6 yo 10 years.
This combined with the apple trees, grape vines, barberry, autum olive and cultivating other natural food sources, occasional food plots, winter coen feeding & annual browse cuts, has insured a healthy game population.
For 3 generations our family has enjoyed this camp, and from my youth through adulthood I have looked forward with anticipation to the annual hunting seasons, fishing outings, work parties and get-togethers. For over 40 years, coveting those precious moments where grandfather, son & grandsons came together along with frinds and family to enjoy truely unique experiences in a safe enviroment on our large, well managed piece of private property.
Start your own traditions
Words can't begin to describe the excitement at camp that weekend before buck season. The guys begin arriving Friday night and by Saturday the crew has assembled. The camp is a buzz with activity. The aroma coming from the croc pots and other food being prepared in the kitchen permeates the camp. The guys, some of whom you haven't seen each other since last year are in the woods sighting in their rifles ,checking their stands and cruising the property in their 4X4's looking for deer signs.
Back at camp, someone's splitting firewood as an outdoor fire blazes in the fire pit. By late afternoon the group is assembled back at the camp, enjoying their favorite beverages around the fire while inch thick steaks are being prepped for the grill. Conversation quickly turns to previous hunts. The young hunters are all ears as the old timers relive the past, hoping and praying that they will have a story of their own to tell next year.
After dinner and the dishes are done & kitchen is cleaned, the evening activities begin. Usually a younger member is designated Keeper of the Hearth, his jobbeing attening to the fireplace, not letting it go out. Out come the cards and several more hours of story telling ensues.
Sunday begins with a pancake breakfast, with guys from other camps stopping in for coffee & flap jacks. 20 to 30 people pass through between 8-11am. The afternoon is spent making last minute preparations, followed by a light supper and an early night in the sack as 5 AM comes mighty early.
The rest of the time you are out on yout 350 acres having the time of your life.
And the best part is, you get to come back year after year to experience it again. Give you family something they can't get anywhere else.
