Michigan Whitetail Properties

Michigan Whitetail Properties Our pastimes were spent on farms and hunting properties, which is why we’re the kind of folks you We are NOT your "average" real estate company!

We are all avid hunters and KNOW quality hunting land when we see it. We sell hard core hunting land. Our staff is knowledgable in locating those quality parcels of ground where the big bucks in Michigan live. We aren't your Mommy's local real estate company! We make our living wearing blue jeans and boots.

Log Home for sale in Hillsdale County Michigan, Log Home for sale in southern Michigan, Hunting Land for sale in Hillsda...
08/26/2026

Log Home for sale in Hillsdale County Michigan, Log Home for sale in southern Michigan, Hunting Land for sale in Hillsdale County Michigan, Land for sale in Hillsdale County Michigan, Recreational land for sale in Hillsdale County Michigan, Country Home for sale in Hillsdale County Michigan – 115 acres with outbuildings.

FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY HERE! HILLSDALE COUNTY PROPERTY FOR SALE WITH BEAUTIFUL LOG HOME ON 115 SECLUDED ACRES IN SOUTHERN HILLSDALE COUNTY! Move in ready! Many updates have been completed. Three bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms with a deck overlooking 115 acres of southern Michigan serenity. Enjoy your morning coffee watching the deer and turkeys play while ducks and geese are flying in and out of the pond that sits right off the deck. All you will hear is sound of the wildlife and the breeze.
The wooded portion is full of quality mature timber and there is a forestry program to keep the forest thriving and healthy. Over $100,000 in harvestable timber in todays market if you should so choose to cut it.
The deer population is southern Michigan is very strong and this property sits directly in the center of the area where some of the largest bucks ever taken in Michigan lived, and continue to live today. Food plots are in place. Elevated hunting blinds are there along with a trail system to access all parts of the farm. There are bridges over the creek that have been rebuilt as well. Privacy is paramount at this great property and you can enjoy decades with your family here creating memories as many of us landowners have.
I could go on for hours about this phenomenal property, but the best way for you to appreciate it is to contact me for your private tour.
Listed price - $1,150,000
***NOTE*** If you are viewing this listing on a third party website such as Zillow, Realtor, Trulia, etc. and you would like the information of the listing brokerage firm/agent/broker then please scroll down to find that information. Clicking on the “Find and Agent” will not take you to the listing agent or broker. It will merely connect you with an agent that has paid a fee to these sites to have you contact them and they have no information about these listings and have never seen the property**

New Clare County Michigan hunting property!This 60-acre outdoor getaway features a one-bedroom cabin, attached barn, Lit...
07/06/2026

New Clare County Michigan hunting property!

This 60-acre outdoor getaway features a one-bedroom cabin, attached barn, Little George Lake frontage, a private pond, rolling wooded terrain, maintained trails, and excellent deer and turkey habitat. A great setup for hunters, weekenders, or anyone looking for a true Northern Michigan retreat.

Schedule a private showing today with Michigan Whitetail Properties.

Link to Property: https://michiganwhitetailproperties.com/michigan-land-for-sale/hunting-land-for-sale-in-clare-county-60-acres-property-id-23535/

Happy 4th of July from Michigan Whitetail Properties.Today we celebrate 250 years of American independence — and the lan...
07/04/2026

Happy 4th of July from Michigan Whitetail Properties.

Today we celebrate 250 years of American independence — and the land, freedom, and traditions that have shaped generations of families across this country.

From quiet mornings in the woods to family farms, hunting camps, and wide-open acres, the American land legacy is something worth protecting, respecting, and passing on.

Wishing everyone a safe, proud, and memorable Independence Day.

07/04/2026

Happy Birthday America!

Happy Father’s Day from Michigan Whitetail Properties!Here’s to the dads who taught us how to track a trail, respect the...
06/21/2026

Happy Father’s Day from Michigan Whitetail Properties!

Here’s to the dads who taught us how to track a trail, respect the land, sit still in a stand, and appreciate the kind of quiet you only find in the woods.

Whether you’re spending today with your kids, your dad, or remembering the man who first took you hunting — we hope you get a little time outside and a whole lot of gratitude.

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there.

A quick story for a Saturday and the first day of Summer! Client bought a 120-acre mixed hardwood parcel in Oscoda Count...
06/20/2026

A quick story for a Saturday and the first day of Summer!

Client bought a 120-acre mixed hardwood parcel in Oscoda County two summers ago. Called us in June. Closed in late July. Spent August hanging stands and getting cameras out.

By September he had 11 different bucks on camera — including a 4.5-year-old 10-point bedding in a cedar swamp in the back corner of the property every single day.
He let it walk.

Last November that buck showed up on the food plot camera three days before Thanksgiving. Five and a half years old. He arrowed him from the stand he'd placed two summers before, knowing exactly where the deer would be because he'd watched him for two full seasons on his own ground.

That's what ownership does. You know the buck. You know the property. You do the work in summer — cameras, food plots, stand placement — and October becomes a different season entirely.

The buck that'll be in someone's cedar swamp this November might be on your cameras by August — if you move on the right ground this summer.
michiganwhitetailproperties.com | 517-437-2946

What are your cameras showing this summer? Drop a pic. 👇

The One Buck Rule Just Made Managed Properties More ValuableIf you own managed hunting land in the Lower Peninsula — foo...
06/15/2026

The One Buck Rule Just Made Managed Properties More Valuable

If you own managed hunting land in the Lower Peninsula — food plots, QFP enrollment, documented trail camera history, mature bucks on the property — the one buck rule just raised what your ground is worth.
Here's why.

When LP hunters have one buck tag per season, they stop hunting "any buck" and start hunting a specific buck. That means they need to know the deer is there before committing their only tag. You don't get that confidence on unmanaged ground. You get it on a property with a camera archive, a food plot system, a management history, and neighbors running the same program.

In states where similar rules took effect, the managed vs. unmanaged premium widened from 15–30% to 20–40% — and held there.

Hillsdale, Lapeer, and Tuscola are the counties to watch. High deer density, strong management culture, years of QFP enrollment already in place. These properties are already trading at premiums. The one buck rule is about to make those premiums permanent.

Thinking about selling your managed LP property? Call us before the market catches up to what you have.
517-437-2946 | michiganwhitetailproperties.com

Summer Is Your Buying Window and It's ShrinkingLow inventory. Strong buyer demand. And a fall that's going to look diffe...
06/12/2026

Summer Is Your Buying Window and It's Shrinking

Low inventory. Strong buyer demand. And a fall that's going to look different than any Michigan deer season in recent memory.
That's the market right now.

We've been moving properties all spring. Northern LP counties generating the most calls: Oscoda, Montmorency, Presque Isle, Ogemaw, Roscommon. In the south: Hillsdale, Lapeer, Tuscola — where the rifle line elimination just opened the door for a buyer pool that previously skipped those counties entirely.

Summer gives you advantages the fall buyer doesn't get:
→ Less competition. Fewer buyers, more negotiating room.
→ Full visibility. Late June you can see every oak stand, creek corridor, and deer trail on the property. Gone under leaf fall.
→ Time to work the land. Close by July 15, you can plant food plots, hang stands, and run cameras before October 1.
→ Motivated sellers. A listing sitting 60–90 days in June is a listing you can negotiate on.

That same property in October has three people chasing it and an emotional fall buyer writing the offer.

The first full statewide rifle season in LP history is coming in November. Buyers are going to want Michigan ground. The ones who move now are the ones who get it.
michiganwhitetailproperties.com | 517-437-2946

Food Plot Window Is Open This WeekIf you haven't gotten buckwheat in the ground yet — you're not behind. But you need to...
06/09/2026

Food Plot Window Is Open This Week

If you haven't gotten buckwheat in the ground yet — you're not behind. But you need to go this week.

Buckwheat is Michigan's best summer bridge crop. Matures in 70 days, feeds deer from late summer into early fall, suppresses weeds, and preps a clean seedbed for your brassicas and cereal rye. It's also cheap. This is the move.
Here's where you stand right now by zone:

• Zone 3 (Southern LP) → Buckwheat window closes July 1. You're in it.
• Zone 2 (Northern LP) → June 15–July 10. Two weeks left.
• Zone 1 (Upper Peninsula) → July 1–July 20. Coming up fast.

Clover should already be established. If it's not, you can still get a late planting in Zones 2 and 3 this week before soil temps climb too high.

Brassicas and turnips come next — mid-July for most of the LP. Cereal rye closes the calendar in late August and will pull deer into your plots within three weeks of germination.

Get buckwheat in now and deer are working your food plots by late August — before a single stand goes up.

Properties with a full-season food plot system sell faster and command $500–$2,000 more per acre. Thirty years of transactions says that gap doesn't close.
Buying a Michigan property with established food plots? 517-437-2946.

Velvet Season Is Right NowBachelor groups are together right now.The bucks you'll chase in October are out in open field...
06/05/2026

Velvet Season Is Right Now

Bachelor groups are together right now.
The bucks you'll chase in October are out in open fields at last light, in full velvet, running together like they've been best friends all summer. It's the most visible they'll be all year. And if your cameras aren't out yet, you're missing the only window to inventory your property before everything changes in September.
Right now your cameras belong on:

🎯 Mineral licks — May through August is peak. Every buck in the area visits.
🌿 Food plot edges — Clover and green fields in the evening. Bachelor groups are predictable.
💧 Water — Especially in a dry June. Ponds, seeps, creek crossings.

NOT on funnels. NOT on scrapes. Those don't exist yet. Save those for September when the velvet comes off and the bucks disappear into the timber.

What you're seeing right now is your property's potential. A 3.5-year-old in June velvet is a different animal by October rut. Document it.

What are your cameras showing this summer? Drop a pic in the comments. 📸

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